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River Clouds Meditation

by Christine Morris

Rated
4.3
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
32

Are you wrestling with your emotions? Are you wishing that they would just go away, or stop overwhelming you? What if you could allow them to just "be", to "flow", without judgment or the tension of pushing or denying? Allow your feelings to be as they are, and then focus on the right response for you.

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Transcript

We welcome ourselves to this moment.

We call ourselves from the past and future and connect with ourselves here in this moment,

In this space and time.

Beginning with the breath,

Breathe in slowly and deeply,

Filling your body with life,

Peace and relaxation.

And breathe out slowly and intentionally,

Releasing any tension,

Stress or obstacles that might interfere with your work today.

Again breathe in slowly and deeply,

Filling your body with peace and wisdom,

Just feeling that relaxation moving through you.

And breathe out slowly and gently with a deeper level of relaxation as you simply allow your breath to just continue naturally and feel the effectiveness of my words.

Notice the top of your head and feel a peaceful,

Calm,

Wonderfully warm light beginning to fill your body.

As it continues it becomes a deep wave of relaxation in whatever color or feeling that you experience it.

As you feel it move down behind your eyelids,

Your eyes,

Your cheeks,

Face and jaw.

You feel it move towards the back of your head and down over your throat.

It increases and warms.

Goes down to the base of your spine allowing you to relax and release and just let go as it goes deeper and deeper still.

It feels so wonderful and good.

Light moves across your chest and shoulders,

Down the arms and through your fingertips.

You might feel a light tingle or warmth and that is a good sign that the tension is leaving your body and you're becoming more and more relaxed.

Light travels slowly down your hips,

Legs and out your toes,

Leaving you feeling completely relaxed and calm.

You become aware of the points where your body touches the surface you're resting on.

You feel the sensation of your feet and the connection with the support.

You allow your feet to gently sink into the surface and allow it to support your feet and you feel so good and supported.

Now you pay attention to your backside where you make contact with the support you're resting on.

You just relax into it,

Allow yourself to gently sink into it.

Allow it to support you.

It is safe and you are supported here and you feel so wonderfully relaxed and comfortable.

You begin at the top of a spiral staircase with ten steps.

It is dark and quiet.

You are completely safe as you begin your descent down to a peaceful place.

I'll count down from ten on each step and as you go you'll feel more deeply relaxed on every step.

Ten.

Nine.

Relaxing deeper and deeper.

Eight.

Seven.

Feeling an even deeper change.

Six.

Five.

Trusting yourself,

End the process.

Four.

Going even deeper now.

Three.

Two.

And one.

You are now in a safe,

Comfortable,

Peaceful place.

This place is where your heart,

Mind and soul connect fully with one another.

Think of how wonderful and comfortable this place is.

Be aware of the things you see,

The sounds that you hear,

Any lovely smells or sensations that you have here in this wonderful,

Peaceful place.

You feel opened up to love and to learn about yourself here.

Incomfortable with the process of growing stronger and healthier.

You feel safe and relaxed here.

You find a door and when you enter it you are in a vast open field.

The sky is clear and blue and there's a river nearby.

When you approach the river you notice a tree where the leaves are falling gently into the river and so you sit and watch the river for a while.

Noticing how the leaves slowly and gently flow by.

Not pausing,

Not rushing,

Just flowing with the river.

You then lay on your back and look up at the clouds in the sky and you notice how they too are gently and slowly floating by.

You look at the shape and the size of them.

You notice the fluffy white texture.

You notice how you can't force the clouds to stay or go but can only observe them as they float past.

As you continue gazing at the clouds,

Notice how each one is like an emotion that you have experienced throughout your life.

Sometimes that have floated by,

They have not lasted forever nor were they rushed away but they just were until they were no more.

You recognize that you can observe your own feelings in this way.

They are simply feelings.

They come and they go.

You have feelings certainly but they are not you and you are not them.

They are just your body's way of expressing something to you and like all communication,

It starts and then it ends.

You feel so wonderfully calm and comfortable and able to monitor your feelings while maintaining your sense of self.

You know in the next 90 days you will be confident in observing your emotions and considering the healthiest,

Happiest response to each emotion in a way that will ultimately bless your life path and bring you to the best possible place for you.

You sit here for a moment and then you get up and walk back through the doorway.

You find another spiral staircase at the top of which is this present world.

I'm going to count to 10 on each step and at 10 you will feel yourself become more present and join with me completely.

1,

2,

3,

Letting any scenes or emotions fade into the background,

4,

5,

6,

Feeling yourself returning and making small movements,

7,

8,

9,

And 10.

Feeling totally safe and comfortable,

You allow yourself to become fully aware of this place,

Slowly opening your eyes.

And now we are ready to begin.

Meet your Teacher

Christine MorrisMinneapolis, MN, USA

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