
Honoring Our Mothers
by David Young
This is an invitation to connect to the beautiful, life-giving energy of the feminine in the Universe. It's an opportunity to connect to our mothers and those who have mothered us throughout life. Acknowledge the womb that birthed you and the planet that holds us.
Transcript
I want to invite you to take a moment and allow your eyes to softly close.
Sit in a way that feels comfortable for you,
Yet dignified and upright.
Today's meditation is a meditation to the feminine and to all the mothers in our lives and also to a sense of the Divine Mother that has birthed us all into life.
The music is the Devi prayer literally translated as a hymn to the Divine Mother and the words are a Sanskrit chant in praise to the Divine Mother.
So I invite you to breathe and allow your body to relax.
Notice any tension in the body and allowing it to soften.
Notice any tightness in the face,
In the jaw,
In the shoulders,
In the neck,
In the back,
Down to the legs.
Allow yourself to notice anything you feel throughout the body.
Allow yourself to breathe deeply in and then exhale.
You may outward notice any tension in the mind.
And now take a moment to reflect on your own birth.
Notice that for most of us we did not begin our life in the physical world but we began within the womb of our mother.
And though we did not see her,
Though we did not know her,
She was all around us and was intimately close to us.
That our bodies were held by a feminine before we were birthed into this world,
Before we took our first breath.
Consider that our first experiences of life are with the divine feminine.
That we are held by life through the feminine.
That we hear the sound of our mother's heartbeat.
We hear her voice though we do not see her face.
I invite you to take a moment to thank life for your own time in the womb of your mother.
For the womb that held you and brought bone and organ and tissue to form and shape.
Consider how sacred the space is.
The sacred space that gave you life and that nourished you before you breathe your first breath.
Take a moment to thank the woman who held you in her body.
Whose eyes held yours after your birth.
Notice that regardless of all things that have happened to you,
You have been given a gift.
Life.
Give thanks to the womb that nurtured your life into being.
Namaste.
And consider the gift that you are.
That you allowed your mother to become a mother and to experience motherhood.
Take a moment to give thanks to the mother that gave birth to you and to all those that have mothered you throughout life and all forms of the feminine and the divine feminine that have nurtured you along your journey.
Whether through pleasant experiences,
Unpleasant experiences,
Even painful experiences and joyful experiences,
Say thank you.
They have allowed you to become the person that you are today.
That your experiences in their own way have loved you into being.
Consider now that the world you live in,
The earth that you live on,
Is also a womb that you live within.
That is a mother that holds you and carries you.
That even now you are being held,
You are still being held,
Still being nurtured.
That you are in a womb called life and nurtured by the divine feminine.
Breathe the air that nourishes your body and give thanks to the life that is within you.
Give thanks to the divine feminine that mothers you even to this day.
Imagine sitting in the presence of the divine mother,
The divine feminine spirit that holds all life and ask yourself,
Is there anything that you want to let go of,
Anything that you want to place at her feet that has been weighing you down?
I invite you to let it go and to place it at the feet of the divine mother.
And now,
Is there anything that you want to receive?
Imagine that the divine mother called life wants to give you a gift,
An offering as one word just for you.
Allow yourself to receive that one word,
That one gift and breathe it into your body.
Allow it to fill you.
Allow it to move through you.
Allow yourself to give thanks to that which has loved you into being,
To the womb that birthed you,
To the womb that holds you now,
To the mother that mothered you and to all the mothers who have nurtured you in your life and to the divine feminine that holds you gently in her love.
And when you're ready,
I invite you to return to the room that you're in and gently open your eyes.
Welcome home.
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Recent Reviews
Catherine
December 21, 2025
Wonderful connection to the mothers in our lives and the divine feminine. Thank you and namaste 🙏
Pascale
May 9, 2025
What a beautiful and nourishing guided neditation, I felt so held by your words and the soul-full song. Thank you for the reminder that I an home in nyself and through the lineage of my mothers womb
Kerri
November 27, 2024
Wow! My most favourite music with such a powerful message of life. I feel into a trance for 16 minutes that I didn't want to leave. The Divine Feminine, The Divine Mother... Bless you!
Peggy
November 2, 2023
Such a profound, healing meditation as I honor my mother who transitioned this year, today on the Día de los Muertos. Thank you so much! Namaste 🙏🏽 💚 🤱🏽
Barbara
May 14, 2023
Beautiful, thank you! ♥️
Mel
August 27, 2022
🙏💕🙏
Grupo
August 9, 2022
Amazing meditation, thank you very much for sharing it with us 🙏 Namasté 💫
Joy
July 13, 2022
Beautiful. Thank you.
Deb
May 7, 2022
I listened on Mother’s Day. It was incredibly moving. Bought me to tears. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Victoria
May 5, 2022
This was hypnotizing. I feel cradled, warm, and at peace. 🙏🏻❤️
Ricardo
February 17, 2022
Thank you 🙏🏼💛
Shirlee
November 9, 2021
This is so beautiful….. I am so thankful I found this one. ❤️
Doug
November 4, 2021
Thanks!!
Michelle
September 6, 2021
I’ve never left a review on here, but am moved to do so after listening to this beautiful meditation. It was shared with me by a dear friend, and I just listened to it while on a train journey. It cracked something in me wide open… and I’ve cried through the whole meditation. So deeply stirring… and I know it’s one I’ll need to keep coming back to. With deepest gratitude. Thank you, thank you! 🙏🏾
Toni
July 25, 2021
Just what I needed today, on the first anniversary of my mother’s passing. Thank you. 🙏🏼
Zam
May 9, 2021
Thank you
LynnJT
April 22, 2021
Thank you. It is my Mother’s birthday today...I honor her always each day...her humility and kindness inspires me. I wanted to give her a special gift from me through this meditation/prayer/music. Also, I wanted to acknowledge The Divine Mother for all that I am...for all that everyone of us, on this Earth, is. 🙏🏾
Supermomoftwo
March 30, 2021
Loved this!! Thank you!
Novia
October 31, 2020
abundance. I ask for a bowl of abundance, David. The mothers smile at me and said, "Here it is, little girl. bring it carefully with your strong hands coz it's fully loaded. Oh share those fruits with people, friends, animals and all beings you meet along the way. Good. now, off you go."
Caroline
October 23, 2020
Sometimes you are reminded by someone’s words to simply ‘forgive and move on’ whilst counting your blessings 🙏🏽🕊♥️ Thank you so much for reminding me today 😊 x
