Honoring Our Yesterdays

In this meditation, gentle instruction is given for listeners to recognize the interconnectedness of all past experiences as they have led to the present moment. This meditation honors all past thoughts, words, and actions for informing our present moment. Emphasis is on breath awareness and stillness. There is soft background music and ample time for silent reflection spaced throughout the meditation.

Transcript

Welcome.

Let's find a comfortable position and begin to settle in.

Close the eyes.

Begin to turn your attention inward.

Let's take a deep inhale together.

And exhale,

Let it go.

Again,

Deep inhale.

And exhale,

Release.

Last time,

Deep breath.

And exhale,

Let it go.

Begin to relax the physical body and continue to turn your attention inward.

As you find a rhythm for the breath,

Recognizing the inhale and the exhale,

As you begin to establish your awareness in the present moment,

Let's begin to think about all of the moments that led to this present moment.

Now we can't call to mind every single moment we've ever experienced.

Rather,

The collective memory of all the past experiences that have led to this moment.

This is what we're here to honor today.

Every moment in our past,

Every thought,

Every word spoken,

Every action,

Each encounter,

Every friendship,

All of these things have somehow led us to this moment today.

As memories start to come up,

As we begin to think about the interconnectedness of all of our experiences and how they lead to this present moment,

Let's set aside judgment or regret or shame or remorse.

Rather,

Let's allow these memories to pass across the landscape of the mind,

Like clouds passing across a perfect blue sky.

And as best as we can today,

With gratitude,

Let us be thankful for all of our past experiences,

All of our yesterdays,

Which have brought us to today.

For the next few moments,

You'll be on your own,

Perhaps focus on the breath as memories may come or go.

And allow the breath to guide you to anchor your awareness in the present moment.

And if emotions or feelings start to come up,

Whatever comes,

Let it be.

Honor these things from yesterday and the yesterday before that and all of the yesterdays before that.

Ef Begin to bring your awareness back to the present moment.

And know all of these experiences,

All of our yesterdays,

Inform the present moment.

All of our experiences,

They guide us,

They have led us to this moment in the here and now,

Today.

Let's take a deep inhale together.

And exhale,

Let it go.

And if you're ready,

Gently blink the eyes open.

Thank you for meditating.

Have a beautiful day.

Reviews

With gratitude for everyone and every moment (Joys and Struggles) working together to encourage me to become the highest expression of everything I’ve been created to be. Blessings and Thanks, Brian

A wonderful if challenging way to look at our past harms and hurts, joys and sorrows, and tie them to this present moment. Thank you.

I could totally accept my now-being. Thank you for that!

Very good and calming. Love 💕 honoring what got me to this moment.

Very beautiful. I made me feel so calm and grounded. Thank you! 😊 🙏🏼

perfect meditation to start the new year. thank you brian. 🙏🏽🌈💛

Really powerful. Letting go of judgement is huge. Namaste. Thank you.

A beautiful practice, particularly for the last day of the year. Thank you.

Great reflection and peaceful meditation

Thank you, such a wonderful meditation. Namaste 🙏🏼✨

I'm moving out of a state I've lived in for 32 years. I have been feeling like "good riddance" but wanted a way to appreciate the good that it also brought me. This meditation came at the perfect time. Thank you 🙏 I was able to release and honor yesterday.

Thank you. A gentle way to step closer to accepting g and loving who we are through out our lives.

This was amazing! Thank you 🙏

Loved it! And interesting to go back in our yesterdays, with lots of awareness of the present moment 💫
Thank you 🙏

Very nice and peaceful and authentic. But it was hard for me not to have a wandering mind while thinking of yesterdays, both happy and sad...

Beautiful reminder to honor the past to fully appreciate the present moment. Thank you

Thank you for that lovely meditation! It brought up quite a few emotions but I feel stronger for them!!❤️🙏🏽

Poignant and emotional but freeing too ❤️

Thank you for this beautiful practice! It brought me sweet memories 💖