Welcome.
I invite you to settle into your space.
Find a comfortable position on a chair or a cushion.
A position of strength and stability.
Allow your shoulders to fall away from your ears.
Wash your hands on your thighs.
Allow your arms to relax.
Melt into the space you inhabit.
Allow the space to completely support you and your intention to practice today.
And when you're ready,
Close your eyes.
Drop out of your thinking mind and into the body.
Feel into the points of contact between your body and your chair or cushion.
Your body and the floor.
Feel the support the ground offers you.
Stable,
Strong,
Firm.
Unwavering and unmoving.
I invite you to allow the support to ground you.
Feel your body heavy,
Weighted and relaxed.
As if you become one with the ground or your seat.
I invite you to take up space.
Melt into the space you inhabit.
Feel your body stable and unmoving.
Allow the body to come to complete stillness.
Sitting with an upright sense of dignity,
Strength,
Completeness,
Wholeness.
Allow your presence to extend beyond you and fill the room.
Now,
Go deep into your mind's eye.
Imagine a mountain.
A big,
Beautiful,
Grand mountain.
Its peak or peaks.
Its shape.
Its ragged symmetry.
Allow it to gradually come into focus in your mind's eye.
It could be surrounded by furry evergreen.
A lake at its base,
Rooted in the bedrock of the earth.
The sun could be shining.
Incandescent rays on its peaks.
The moon could be reflecting its grandeur in the lake.
It could be covered in snow at its peaks.
Waterfalls and streams caressing its slopes.
Observe your mountain's qualities.
Your mountain is unmoving amidst the life around it.
It's the sight of all life.
Yet it remains unwavering.
Imagine your mountain.
Grand and beautiful.
Unmoved amidst the changes around it.
Now,
Imagine you're the mountain.
Embody its stillness.
Your head has become its peaks.
Your shoulders and arms with their curves and dips have become the sides and slopes of the mountain.
Your legs,
Your hips,
Your buttocks have become the base.
Rooted in your seat or cushion.
Your body is experiencing a sense of stability.
Of uplift from deep within your sacrum.
Your spine,
Strong and aligned like the mountain.
You are strong and unwavering like the mountain.
Unmoving,
Allowing thoughts to pass your peaks like clouds in the sky.
Invite yourself to become a living,
Breathing mountain.
A centered,
Grounded,
Unmoving,
Rooted presence.
An energetic being.
As the rain pours,
The sun shines,
The thunder threatens.
The snow settling in.
Like the mountain against the seasons changes,
You remain grounded.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Unmoved,
You are the mountain.
Let go of the mountain,
But continue to resonate with the qualities of the mountain.
Rooted,
Grounded,
Present,
Unwavering,
Powerful.
You are all those things.
Take a few breaths to reflect.
Let go of the mountain,
But continue to resonate with the qualities of the mountain.
Let go of the mountain,
But continue to resonate with the qualities of the mountain.
Now return your attention to the room.
Slowly bring into awareness the sound,
The smell,
The air in the room.
Move your fingers and toes.
Gently rock your hips from side to side.
And if you're lying down,
Gently roll to the right side and pause here.
Remember,
You can take the qualities of the mountain throughout your day.
Stay rooted.
Stay grounded.
Stay present.
And feel the powerful energy of your body.
When you're ready,
Open your eyes.
Stay in Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
