Embodied Self-love

In this meditation, you will be guided to plug into the wonder and awe that resides within your heart center. Gazing through the lens of your neutral observer, you will feel the innate connection you have with yourself and the universe.

Transcript

This embodiment practice is facilitated by Maureen Pelton,

Social scientist and spiritual teacher with 30 years of experience studying and facilitating embodiment.

My intention in sharing this embodiment practice is to deepen heartfulness through self-love.

I invite you to stand if possible or sit in a chair with your feet on the ground.

Please begin by closing your eyes or softening your gaze and by simply noticing your breath.

Feeling your breath in your body.

Observing the rhythm of your breath in your body.

Noticing the rhythm of your heartbeat in your body.

Noticing the rhythm of your body's sensations.

Noticing the rhythm of your body's sensations.

And observing the rhythm of any emotions in your body.

Please soften and settle into your body and its rhythms.

I invite you to smile and relax your jaw and tongue.

Please deepen your breath by taking gentle inhales through your nose expanding your belly.

And gently exhaling through your mouth.

Please extend the exhale to be longer than the inhale flattening the belly.

Breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth with the exhale being longer than the inhale.

Breathing in through the mouth and out through the mouth being longer than the inhale.

This breath technique stimulates the vagus nerve which activates the parasympathetic nervous system.

As you relax more deeply into your body imagine the base of your spine and the bottom of your feet softening and expanding to allow the supportive,

Nurturing earth energies to enter your physical form.

Allow yourself to receive the earth's energies and allow them to come more fully into your body.

Imagine roots under your feet that extend deeply into the earth and allow them to draw up the nurturance from the earth into your physical form.

Now say your name to yourself calling in your unique energetic signature,

Your soul vibration through the top of your head and hands and allowing this energy to travel through your body.

Observing the vibration and allowing it to activate your cells.

In this exchange of earth energies and soul energy bring your attention to your heart center,

The spiritual chakra of your body,

The center for self love.

As you become aware of your heart center again feel the rhythm of your heartbeat in your body.

Allow your heart center to expand with each inhale and letting go of any tension,

Resistance or stress.

Observe the energy and rhythm of your heart center as you breathe in and out of your body.

And letting go of any tension,

Resistance or stress with each exhale.

Observe the energy and rhythm of your heart's chakra in your body.

Please bring your hands in front of your heart center with your palms facing each other but not touching.

As your heart chakra continues to expand activate the energies of love,

Kindness,

Gratitude,

Compassion,

Joy and caring that are a part of your innate goodness and personal sovereignty.

Imagine all this energy of love,

Kindness,

Compassion,

Gratitude,

Caring and joy.

Traveling from your heart center across your chest to your right shoulder and then down your arm and out your right hand.

As you imagine your left hand receiving all of the energy from your right hand and that energy travels up your left arm through your left shoulder and back to your heart center.

Creating the energetic circle of self love.

Continue to focus on your deep gentle belly breath with the exhales longer than the inhales and continue to be aware of the circular movement of your heart.

Continue to focus on your deep gentle belly breath with the exhales longer than the inhales and continue to be aware of the circular exchange of your heart's energy through your arms and hands.

Continue to focus on your deep gentle belly breath with the exhales longer than the inhales and continue to be aware of the circular exchange of your heart's energy through your arms and hands.

And just observe what you experience between your hands.

You may experience pulsing,

You may be experiencing warmth or tingling or you may experience resistance from your left hand in your ability to receive.

Notice if you experience the energy expanding or your hands being pushed apart and allow the energy to grow.

Be in this moment in your body,

In your heart center with this flow of loving spiritual energy.

And keep inviting and allowing your heart center to expand.

Now I invite you to turn your hands towards your chest and place them on your chest connecting your loving energy to your heart center and your body.

Allow this energy from your heart center to expand throughout your body and into the earth through the roots below you.

I invite you to take a deep breath and chant an Aum to vibrate the energy within your body.

Experience the presence of love throughout your body.

Now ask your body what it needs and just listen for a response.

Now move your hands off your chest and extend them outward giving the presence of love to the world around you.

Ask your body what it has to give and then just listen for a response.

You are love.

Open your eyes and observe the world around you.

Remember you are love.

Open your eyes and observe the world around you.

Remember you are love.

Thank you.

Reviews

Great way to greet the sun this morning. Thank you.

Such a heart opening way to start the day, thank you.

Powerful!! Thank you 🙏🧡🙏

This is a beautiful meditation. Perfect for the times. Thank you!

Wow that was amazing. Thank you u have no idea how much this came at the right time. Bless u dear soul :)

What a lovely way to start my day! As I complete my meditation, I hear birds outside my window. I have all I need and I am ready to give and receive.

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing 💗🙏🏼

Such a beautiful meditation. I did the hands facing each other in front of the heart chakra and before I knew it, my hands had moved apart. Will do this one more!

Thanks so much 🙏

Amazing thank you 🙏 💗

Very visceral. Thank you!

Nice smooth background music to accompany this beautifully loving guided meditation. Thank you for sharing! 😊

So powerful. I felt such energy and heat in my hands and a beautiful fullness in my heart. Thank you for this gift of a meditation.

Wow! Absolutely beautiful meditation! Thank you Maureen! I was crying before this meditation because I struggled to receive love from a friend and now I’m beaming! Also, my body is chilly but my crystal necklace that is charged for unconditional love is so charged up it almost burns my hand!

Thank you ♥️🙏🏼♥️!

Beautiful way to connect with your own kindness and sense of love

Different for me but in a good way. I hope my hand positions were correct. I needed this. Thank you.