I start many of my meditations with a body scan.
I find it to be an excellent way to enter a deep state of relaxation which then opens us up to explorations and conversations with our intuition and subconscious.
This body scan is a cleansing and invigorating meditation inspired by meditation by Gadi Te'a and designed to ignite your inner fire and empower you to shine with the light that's always been inside you with the intention to take ownership of your life and your power.
We'll start this meditation as always by getting comfortable.
Take a seat on a cushion or a chair.
You want to be upright and relaxed but alert.
We don't want to fall asleep,
Although if you do that's absolutely fine.
Take a moment to get really comfortable.
Settle in.
Choose the best posture for you and when you're ready gently close your eyes.
Let's begin by taking some deep breaths.
In through the nose,
Then a small pause and out through the mouth.
In through the nose and out through the mouth.
In through the nose and out through the mouth.
We'll do this three or four more times and then we'll resume our normal breathing in and out through the nose.
Now I want you to imagine that above your head is a ball of bright light,
Pure cleansing energy.
It's radiant,
Brilliant white light and it's growing larger and larger and soon it will begin to engulf you.
As it grows and you feel it touch the top of your head,
Notice that it doesn't just illuminate the surface of your body but it penetrates deep beneath the surface.
It's brilliant energy reaching through tissues and cells,
Energising,
Cleansing,
Releasing,
Relaxing.
The bigger this ball of light becomes the more reviewed it engulfs.
As it gets bigger and moves down,
Feel as it cleanses your forehead and everything beneath it.
Feel its energy relaxing you,
Every sinew,
Every muscle,
Every nerve,
Every bone.
Slowly it moves down as it grows larger and larger.
It reaches your forehead and temples,
Releasing,
Cleansing,
Illuminating,
Its light reaching deep inside you.
Feel yourself release and let go as the light reaches your eyebrows and then down to your eyes.
Let it relax the muscles around your eyes,
Let it cleanse you.
Down to your cheeks and nose,
Brilliant,
Purifying and living.
As it continues to move down,
Whenever it finds some tension,
Just take a moment to relax and let it go and allow the light to reach deep inside you.
Now down to your mouth,
Let the light relax your tongue,
Release your jaw,
Breathe the light in,
Breathe it in.
It touches every part of your head,
Inside and out,
Releasing any tension at the base of your skull,
Penetrating deep inside to soothe your muscles.
The light touches every vessel,
Every fibre.
Imagine that the ball of light is continuing to grow and as this light energy comes down to your neck,
Feel that instant release of tension as it cleanses and relaxes.
Down to your shoulders now,
Just let them relax and fall away from your ears.
Now feel the light as it slowly works its way down your arms and torso,
Brilliant light reaching deep within you.
Your arms relax,
Your heart feels free and bright,
Your breathing feels fresh and clear like a brilliant sparkling stream.
Down,
Down,
The light engulfing more and more of you,
Absorbing you into it as you absorb it into you.
Down to your solar plexus,
Your belly,
Slowly inching,
Cleansing,
Revitalising as it becomes you.
What does it feel like,
What does it look like to be the light?
Down to your hips and pelvis,
The tops of your legs,
Any tension evaporating the light which touches every cell,
Every bone.
Down to your thighs,
Down to your knees,
Cool and brilliant,
Inside and outside.
Your calves and shins,
Whenever the light finds tension just let it go.
And your ankles now,
You're almost completely engulfed by the light,
Cleansing,
Releasing,
Relaxing and letting go.
Imagine the light touching your feet now and every bone,
Every muscle being touched by it,
Absorbed by it.
Finally your toes and you are completely within the light.
It's so bright,
So penetrating and cleansing,
It's impossible to see where the light ends and you begin.
Explore this for the moment,
Let the light wash over you,
Through you,
Be in it,
Become it.
And now understand that as you sit at the very centre of this infinite ball of light,
The light comes from you,
You are the light.
Breathe it in,
Breathe in and out through the nose,
Breathe it in,
Breathe it in.
And now imagine that the ball of light is beginning to shrink,
It's beginning to get smaller and smaller until you emerge from it.
The top of your head and your toes emerge as it shrinks within you,
Still brilliant,
Still cleansing,
Still pure and bright.
More of you emerges as it gets smaller,
Your legs and your head,
Your neck,
Your knees,
Your shoulders.
The light is still there in you shrinking until it comes to rest at your very core.
Right in the middle of your belly,
Right in your Agni Tattva,
Your Prakasha and from here it still radiates brilliantly.
This light is your personal power,
Your personal sun,
Your power to lead and to transform,
To be,
To live as you came here to live,
To shine your light on the world,
Radiating and enlivening everything it touches.
Just as a candle can light a thousand more candles without its own light being diminished,
So your light can illuminate the world.
Take a moment,
Take a few minutes to focus on the light,
Feel it,
See it shine,
Breathe it in and out.
And now begin to bring your attention back to your body,
Back to the room you are sitting in.
Become aware of the noises around you,
The feeling of the air on your skin.
Wiggle your toes and your fingers and as you come out of the meditation slowly open your eyes and take your light that resides inside you and let it shine on your day,
On every day,
On your life,
On the world.
