Welcome,
Dear friend.
Thank you so much for joining me for the first practice in our four-part Your Heart Rocks meditation series.
In this practice,
We will be reconnecting to.
That inner steadiness.
Is available to us.
Within any of the conditions that are present.
Amidst all the movement of our life.
So let's begin.
Perhaps inviting the eyes to close fully.
Or finding a soft,
Gentle,
And focused gaze.
And then letting the body give way to the supports that it rests upon.
As if it was to mirror a rock resting calmly on the earth.
Unbothered by the surrounding elements and conditions.
Noticing.
The corresponding sensations.
As the body gives way to gravity.
And begins receiving the stillness from the ground.
Experiencing the physicality of the body.
And the constellation of sensations that are present.
Letting the attention connect to those sensations without clinging to any One.
And what would it be like to invite the in-breath to be the out-breath.
An agent of this process.
Can each inhalation.
Create a sense of uplifting energy,
That mild upliftedness of that breath energy moving from the ground up.
Creating a sense of inner spaciousness.
As if each in-breath.
Spreads and lifts the body.
Reaching to the farther,
The farthest borders.
And edges of the body.
And even beyond.
And what happens when the out-breath is also invited.
To be this agent or guide in this process.
Of studying.
Can each exhalation.
Allow for a greater release to happen.
Letting any excess tension.
Tighten it.
Soften.
And give way.
To the Earth.
As if that breath energy is moving now from the top down.
Now we can't forget.
We mustn't forget about that sacred pause.
That rests.
Right in between the movement of the in-breath and out-breath.
That moment of pure stillness.
Can each pause that occurs.
Between the inhalation and exhalation.
Become a gathering place.
We're all things.
Come together and settle.
As if there was no weather pattern.
No element.
Not a thought,
Not a sensation,
Not an emotion.
That could affect.
This deep stillness.
This moment of peace.
And with each full cycle of breath.
Can we notice that?
Seamless exchange between.
Spaciousness and grounding.
Expansion and contraction.
Movement and stillness.
And for the next few moments here.
May we allowed.
The rhythm of our breathing bodies.
And the energies that are present to carry us.
As we are nearing the closing of this practice.
Let's take a moment here.
To reflect on our heartfelt intention.
To tend to our hearts in this moment.
Offering our hearts whatever they need right now.
To steady and settle and to rest.
Maybe asking the question.
What does my heart need right now?
Or heart,
What do you need right now?
To feel at ease.
With whatever is happening.
And with things exactly as they are.
No matter how chaotic things may feel within and around us.
We have the innate capacity to steady our hearts.
Why?
You may ask,
Dear friend,
Because our hearts rock.
Your heart wrong.
Dear friend.
Thank you for your presence,
Your practice,
And most of all for sharing your beautiful heart with me and the whole of the world.
