Soft,
Easy breath.
Your body relaxed and heavy.
Your mind is soft and thick,
Wooly with sleep.
You are aware and present,
But hovering in that space between.
Let the fog of sleep remain curled around you,
Allowing the wisps of fading dreams to swirl and shift,
Teasing your imagination,
Pulling you playfully into this sacred space of possibility.
And now,
Imagine,
Imagine that you are wandering through a vast desert,
A barren landscape.
The earth beneath your feet wants a mighty seabed,
Fans out around you for miles,
Parched and cracked.
The air is hot and heavy,
Every breath a negotiation.
You can feel the heat licking up from the earth beneath your feet.
And now imagine that as you walk,
Stepping forward one leaden foot in front of the other,
The pound of the soles of your feet landing heavily upon the hard clay,
Imagine that a breeze begins to stir.
Take a deep breath.
Imagine that the air is sweet and cool against the back of your throat.
The breeze strengthens and the layers of sleep and dreams begin to peel away,
Slipping from your body like layers of clothing.
With each step upon that hard earth,
Everything that does not serve you falls away.
Carefully and effortlessly,
Each layer lifted and carried away on the current.
The breeze becomes a wind,
Powerful and knowing,
Blowing away the debris of all that has clung to you in the past,
All the things that no longer fit,
The things that have weighed you down.
This sacred wind lifts and carries away.
You can breathe.
Finally,
You can breathe.
You are lifted on this current of air.
Feel the wind caressing your skin.
You are lighter,
Brighter,
Able to breathe so easily,
Each breath moving into you a little deeper.
And cool,
Sweet air flowing through every cell in your body.
And as you are completely relaxed,
An energy is rising.
Your body begins to feel even lighter.
Your skin tingles and shimmers.
Can you see yourself in that vast desert?
Your body light and bright,
Tingling and shimmering.
Your breath is expanding within and around you.
Your heart is beating just a little bit faster.
Your mind begins to open and clear,
Relaxed yet aware.
Each breath bringing in a little more focus and clarity.
Feel the wind making you new.
And that you are lifted slightly into the air.
You are weightless.
Your body is strong and supple.
Pure.
Whole.
And in all the places where you feel tender and new,
There is a raw energy beginning to sizzle across the surface of your skin.
Along your back and down your shoulders.
A shiver trickles down your spine.
You are awakening.
You remind your body,
Your soul.
Standing in that vast desert.
Infused with light and energy,
You are awakening.
Imagine that your back arches slightly.
Your shoulders pull back and down.
This is the posture of power.
Imagine the arch of your back.
Shoulders pulled back and down and the shimmer of energy down your shoulder blades.
Imagine that there are wings.
Where your shoulder blades used to be.
Wings.
Mighty,
Beautiful wings.
Imagine that you can feel these wings sprouting from your shoulder blades,
Unfurling easily and naturally.
And in this moment you are reborn.
Made new.
Awake.
Stretch into the strength and power of these wings that lift you.
Feel the energy of a brand new day coursing through you and arise.
Arise and unfurl your power.
Radiate your truth and presence and breathe.
Open.
Expand.
Own your place in the world.
Open your eyes.
You are awakened.
Born from the beauty of life.
Fueled by the creative energy coursing through you.
Enchanted by the wings of your potential.
Awakened.
Empowered.
Lifted.
Reborn.
You are awake.
Vibrantly alive.
And you are mighty.
You are mighty.
