And just allow yourself to now settle down seated either on a chair or on a cushion.
If you're on a chair,
Just feel your feet flat against the floor.
And if you're seated on a cushion,
Just feel your legs flat against the floor.
Take a deep breath in all the way.
And then exhale fully so that the exhale reaches the ground.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
And on your inhale,
Just feel the spine straightening up.
Ascending towards the ceiling.
The crown rises up as if it's floating.
The chin is just slightly tucked.
The chin is just slightly tucked.
And on your next exhale,
Allow the sit bones to just sink down,
Down into the cushion.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
And with each inhale,
Just feel the belly rise.
And with each exhale,
Observe how the belly falls.
Inhale belly rises.
Exhale belly falls.
Rising and falling.
Just like the lapping of the waves.
And with each exhale,
Just feel the belly rise.
And on your next inhale,
Imagine an orange light coming up from the ground,
Up through the soles of the feet.
As you breathe in,
Draw this orange light up through the ankles,
Through the calves,
Up through the knees,
Into the thighs,
And finally up into the pelvis.
Allow this orange warm light to spread all through the pelvic area,
Into the hips,
And down just below the tailbone.
All the while the inhale is deep.
The exhale is long.
Bring your attention down to the tailbone,
The base of the spine.
Imagine as this orange light touches the area.
The root chakra blossoms into a beautiful red flower.
And the orange light begins to travel up.
All the while the inhale is deep.
The exhale is long.
And the breath is fresh and smooth.
Breathing in,
The orange light rises up just below the navel,
To the sacral chakra.
An orange flower begins to blossom just below the navel.
And as the orange flower blossoms,
It pushes this orange light up,
Up just above the navel.
All the while the inhale is deep,
And the exhale is long.
Just above the navel,
Observe how the yellow solar plexus begins to blossom into a yellow flower.
And as it does so,
The orange light continues up into the heart center.
And there,
At the center of the chest,
Lies the green hot chakra.
And as the orange light reaches it,
The green chakra blossoms into a wonderful green flower.
All the while the inhale is deep,
The exhale is long.
And as we breathe in,
Breathe out.
On our next inhale,
Imagine the orange light travelling up into the throat.
And there it reaches the blue throat chakra,
Which blossoms into a magnificent blue flower.
Still the belly rises,
Still the belly falls.
Rising and falling.
Just like the lapping of the waves,
The strumming of the guitar.
And on your next inhale,
Imagine this orange light travelling up from the throat,
Through the roof of the mouth,
Sinus cavity,
Up to the center of the forehead.
Where it reaches our mind's eye,
And blossoms the mind's eye into a beautiful violet flower.
And still the inhale is deep,
The exhale is long,
Reaching the ground every time.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
And as we breathe in,
The orange light travels up from the mind's eye,
Up to the crown,
And to just above the crown,
Where the white crown chakra sits.
And slowly,
Orange light begins to open the white crown chakra,
Allowing it to blossom.
And this white crown chakra begins to blossom,
To a beautiful white lotus.
Slowly just breathe into all these chakras,
Expanding the orange light within each of them,
And gently resting the mind throughout the entire body.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
And as we breathe out,
We breathe in.
And as we breathe out,
We breathe out.
Now,
Just imagine.
A white light coming down from the ceiling,
Slowly descends down towards the crown.
As it touches the crown chakra,
The blossom begins to close,
The petals curl back in,
One by one,
And the white light descends down to the mind's eye at the center of the forehead.
With your next exhale,
The violet chakra begins to bring the petals back in,
To a bud-like form.
Slowly,
The white light descends down to the throat.
The blue flower now closes softly,
Petal by petal.
All the while,
The inhale is deep,
And the exhale is long.
And on your next exhale,
Just imagine this white light coming down into the heart center,
Slowly closing the flower back into a green,
Bud-like form,
Ready to open at any moment that it needs to.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
And as we breathe out,
This white light travels down,
Just above the navel,
Closing the yellow solar plexus flower,
Petal by petal.
Sending the white light down below the navel,
The orange sacral chakra begins to curl back up,
Petal by petal.
All the while,
The inhale is deep,
The exhale is long,
And the white light continues down to the base of the spine,
Closing the petals of the root chakra,
Bringing it back into a bud-like form,
Ready to open at any moment,
Always within our control.
Still the white light continues down through the pelvic area,
Filling it with a cooling sensation as it travels down through the thighs,
Down through the knees,
Through the calves,
Through the ankles,
And imagine the white light traveling back through the soles of the feet,
Down into the ground.
And as the white light travels down into the ground,
Roots from the soles of the feet follow it,
Rooting us back down into the earth,
Back down into Mother Nature,
Grounding us back down on this wonderful planet that we call home.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
As we breathe in,
We breathe out.
