Breathe.
Connect in with the rhythm of your heartbeat.
Feel the blood being pulsated through your veins.
I want you to imagine that you're standing on the edge of a cliff,
Your feet firmly planted on the ground.
In the horizon is the deep,
Dark ocean.
Allow the salty air to enter your nostrils and cleanse your entire being.
Breathe.
Below you is a gorge,
Steep and narrow.
Down below at her feet is a dark serpent-like river.
Her black body is glistening in sunlight.
Feel the sun enter your skin.
Allow it to vibrate and radiate warmth throughout your entire being.
Repeat,
I am here and I am everywhere.
I am here and I am everywhere.
I am here and I am everywhere.
Now,
Begin walking down the gorge.
Greet her with her presence.
You gently and slowly tread down her body,
Gripping your nails into the soil,
Activating your calves,
Your thigh,
Your bum,
Your perineum and stomach muscles.
Take in your surroundings and feel your body start to activate,
Every muscle engaged.
The sweat begins to slowly trickle down your face.
Breathe as you move faster and faster down the gorge.
Now you begin to hear the water gushing and you know that you are close to the bottom.
As you slowly come to arrive at the foot of the gorge,
You greet the deep dark water.
Breathe in,
Taking your surroundings,
Slowly feeling embedded in the forest.
You enter the water,
Walking upstream,
Feeling a gush past your ankles,
Cleansing the body.
Notice the stones that reach out to you.
Take them up and hold them against your cheek,
Feeling the rhythm of the river vibrate through your body.
Allow these big ground stones to ground you,
Support your journey as you move carefully over slippery and wet stones.
You do now look out for bones,
Bones of your ancestors.
Call for them and notice what appears.
Hold the texture,
Shape in your hands,
Feeling any sensations that arise in your body.
Breathe,
Continue walking slowly upstream.
Now you start to notice that the river gets wider and deeper,
The forest wetter and darker,
Trees hovering over,
Trickling down water droplets,
Ferns getting larger,
Warm-compassing.
You are completely embedded in her arms.
Greet her,
Hear the forest reverberate your name.
You come to a point in the river where you can no longer walk.
And as you are about to stop,
A leopard comes out from the shadows,
Greets you,
Greet her back and take in her glorious being.
She has come to guide you to the underworld.
She begins to swim into the river and you follow her,
Feeling the dark waters entirely encompass you.
She sticks her head into the water and drops down,
Letting her tail pull you under.
You are now swimming into the depths of the darkness.
You feel yourself completely surrendering to the unknown,
Going deeper and deeper underground,
Deeper and deeper into the darkness.
Notice any sensations arising in your body.
Breathe.
You begin to see a light shining through the water and you follow the leopard as she swims towards it.
You are now heading towards the surface again.
And you break the waters back.
Breathe.
The leopard has brought you to a cave,
Deep underground,
Completely tucked away in the depths of the forest,
In the belly of her breath.
As you enter the cave,
You greet her,
Noticing the drawing symbols on the wall.
Trace these with your hand,
Acknowledging any symbols that are reaching out to you.
You will see no disbursed shells left from life's load in this cave.
And deep inside of you,
You know you've been here before.
The leopard tells you that she will wait at the entrance to lead you back.
She will protect you as you enter the cave.
She will stand guard.
You now begin to walk into the depths of the cave.
Slowly,
Once again,
Entering the darkness,
Noticing any sensations that are reaching out to you,
Arising in your body.
You walk deeper and deeper into the belly of the cave,
Clearly surrendering once again to the darkness.
This time,
She feels warm and inviting.
And you know that you are completely held,
Entering a space that feels very familiar.
Continue walking until you start to notice that you're spiraling downwards to the depths of the cave,
Slowly dropping deeper and deeper into the earth,
To the womb of creation.
As you spiral downwards,
You begin to feel a warm glow touch your skin and you follow this golden light.
As you come closer,
Towards the light becomes brighter and the cave begins to be lit up.
A luminescent warm light,
Till you begin to see that you have arrived at the bottom of the cave.
At the center of the cave is this great violet flame.
And around this fire spirals and spirals and spirals of all the people who came before you,
Back to the very origins of your family.
As you enter into the circle,
You begin to greet your ancestors,
Taking in their body language,
Their facial features,
The feelings that arise as you greet all the people that are essentially who you have become.
Now all this ancestor grabs you by the hand and ushers you to the center of the fire.
She sits you down and offers you a warm tea that has been brewing on the fire.
Take the cup in your hands and you smell the herbs that have been brewed.
You are aware that these are the plants that your ancestors have used for generations to nurture and nourish your body.
Take a moment to acknowledge these herbs,
This plant of medicine.
Slowly drink the tea and let it warm your entire body,
Entering into your mouth and dropping down your throat,
Warming your chest,
Entering your stomach and your testicles,
Landing in your womb.
Now the oldest ancestor ushers a moment of prayer between you and all the ancestors who came before you.
She acknowledges that this is important for you and for each and every one of you.
That now you have an opportunity to look into the flames and transmute any pain,
Any remaining trauma that has been passed down to the cells of your body.
Now is the opportunity of each and every ancestor to use the fire with their eyes to alchemically burn any remaining.
You need this comfort that no longer serves you in this lifetime,
In this body.
Take a moment here.
Notice what is arising after it,
The sacred fire before you.
When you are ready,
The elder ushers you to all stand up and shake your feet,
Allowing the rhythm of the ground to pulsate through your entire body,
Shaking off any remaining gunk that no longer serves you.
You feel the entire cave reverberating,
Clearing and cleansing what is being released.
Now,
As you stand straight and strong in front of the fire,
You feel your mother and father,
Whether alive or dead,
Stand behind you.
And your father on your right hand side with his right hand on your shoulder,
And your mother on your left hand side with her left hand on your left shoulder.
Now you feel your father's parents,
Your father's father tap him on the shoulder of his right hand side and his mother tap him on the shoulder of his left hand side.
And now you feel the parents of your mother enter and hold her,
Her mother holding her on the left hand side of her shoulder and her father holding her on the right hand side of her shoulder.
Now you feel your grandparents' parents enter and your mother's grandparents' parents enter,
Each standing on the left and right hand side of your shoulder,
Making rows and rows of triangles behind you,
Back to the very origins of your family.
Take a moment to feel all the palms connected and pulsating through you,
Reaching all the way back to your shoulders and your heart.
Smile through your heart and ask to receive the gifts and resources of your ancestors,
All that has been developed,
Nurtured,
Cultivated in the lifetimes,
May it now be imbued in your entire being.
Thank your ancestors for this reunion,
Thank them for the gifts that they have enfolded you with.
Now take your time to slowly say your goodbyes as it's your time to return.
Notice any sensations arising as you hug and kiss and greet all those who came before you.
Your animal guide now enters and you allow them to usher you out of the cave,
Leading you through the shortcut.
You slowly enter back into the darkness,
Returning to the womb of creation,
Returning to the mystery and the unknown.
You start to feel your body now,
Bringing a spirit in direct contact with this lifetime.
As you walk your animal guardian out of the cave into the sunlight,
She now leads you back into the water and you swim once again into the depths of the watery plain.
Feeling your whole body stretch out and being encompassed by the rhythm of the water,
Once again with a deep darkness through you that enfolds and envelops around you.
She brings you to the surface of the water and you take a deep breath out,
Letting the river flow to your back,
Beginning of the journey.
And you're walking now downstream,
Coming back to the entry point and you begin to walk up the gorge,
Once again feeling your feet firmly planted on the ground,
The nails grip into the soil and your feet grip over the rocks.
And you feel your calves,
Your thighs and your bum beginning to activate as you steadily walk up the steep and narrow gorge,
Feeling your spine,
Your head and your presence activated.
The sweat begins to drip down,
Your entire body warming you and bringing you back into your body,
Back into the present moment.
You're moving quickly up the gorge,
Feeling vitality pulse through your veins and burn the pumping effortlessly through your heart.
And you're walking down the gorge,
Once again stand out,
Over the cliff,
Now feeling your entire body moving and pulsating with your breath as your heart slowly calms down.
And you're walking down the gorge,
Feeling your feet firmly planted on the ground,
You look out to the horizon and once again to the deep dark ocean before you,
Allow the salty air to enter your nostrils and completely wash and cleanse away any remnants from your experience.
Letting the cool breeze bring you back into your body,
Once again connect in with the rhythm of your heartbeat and breathe.
Stomp your feet,
Clap your hands and shake the entire body,
Dancing,
Shouting,
Screaming,
Waking yourself up.
When you're ready,
You can open your eyes.
