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The Storm And The Prairie

by Betsy Johnson

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4.7
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Meditation
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You can tell a storm is coming and you are powerless to stop it. Be as still as a wide open prairie. Watch the storm build. Be as still and wide, as grounded and open as a prairie. Hear the storm coming. The storm might fizzle before it gets to you. It might pass to the north or to the south. Or you might whisper, “It’s here” as it hits you with a force that turns you into a huddled, trembling mess. Be as still and wide open as a prairie. The bruise-colored sky will clear.

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Transcript

Welcome to a hit of hope.

Close your eyes.

Ground yourself in your chair.

Let the crown of your head lift.

Let your sitting bones settle.

There are times when you know.

You know a storm is coming and you are powerless to stop it.

Sit.

Breathe.

A storm might be coming,

But you can still inhale.

Exhale.

Be as still as a wide open prairie.

Inhale.

Exhale.

See the storm build.

But be as still and wide,

As grounded and open as a prairie.

Inhale.

Exhale.

When a storm is coming,

Be still.

Be wide open,

Like a prairie.

You never know the storm might fizzle before it gets to you.

It might pass to the north or to the south.

Or you might whisper,

It's here.

Because it hits you with a force that turns you into a huddled,

Trembling mess.

Sit.

Breathe.

Inhale.

Exhale.

No matter what shitstorms hit,

Imagine a space inside your heart.

A space as still and wide open as a prairie.

Sit.

Breathe.

The bruise-colored sky will clear.

The flowers will bloom.

The light will shine.

Namaste.

Meet your Teacher

Betsy JohnsonCastle Danger, MN, USA

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Recent Reviews

Mary

July 8, 2020

love the prairie storm visuals🌀

Margarete

March 20, 2020

Loved it ! Much needed in this new norm! Namaste 🙏

Birgit

February 23, 2020

Fantastic - inhale and exhale.... only a few minutes and you led me to the ground! Very easy and so helpful when life comes up with stormy weathers. Thank you 🌻🙏🌸

Katie

December 9, 2019

Yeah. You are my favorite. Thank you for helping me start off my days peacefully but still keeping things badass.

Nanette

October 12, 2019

I love this. It's such a wonderful honest acknowledgment of reality whilst continually encouraging and centering with the knowledge that it is not permanent and it is survivable. Please request a volume increase. Your meditations are all so quiet but so wonderful I want to be able to listen in louder areas as well

Sabine

October 5, 2019

It's nice to imagine a place of stillness as I am going through a hurricane these days. Thank you, I found this very soothing.

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