Holding Memories in Our Heart

This meditation is based on a poem. It is a grounding practice that also uses the space of the sky to allow you to bring grief close into your heart and rock it with kindness and love. Try this when you feel stable enough to hold your feelings close. With steady practice you may feel more comfort with holding your grief.

Transcript

This practice, Holding memories in our heart, Was created to ground you and give you enough space to hold memories of your grief in your heart with love and kindness. We start with a poem. Holding memories in our heart. Between the earth, This stable, Warm, Solid, Dark, Silent earth. And the sky. The open, Cool blue. Quiet. Infinite. Sky. I hold you here. Centered inside my heart. Rocking you to the rhythm. Of my love. Come into your seat. Close your eyes or gently rest them on the ground. Sit comfortably. You may find holding a pillow is comforting. Once you've settled. Allow all of your breath to flow down and out of your body. Down and out of your body and into the earth beneath you. When you breathe in, Feel that you are breathing up from the earth. Feel the warm, Stable, Solid presence of the earth inside your body. In and out. In and out. Breathing with the earth. With a full breath in, Release the breath to the sky above you. Breathing in, Feel that you're breathing in the sky. Feel the open. Cool. Quiet. Infinite. Space. The sky. Feel the sky in your body. Breathing in. And out. In and out. Breathing in the sky. With a full breath in. Release the breath from your heart. Feel your heart. Fill with your breath. And release your breath. Feel the rhythm of your breath. At your heart. Let your heart beat. Guide the rhythm of your breath. Rocking. Rocking with the rhythm. In. And out. In. And out. Saying to yourself, I love you, My dear. I love you. I love you my dear. I love you. Bring your grief into your heart. Breathing into the heart. And rocking. I love you, My dear. I love you. Feeling centered. And love. Breathing in. And out. With love. Slowly rocking. Back into your body. Bringing awareness. Back. Slowly blinking your eyes open. And noticing. Where you are with your grief now. You bring this love into your life. Bring this groundedness and spaciousness. With you into your day.