This is a guided practice using a special breath to infuse an affirmation of love and self-love into our own hearts and beings and especially into those places that may be feeling a little starved of love from us or even resistant to receiving it.
In this meditation we're going to use a very powerful breath practice.
We'll use magic heartful breaths to get straight into our loving hearts and out of our head that might be trying to be resisting or arguing us out of this practice and this affirmation of love towards ourselves.
It's a really important practice to do and this breath and then adding simple words of affirmation,
Words of love,
Is really transforming.
These two things together,
The magic heartful breathing and the loving affirmation,
Open us up to receiving this potent supply of love that's always inside us just waiting to be generated.
We can all love ourselves deeper and this meditation reaches even the deepest places that may not be believing that right now.
And if we were to love ourselves more consistently and raise the loving awareness therefore inside our energy bodies,
The energy of the planet would be raised up in love as well and the world would be a better place.
So let's begin.
I invite you first just to feel into your body again.
Feel yourself coming home into your inner space.
Just see if you can invite a sense of sanctuary for yourself here.
Just feeling your body breathing your natural breath.
And I'll begin by guiding you through the breath that we'll be enjoying throughout this meditation.
So just beginning to bring your awareness to how your breath begins as air that flows from the outer atmosphere.
Flows through your nostrils into your lungs moving into your being and creating its own inner atmosphere inside you.
Can you begin to connect to that flow of breath from the outer atmosphere into your inner atmosphere as carrying multiple particles of loving energy sent from the great field of love which holds us all as humans.
Taking you into your own inner space with love.
Love inside you here.
You know that you are a loving being and that's a wonderful thing about you.
And now it's time to open up to receiving that flow of love in yourself.
So now I will guide the magic heart breath.
As you inhale,
Inhale to a count of seven.
Then pause at the top of the breath for three counts.
And then exhale slowly and fully right into your heart.
So as you exhale that breath let it simply fall into your heart bringing your awareness there.
And again inhale slowly count to seven if you can.
Hold at the top and pause for three.
And then with your awareness down in your heart pour your breath right into that place.
Do that one more time on your own and if you find those counts make it hard for you by all means you can go at your own pace.
Just make sure the breaths are long and slow and you do take that pause at the top before you cascade the breath down into your heart.
All the time keeping your awareness inside your heart.
Inside that special room there.
So this time as we take these heart breaths,
As we make the exhalation we say the words,
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
With your exhalation and just see how that feels.
Say it out loud.
So breathing into seven.
Hold at the top.
And then as you exhale I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Pouring breath into your heart.
Continue that declaration,
That intention,
That energy of love pouring into your heart.
Installing itself deeply there.
Anchoring inside your heart space.
Breathing in.
Holding.
Pouring breath out.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
By all means take your hand to your heart.
Feel the filling there.
Feel it as filling with love and self-love.
A declaration,
A truth and you're embodying that,
That love inside you.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
And you'll have a relationship with these words,
Different parts of you will.
So notice what awakens in your own body with the greatest compassion and non-judgment.
Just be curious and kind.
Are there any parts of your body where there might be an ache or a charge of some kind?
Is your head,
Your mind trying to take you out of your body?
In which case really anchor into this breath and maybe the feeling of the weight of your hand against your own flesh,
Your heart space.
And breathing in for seven.
Hold for three.
And then send breath into your heart all the way down there.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Taking your mind completely into your heart.
Also allowing your awareness to notice the other feeling parts of your body that need this breath.
Where there might be stickiness or a tender feeling or even a strong band of resistance.
And as you breathe in let them be in on this love for sure.
Long breath in.
Hold at the top and then with your awareness in your heart you can direct this loving exhalation to those parts too.
Send it there.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Be gentle and patient and sure.
And know that these parts are just asking is it safe to receive this deep self-loving energy being offered.
And just by offering it you're reassuring them little by little.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Send them the energy on your next wave of breath.
And soften.
Soften into this love.
This loving energy field.
See if you can let go of any holding.
It could be in your belly.
Is there any tension in your belly or your throat.
Maybe on your chest or shoulders.
As you send waves of breath to those places feel how soothing and softening that loving breath can be.
And say the words in your most soothing,
Softest,
Friendliest tone.
Breathing in.
Hold.
Breathing out.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Sending that message to all those places.
Keep going.
Softening,
Softening.
Love is making space for you.
You could even take your hand to a place where you're feeling any kind of echo of resistance.
Maybe from the past,
In your body,
Where love is really needed in this moment.
It's asking.
Let it receive.
I love myself,
I love myself.
I love myself.
Feel how your hand on that place feels the loving energy of your breath pouring in.
Really feeling yourself pouring that love and all its fullness into your heart which sends it radiating in every direction.
Every part of you included.
Feeling perfectly held by yourself and your love and this bigger loving field of energy that you're calling in.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Right into your heart.
Release your breath there.
Release the words.
Soften.
Feel and visualize deep self-love expanding into all the spaces of your being and what you notice,
What you feel.
Feeling that energy increasing and circulating around your whole body and energy body.
A circulation of self-love.
Simply that.
Vibrant and vitalizing.
Meeting every part of you unconditionally,
Indiscriminately.
This healing transforming current of loving energy filling any empty spaces,
Any tight spaces,
Any longing spaces.
These waves of loving breath soothing your sore or wounded places.
This powerful breath and these powerful declarations of your unconditional love penetrating and permeating every part of you.
Every single cell in your body.
Bringing vitality and healing and strength.
Blossoming you with love.
One more time.
Let's take that deep breath in for seven counts.
At the top pause for three and then slowly pour that breath right into your heart and feel it radiating from that space.
I love myself,
I love myself,
I love myself.
Placing that energy,
That loving energy firmly back where it belongs.
Back where it began.
You are in source.
The source of all things is love.
You are aligned with yourself.
You are home.
And loving energy is doing its work to touch and heal those places still on the journey.
You can just let that happen knowing they're safe and looked after.
And you as a loving being,
You used your powers to do this for the good of yourself and for the earth.
Relaxing back into whatever rhythm of breath feels so natural to you,
Even delicious,
So easy.
Any way of being with yourself that feels so natural,
So delicious,
So easy.
And continuing to hold that inner tone.
That tone of loving,
Kind energy.
Letting it sparkle inside you.
Infusing you with goodness.
Seeing and feeling all the parts of you opening up to receive this love.
And blossom in love.
Your mind,
Your heart,
Your emotions,
Your physical being and your psyche.
All brought back to love.
And for a couple of moments just bathing and resting here in this field of loving energy.
Continuing to feel and receive this deep self-love.
Even whispering the words to yourself again.
I love myself.
I love myself.
I love myself.
And now as you prepare to return,
Feel how you have been awakened by love.
The voice,
The eyes and the knowing wisdom of love.
And particularly the wisdom of self-love.
Deeply.
Thank yourself for this practice and for loving yourself.
Knowing when you go through your day,
Self-love will be holding you,
Grounding you and centering you.
And when you move,
You'll be moving with love.
And when you look out onto the world,
It'll be through the lens of love that you see.
And when you look inward to yourself,
It will be with love.
And whenever you catch yourself needing to give yourself a top-up or a good strong dose of self-love,
And you'll know when,
You know you can find it here in this transformative practice.
