Thank you for your presence today as we take time and space for life,
For our bodies as a part of life,
To slow down,
To pause,
To rest,
To simply be alive with life.
Meeting the sacred living system of life opens us to being fully aligned with life herself,
In presence in every moment.
Listen to your body and how you'd like to sit or lay down or stand or walk.
Take a moment to just listen to the body,
Let your body lead,
Let yourself follow the body's softness.
Whatever feels soft or comfortable or easy,
Allow your being to meet that feeling.
Begin with breath and just let breath now guide you,
No control,
No force,
No counts,
Just breath.
Let it go and find its own rhythm,
Let it find its own pace.
As the breath comes fully to itself,
Allow your body to meet it there.
Allow toes to soften,
Legs and bones and skin to release.
Belly and spine and organs to loosen,
No tension,
Let them unfold and chest and lungs and arms and fingers,
Let them be open,
Relaxed.
Let jaw release,
Tongue fall from the roof of your mouth,
Allow the neck and chin to find their own place.
Eyes can close or soften the gaze,
Let them know they aren't needed to see,
Let all sense return within.
If we notice our inner voice chattering,
We acknowledge it,
Then we lay it aside with a gentle,
Be silent.
If body twitches,
Breathe,
Be still,
Allow a settled acceptance to soften the heart.
As we settle,
Things will come and go,
Resist naming what you see,
Simply experience it with open curiosity for another time.
Practice non-judgement to all that comes,
To all we observe in the outer world,
Within ourselves.
Allow breath to connect you to all that is,
It's the ether of life around you.
Allow the life force to hold you as you give yourself to it for this time.
Wherever you find yourself,
Be fully present,
Wherever you are,
Be there,
Don't name it,
Don't even try to recognise it,
Just be present.
If you know it or not,
Just be there,
Meeting the one living system,
The sacred living system of life is witnessing all of life.
Take the time to look around,
Explore,
Be curious,
Just allow what comes.
Now let's explore further,
Take yourself into nature,
Wherever that is for you,
Whatever comes as you.
Take a few minutes to still yourself,
Allowing your breathing to settle,
To be present,
Soften your gaze and tune in to the surroundings.
Where are you touching the ground?
Is it under your feet?
Or is it in your sitting bones?
And feel that sensation meet you.
Tune in to the sensations in your body,
The ground drawing into you.
Now reach out and touch,
With your hands,
Your arms,
Feel that sensation meet you.
Tune in to the body and meet the sensations,
Now meet who's there,
Meet life,
Witness all that is alive around you.
Start to look around and see your surroundings,
See large and small objects,
If there's something that has grabbed your attention,
Look closely,
Then more closely.
Simply look,
Look into it with open curiosity and try to observe as if you've never seen it before.
Resist the brain's desire to join in and think about what you're looking at,
Explore it more deeply,
Explore it through sight or hearing,
Smell or touch.
Going deeper and deeper into the exploration of this natural world around us,
This sacred living system of life.
Take your time and allow your mind to rest in a dreamy state of curiosity,
With no right or wrong,
Just exploring and sensing into all that is around you.
Meeting life where she is,
Soon you will find something that fills you with sheer awe at all that it is,
It may be odd or beautiful,
You are drawn into it,
Follow your senses into it.
Be one with it,
Allow it to be you and you to be it,
Move as it does,
Breathe for it.
Allow yourself to feel the world around you as this perfect creation,
With nourishment through you,
Nurture it with your care.
Be present and still and silent and one with it,
Now feel all of life around you as this creation,
Explore life as this natural wonder.
Be aligned with this small wonder and allow yourself the time to deeply appreciate how you feel as this creation,
How it feels to be within the sacred living system of life.
Stay with it,
Allow all of life to be present with you,
Allow your senses to be alive as one with life,
Breathe as this sacred life.
Hold that within you,
Allow life to stay with you,
This presence to be a part of you,
Allow yourself to carry all of life within you,
All of nature around you to walk with you.
Stay aligned,
So breath by breath you are one with life,
Allow yourself to find your breath once more.
Draw your sensations into your being,
Let that breath flow through your body and come alive with the sensations of your connections with the living system,
With the sacred living system of life.
Hold that within you,
As you awaken the body with gentle movement,
Allow your mind's silence to continue as long as it can.
Hold on to the sensations of life running through you and take it with you as one with life's sacred living system.
See the awe in all that is,
Commit to the fullness of all life's offerings and return daily to actualize your alignment with the sacred living system of life.
Amen.
