Manawa Meditation - Now Is The Moment Of Power

A Meditation inspired from the Hawaiian Principle of Manawa - Now is the Moment of Power. With the intention of calming the mind, bringing clarity, presence, focus, and energy to move with grace through life by being in the moment. Enhancing the senses, harnessing your true power from being in alignment in all that you do. There will be a further 6 meditations drawing on the remaining principles to cultivate a week of living in Aloha and living from the heart as is the nature of the Hawaiians

Transcript

Aloha and welcome to this Manawa Meditation Practice.

Thank you for joining me in giving yourself permission to be fully present for the next 20 or so minutes.

So find yourself a comfortable seated position and allow yourself to be here now,

In this moment.

Manawa is the fourth of seven Hawaiian principles for living and it means now is the moment of power.

We spend much of our lives doing,

Losing awareness of this present being state as we focus on past events or strive forward away from true alignment,

Right here,

Right now,

In this very moment.

So pause from thoughts of the past and bring freedom to the future by settling into this moment.

Be here now,

Fully.

Truly be aware of what you're now seeing through a fresh lens.

Soften your gaze and cast your eyes to look deeper at what is right in front of you,

In this moment.

Allow your vision to pierce to a greater depth than usual.

Now close your eyes.

Truly be aware of what you're now hearing through fresh ears,

The sounds inside the room and the sounds outside the room in this moment.

Pause to listen to a deeper level,

Noting various tones,

Rhythms,

Vibrations only now available.

Truly be aware what you can taste right now.

Flavours dancing on your tongue.

Are they sweet,

Salty,

Bitter or sour or other combinations right now in this moment?

Note how they change and savour their heightened intensity as you experience them to a greater depth.

Truly be aware of what you can smell right now,

The subtle aromas that drift your nostrils in this very moment.

Breathe them,

Fully experiencing the different notes.

Are they floral,

Woody,

Fresh?

Let them dance their way to your olfactory system with a new intensity.

Truly be aware of what you're touching right now,

The textures of the clothes against your skin.

Do they feel cool,

Crisp,

Soft,

Dense?

Do they hug your skin in their heaviness or sit lightly on it,

Allowing it to breathe?

Feel them in their fullest richness from texture to weight against your body in this moment with a new awareness.

Now move from the sensation of your clothes against your skin to your hands resting on your thighs relaxed and connected.

Bring each fingertip to meet the tip of your thumb slowly,

Starting with your index finger,

Now middle finger,

Ring finger,

Little finger.

Now work your way back again even more slowly and with deeper discovery of the difference in sensation of each fingertip.

3,

000 touch receptors under the surface of each fingertip responding to the pressure you are choosing to place upon them in this moment.

Now again with new awareness of these super sensory digits,

Repeat the exercise playing with the pressure and changes in sensation brought here and now as you experience them with a new level of curiosity in this moment.

Bring this playful exercise to a close and place one hand on your heart space and one hand on your belly,

Taking your awareness to your breath,

Your manner,

Your prana,

Your life force in this moment.

Take a deep inhalation,

Feeling your belly fill under your palm and ride all the way up to your heart space and then empty again down to the belly on the exhale.

Again inhale,

Feeling your palm rise at the belly and then all the way up filling your heart space.

Be aware of the movement of your ribs expanding out on the inhale and then moving slowly back to centre on the exhale.

Again deep inhalation,

Feeling your belly fill under your palm all the way up to your heart space and then again empty again down to the belly on the exhale.

Inhale as your palm rises at the belly and then moves up to your heart space.

Ribs expand out on the inhale and then moving back to centre on the exhale.

Repeat this three more times,

Feeling your life force riding the wave of the breath in this moment.

Release this practice and surrender to the natural rhythm of your breath,

Noticing how it connects with your spine ever so slightly stronger,

Holding you and supporting you in this moment.

Release your hands to rest,

Palms down lightly on your knees and notice the warmth of your fingertips permeating through your skin and the sensations its touch brings in this moment.

Notice how this warmth moves from your hand tracing energy from each fingertip to form a web of light weaving its way down through your legs along the hidden pathways of your body map,

Rippling,

Connecting and holding you present to this miracle moment of heightened awareness down to your toes.

Notice the deepening of the breath,

How the lungs expand to fill the cage of your ribs on the inhale like gossamer wings and then fold back to hug your heart on the exhale.

Be present to the magic of your breath as it fills you with fresh life force,

Cleansing every cobwebs corner you have left unnoticed in your busyness.

As you exhale,

Feel all of the stagnant energy lodged in those far away places melt away and a new sense of space and light settle.

With each cleansing breath,

Notice how the energy from your fingertips rested on your knees and sweet as surrender begins to pulse.

Each inhalation of inspiration increasing the flow and each exhalation letting go to presence further still in this moment.

Imagine yourself lying in a field of the sweetest,

Cleanest grass.

Its soft warmth holding you in the embrace of Mother Earth.

Your palms face down with blades of emerald peeking up between your spread fingers.

You turn your head slowly to see the brightest of green luminous against your skin.

A myriad of tones from the deepest pine to the lushest line in this moment.

You can hear the blades moving in the breeze.

In the slowest of motions,

You see them growing up towards the light.

Droplets of dew glistening from the valley of the blades where they have landed in this moment.

As you surrender further to the stillness,

You see the reflection of your curious eyes in the droplet like a newborn child seeing themselves in their mother's eyes for the very first time.

You smile so deeply,

Feeling the corners of your mouth turn up and the emotion of the purest joy radiating through your entire body into every cell in this moment.

Now you turn your hazy gaze upwards to look at the sky whilst being fully present and aware that the heartbeat of Mother Earth holding you pulses along your spine.

That unconditional love being breathed into you,

Through you,

Nourishing you here right now in this moment.

The sky is the deepest lapis blue,

Moving to cerulean hues as it meets the trees on the horizon.

Feel the warm breeze kissing your cheek,

Followed by the warmer still exhale of your breath caressing the hollow above your top lip.

Your gaze settles on the cirrus clouds at the highest point you can see dancing playfully.

These white feathered crystalline mares tails bend the rays of the sun creating a halo around them.

In this exquisite moment time stands still.

The clouds slow to match your breath.

The gentle hum of the growing grass gets louder.

The halo of light gets brighter and the beating heart of Mother Earth becomes a drum calling to you to be here now.

This is Manawa.

This is your moment of experiencing true presence.

Each sense is heightened exponentially to your ability to surrender to being in this moment.

Relinquishing attachment to past and future outcomes.

Now is your moment of power.

See it,

Hear it,

Taste it,

Smell it,

Feel it,

Sense it fully and with infinite curiosity.

With the next round of breath the white feathered cirrus clouds slowly start their dance back across the sky.

You feel the breeze carrying them brush against your cheek as it encourages them on their journey.

With this new level of awareness it comes to the internal place within your body.

Your home,

Your heart,

Your truest of teachers.

Having experienced the spirit of the Manawa principle let this word dance on your lips.

Manawa,

Manawa,

Manawa.

Repeat it over slowly feeling its power steadily draw you from those deepest places to wake it.

Manawa,

Manawa,

Manawa.

It's mellifluous quality,

Rhythmical like the beat of a drum calling to your authentic self.

Slowly release the Manawa Mantra and bring your awareness to the space inside your body.

Sensations,

Colours,

Images.

Just noticing without attachment the conscious observer looking with interest through fresh eyes.

Bring your palms together and rub them vigorously creating heat through friction and encouraging the fresh life force you've tapped into to ignite.

Move your palms apart and feel into the magnetic push and pull between them.

Take them wider still and note any changes.

There may be a tingling,

Sensations of heat or cold.

Give yourself permission in this moment to be playful and continue the sense of wonder that this energetic alchemy you have created,

Your potent power.

Place your palms over your eyes and with a deep inhale draw this energy down through the centres of your hands into your eye sockets.

Drink in this mana,

This prana,

This life force.

Allow it to soak into the deepest level of your cells to nourish,

To heal this elixir of life,

Your life.

Place your hands together in prayer pose at your brow and bow slightly forward placing pressure on your third eye.

You are awakening a new way to see,

A new way to be.

Honour this in this moment.

Return to an upright position.

Place your left hand at your heart space and place your right hand over it and again bow to your heart which you're connecting with again at a deeper level.

Moving from fear to love and starting to navigate from your truest compass.

Again return to an upright position.

Place your left hand two finger widths below your navel in a fist and wrap your right hand over it.

Push in and down to anchor this mana,

This prana,

This life force into your solar plexus power centre.

And lean forward 45 degrees.

Return to an upright position and place your thumbs into the creases at the top of your thighs with your fingertips wrapped over your hips and pointing down towards the earth.

Take a deep inhale and on the exhale anchor to root into your lower energy centres with a deep pressure.

This will keep you connected to Mother Earth and keep you in presence.

Bring your palms back to sit on your thighs and say a big mahalo thank you to yourself for committing to this practice,

For showing up to being here now.

Now,

The moment of power.

The more you experience this practice the stronger your senses will become through embodying true presence.

Mahalo from my heart to yours beautiful soul and may the spirit of Aloha fill you with joy as you walk in a new awareness and own the power of now in this moment.

Aloha e ahi,

Aloha e aloha e,

Aloha e aloha e aloha e.

Aloha e aa.

Reviews

Thank you

Beautiful guidance thank you 🙏

A wonderful journey through the senses together with visualisation. A lovely calming voice and perfectly paced.

Beautiful journey, thank you Linzi 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Gorgeous sensual presence.

Thank you so much Linzi for sharing this insightful and rich madition with us, I am looking forward to see more inspiring work from you ..,
Namaste 🙏 🙏🙏

Beautiful, gentle grounding practice thankyou linzi namaste 🙏🏻

Beautiful

Loved this Manawa meditation. I felt a deep connection with myself and Mother Earth. Your wisdom and authentic self really shone through. Feeling at peace at blessed. Thank you 🙏✨✨✨

A beautiful grounding meditation I felt totally immersed in the present moment 🙏 love the timing of the birds and the wonderful, gentle aloha chant at the end 💕

Grounded, calm, reassuring, and powerful. Linzi’s voice is beautiful and supports you through this meditative journey. This will stay in my favorites.

I really loved being able to access and play with my senses in this meditation. Experiencing each intentionally brought a rich fullness to the present moment. The beautiful bird sounds also brought so much joy!

My heart, mind and body say Mahalo. 🙏🙏 What an absolutely beautiful experience, Linzi! 💞
It’s as though you reconnected me to my senses, and I came out of the meditation with new superpowers!:))) And I absolutely loved the ending. Incredibly beautiful.
Thank you so much for shining and sharing your light like you do! ✨

Such a beautiful and grounding meditation! Thank you. I especially enjoyed the closing! Namaste 🙏

This was beautiful! I look forward to more Manawa meditations.

A wonderfully inclusive meditation: beautifully presented. Thank you.