Hello,
This is davidji.
And welcome to today's meditation.
Let's get comfortable.
Let's settle in.
Let's gently feather our nest.
And take a long,
Slow,
Deep breath in with me.
And ever so gently,
Let's let that breath go.
You've come here for a reason today.
And I think together,
You and I.
Can begin a powerful healing.
Thank you for trusting me.
There are moments in life when the ground beneath us seems to shift.
When something changes and suddenly,
The life we thought we were living.
.
.
Is different.
Maybe you're in one of those moments right now.
And if you are.
I'm really grateful you're here.
Because before we try to figure anything out,
Before we search for the meaning or reach for the lesson,
Let's simply begin.
Right here.
Because you have chosen to take a powerful step in the direction of healing.
And take a long,
Slow,
Deep breath in.
And feel your heart open.
Take another deep breath in and open your arms wide,
Reaching for infinity.
And release.
And now lengthen your spine as though a beautiful thread were drawing the crown of your head upwards towards the sun.
And take a deep breath in and reach toward the heavens.
Lift your chest,
Open your heart,
And let the universe gently kiss your soul and bless this moment.
And let's release that breath.
Let your hands rest comfortably in your lap.
Or by your science.
Allow your eyelids to ever so gently float closed.
And settling.
Right now,
You don't need to know what happens next.
You don't need to have an answer.
You don't need to make sense of everything that has happened.
There'll be time for that.
Right now.
Let's simply take care of the person who's living through this.
You.
So breathe into your heart slowly,
Tenderly,
And offer yourself the same kindness you would offer someone you deeply love.
And maybe quietly inside you can whisper,
I'm here.
I'm here.
I'm here.
And feel your breath moving through you.
Feel your heart beating.
Feel the support beneath your body.
And somewhere,
Beneath everything that is moving,
Everything that is changing,
There is still.
A part of you that knows how to breathe.
A part of you that knows how to be here.
A part of you that has carried you all the way to this moment.
Let's find that part.
Feel the earth beneath you,
The floor beneath your feet.
The chair beneath your body.
The bed beneath you,
Wherever you are.
Feel yourself supported.
And take a long,
Slow breath in,
Drawing the breath up from the earth.
Through the soles of your feet,
Up through your legs,
Into your belly,
Into your heart.
And Excel.
Sending that breath back down through the body into the earth.
Let's do that one more time.
Breathe up from the earth.
Steady,
Slow,
Deep,
All the way into your heart.
And breathe it back down,
Returning.
Grounding.
Settling.
Let's call this your earth breath.
Breathe in.
I am here.
Breathe out,
I am held.
Breathe in,
I am here.
Breathe out,
I am held.
And perhaps something's beginning to soften.
Even just a little bit,
That's enough.
Because sometimes when things fall apart,
We discover something extraordinary.
We discover what remains.
Your breath remains.
Your awareness remains.
Your capacity to love remains.
Your ability to heal.
Remains.
And somewhere deep inside you beneath the noise of this moment.
Your essence.
Remains.
Alive.
Breathe in.
.
.
You have lived through days you once wondered how you would ever move through.
And perhaps somewhere inside you can begin to make room for the possibility that this moment also is moving life.
Is moving you.
Are moving.
Even now.
There's an ancient teaching that reminds us.
This too shall pass.
And perhaps you've heard those words before.
Maybe someone has even said them to you during a difficult moment in your life.
And sometimes when we're right in the middle of it,
Those words can feel so far away.
Because this moment is real.
What you're feeling is real.
And your heart gets to take the time it needs.
So this too shall pass isn't asking you to hurry.
It's a reminder that everything moves.
The seasons move.
The tides move.
The Earth keeps turning.
Even through the longest night.
And you are moving too,
Even now.
This moment,
However enormous it feels,
Is still one moment inside the vastness of your life.
One chapter inside a story that is still being written.
Maybe you're at the very beginning,
Maybe you've already been walking this road for some time.
Maybe there are days when you can feel yourself returning.
And then another wave rolls through.
Wherever you are.
Let that be where you are.
Healing has its own rhythm.
Its own intelligence,
Its own unfolding.
And somewhere beneath everything you are feeling there is something deeper.
That has remained with you through it all.
So gently rest one hand over your heart right now.
And feel the warmth of your hand.
Feel the movement of your breath beneath it.
And beneath your hand feel your heart beating.
There you are,
Still here.
This moment may have changed the landscape of your life.
It may have changed what you thought tomorrow would look like.
It may have changed the story you thought you were living.
And deep within you there is a place that remains whole.
Your wholeness,
The core of your being,
The deepest you.
The part of you that knows how to love.
The part of you that knows how to heal.
Part of you that somehow,
Through everything you've already lived,
Has continued to become.
And since we are both right here in this sacred,
Precious present moment,
And you've chosen to show up vulnerable.
With an open heart,
Let me share something with you.
There are parts of your strength you haven't even met yet.
There is courage within you that life has never asked you to call upon before.
Their self-compassion resting tenderly inside.
Perhaps deeper than you've ever known.
There is wisdom.
Quietly ripening inside you.
And there are dimensions of you still waiting to be discovered.
Strength that will rise when you need it,
Wisdom that will speak when you are ready to hear it,
And deeper knowing that may reveal itself one breath,
One day.
One step.
At a time.
You are being held right now.
In the sacred shelters.
Of God.
And you haven't reached the end of your strength.
Perhaps you've simply reached the edge.
Of the strength you've needed until now.
And beyond that edge.
There is more of you.
And today you don't have to find all of it.
You don't have to summon it.
You don't have to be brave for anyone.
Let it wait for you.
Your strength knows where you are.
And if your heart still hurts,
Let it hurt.
Healing allows us to honor what we feel and hold it with tenderness.
Whatever is here can be here.
Can be here too.
For now.
We heal.
For now.
We breathe.
We nourish.
We rest when we need to rest.
We let the heart find its rhythm again.
And we remember healing itself.
Is movement.
Keep resting your hand over your heart and feel that heartbeat again.
Because there's something else for you to remember.
You are not alone.
Right now,
Somewhere in the world,
Another human heart is finding its way too.
And here you are.
On this magnificent Earth beneath this vast sky held by gravity.
Breathing the breath of life,
Your heart beating inside a universe that you belong to.
You are still connected.
To life.
To love.
You are still part of this mysterious unfolding that has carried you all the way here.
You belong here.
And perhaps you need to hear that again.
You belong here.
And within you there is an untapped reservoir that has been filling your entire life.
We don't always know how deep the well is until life asks us to draw from it.
And yours is deep,
So deep.
Your life has been preparing you.
In ways you could never have known.
For the person you are becoming now.
And maybe that's difficult to imagine today.
That's okay.
You don't have to see the whole road from here.
You only need enough light for the next step.
And sometimes the next step is simply another breath.
And somewhere ahead of you.
There is a morning you haven't awakened to yet.
Light will come through the window.
And for a moment,
Perhaps you even remember.
You'll simply be there.
Breathing.
And something will feel a little different.
Maybe the circumstances will still be unfolding.
Maybe there will still be healing yet to come.
And inside you.
There will be a little more room.
A little more light.
A little more of you coming home.
And perhaps you'll realize I'm finding my way.
And one day you may look back at the person you are right now,
The person sitting here with a hand over their heart,
Breathing.
Healing.
Doing the very best they can.
And you may want to reach back through time and wrap your arms around this version of you.
And whisper.
You kept going.
Look at us now.
And maybe in some mysterious way that future you is already here,
Loving you,
Believing in you.
Waiting for you.
So breathe into your heart right now and receive that.
And maybe somewhere in all of this.
You've remembered something simple.
And powerful.
I matter.
That's courage.
That's self-love.
That's healing.
And perhaps this is all healing needs to look like right now.
One breath.
One moment.
One gentle return to yourself.
And feel the earth beneath you again right now.
Feel your hand upon your heart.
Feel your breath moving through you.
And remember that Earth breath we began with.
Draw that breath right now slowly up from the earth through the soles of your feet.
Through your body all the way into your heart.
And release back down into the earth.
Earth beneath you,
Breath within you.
Heart beating.
And somewhere beneath everything else,
See if you can find the smallest place inside you that feels steady.
Maybe it's simply the feeling of your hand against your heart.
Find it.
And breathe there.
Your whole life doesn't have to feel peaceful for you to experience one moment of peace.
This breath.
This heartbeat.
This little opening inside you.
And perhaps we can give this piece a sound.
An ancient Sanskrit word.
Shanti.
Peace.
Shanti.
Peace.
Shanti.
Peace.
Let the sound move through you.
And let's allow it to carry us even deeper.
Shanti.
Shanti.
Shanti.
Peace in the body.
Peace in the mind.
Peace in the heart.
Shanti.
Shanti.
Shanti.
And begin silently repeating Shanti.
And over.
Let each repetition move through you like a wave.
And whenever you drift away,
Gently return.
To the sound.
To the vibration.
To the peace.
Of Shanti.
Shanti.
Shanti.
I'll watch the time.
And when you hear me ring the chime,
Just sit gently with your eyes closed.
So let's begin Shanti.
And slowly let the mantra begin to soften.
And simply rest here.
And notice what is here now,
Maybe a little more space,
Maybe a little more softness,
Maybe simply the awareness that you are here.
And feel your heart again.
Feel your breath.
Feel the earth beneath you.
Take a long,
Slow,
Deep breath in.
Draw that earth breath all the way up into your heart.
And release it back down.
And remember that the piece you touched here belongs to you.
The strength you touched here.
Belongs to you.
The love you touched here.
Belongs to you.
And you can return to this breath,
To this heart,
To the steady place within you again.
And again.
And again.
As you begin to return.
Remember the person you met here today.
The one who showed up.
The one who stayed.
The one who placed a hand upon their own heart.
And chose.
To stay close to themselves.
Honor that person.
Trust that person.
Love that person.
Because whatever is unfolding,
You are still here,
Whole.
Beneath it all.
Connected.
Held.
And healing.
And remember,
Somewhere inside you,
There is more strength,
More love.
More life waiting to meet you whenever you're ready.
And for now,
Take one final beautiful breath in.
Feel your heart open,
And as you release,
Let these words settle gently inside you.
I am here.
I am Hell.
I am whole.
And when you're ready,
You can begin to move your fingers,
Give your heart a gentle massage right here.
Feel free to move your toes,
Perhaps roll your shoulders,
And slowly,
Gently.
Open your eyes.
And welcome to whatever comes next.
May it be peace.
Shanti.
Shanti.
Shanti.
Thank you for joining me today.
I send you love and continued healing.
Feel free to return to this meditation.
As you continue your healing journey.
