From this practice,
Take whatever truth arrives to you,
Whatever knowing,
Whatever gentle nudge or quiet realization.
Let it move something within you.
And let it ripple into your heart.
Into the cells in your body and through your soul.
And together.
We will pass through the gateway.
Let your eyes close softly.
Notice the warmth of the inhale through your nose.
The coolness of the breath or the warmth of the breath as it leaves.
Don't change anything about your breath,
This natural rhythm that has been moving in and out of you all day without even thinking about it.
Without even noticing it coming in and going out.
Where are you breathing right now?
Are you breathing down into the belly or is it staying more around your chest?
Maybe just allowing the breath to move a little bit deeper down into the body.
Belly rises as you inhale.
Belly softens as you exhale.
Taking a soft body scan,
Starting at the feet.
Softening your toes.
The soles of the feet and the ankles,
The heels.
The lower legs.
Relaxing your knees.
The thighs.
The buttocks,
The hips.
Your awareness back to the belly as it rises and it gently falls.
Your shoulders are softly drawing down from your ears.
And the energy flows down,
Softening your elbows and your wrists,
Your hands,
Fingers,
Thumbs.
Separate the lower jaw from the top,
A little bit of space between the teeth.
Relax your cheeks and your forehead.
Your scalp.
And together we will breathe.
Breathing in for four,
Holding for four,
And releasing for six.
Inhale,
2,
3,
4,
And hold,
2,
3,
4,
And exhale,
2,
3,
4,
5,
And 6.
Inhale,
2,
3,
4,
Hold,
Exhale 2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
One more time,
Inhale 2,
3,
4 and hold 2,
3,
4 and exhale 2,
3,
4,
5 and 6.
Flow back into the natural rhythm of your breath.
Bathe in the stillness that your breathing has created.
And this is the space now where we take our journey.
In your mind's eye,
Visualize a clearing in front of you.
It's evening and the soft golden hour just before the twinkling stars begin to appear.
The air is warm and still.
And there is a feeling here that's almost hard to explain,
A feeling of significance.
As though something important is about to happen.
And ahead of you in this clearing.
Stands a gateway.
And it may look however your mind wishes it to look.
It might be made of stone,
Wood.
Light,
Myth.
It might be very old or very new.
Let it take on the form.
That you will connect to now in this moment.
This is your energetic gateway.
The threshold.
And as you walk towards this portal,
Start to shed.
Start to feel yourself releasing whatever you walked into this practice carrying.
Any plans,
Any worries,
Any fears.
The noise of the day.
Leave it at the edge of the clearing.
And if you really need to,
You can pick it up later,
But for now,
Set it down.
Arrive at the gateway and pause just for a moment.
On this side of this threshold.
Is everything that you have already lived.
Every chapter,
Every lesson.
Every version of yourself that has brought you here to this moment.
Take a deep breath and silently thank all of it.
Even the challenging part.
Especially.
The challenging parts.
For they have also built the ground that you're standing on.
And look through the gateway.
Foot on the other side is something waiting for you.
Not the place exactly,
But more of a feeling,
A knowing,
A piece of wisdom that maybe you've been trying to reach for a while now.
Something that maybe has just been.
Out of grasp or a little forgotten.
When you're ready.
Gently but strongly step through.
Your portal,
This gateway.
Notice what greets you on the other side.
It may be a figure.
It may be the wisdom of yourself that meets you,
A version of you.
It may be an ancestor or a spirit guide or animal.
It may even be an open,
Different landscape,
A sound,
A colour.
It might simply be a feeling that washes over you like a gentle wave.
Whatever it is,
Whatever you feel or see or hear.
This is the wisdom that your soul has been holding for you.
Some truth that you already know.
Something that has been hidden beneath the noise.
And put this question out to the space that you're in.
What do I need to know right now?
And this may not be a word.
Or an image.
It may be a deep knowing that doesn't need any language at all.
A vibration of its own.
Ask again.
What truth do I need to remember right now about this journey,
This lifetime?
And asking the third question,
What is the one small step starting tomorrow,
That I could take to actually live this truth.
This isn't a five-year plan.
This isn't a huge life overhaul.
This is a small,
Real,
Doable thing.
One step.
And whatever you have received.
The small step,
The wisdom,
The truth.
Place a hand onto your heart and let go.
Let all of this settle into your body.
Let it become a part of you and not something that you will forget by tomorrow.
Because this is wisdom that was always there underneath the noise.
And in this moment it has been remembered.
In a moment,
You can step back through the portal.
Carrying with you what you came for.
I invite you to hold on to two things.
So they flow with you into the rest of your journey.
The wisdom that you have remembered.
And the small step that you're going to take to live it.
And this is the heart of this portal and gateway,
Not just receiving,
But also living.
Bring both hands to your heart now.
And silently or out loud if you feel cold.
Say these words.
The truth I received is.
And starting tomorrow I will.
For this is the energy of the portal,
To listen,
To remember and then live.
You have been heard.
But most importantly,
You've been heard by yourself.
Let this wisdom and truth settle within you.
And when you do take that one small step,
However small it feels,
Know that you're not just shifting your trajectory,
You are rippling outward to the people that you love,
To the spaces that you hold.
Into the world that needs exactly the wisdom that you have just remembered.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for walking the path with me.
Thank you for remembering.
Namaste.
