Holding Nepal: Prayer, Healing, & Sacred Presence

This meditation is to hold space for healing in Nepal. There are moments when the enormity of what is happening in the world can leave us wondering what we can do. We may not be able to change what has happened, but we can gather. We can bear witness. We can pray. We can offer healing, compassion, and energetic support.

Transcript

Welcome everyone to the Platform for Peace, Holding Nepal, Prayer, Healing and Sacred Presence. The Platform for Peace space is something that I created to promote peace and healing around the world. We are here to acknowledge the devastation in Nepal. We can't change what's happened, But we can certainly gather, Bear witness, Offer healing and hold space for support and peace and just add to the energetic healing for Nepal. So thank you all for joining me. Everybody go ahead and close your eyes. This is an experiential meditation. There's no right or wrong. Just experience what you experience. See what you see. And if it's emotional, Just stick with it, Because we'll move through it. This is just as much a healing for you as it is for everyone else. The intention, That I have said is that whatever we do here, There's no agenda or attachment or any kind of outcome. It's energetic. And let those who can have, Have. But the other purpose is so that we let go of having responsibility for what's happening in the world. We don't need to actually heal it, We just need to hold space for healing, And then we can send them healing energy. So give yourselves a breath and begin to tune in. To yourself and your body. You can tune in to your breath. That rise and fall of your chest. The air coming in, Transforming you and then you breathing out. And begin to say hello to your body. Without trying to fix or change anything about it. Consider that. Your body, Your space is perfect just the way it is. And go ahead and just breathe and release. And breathe and release. Saying hello to our bodies helps bring us into present time. Our bodies can only exist in present time. So that's why we begin by saying hello to our bodies. And now I'd like you to rest your eyes. You don't have to see with your physical eyes, So you can go ahead and give them a rest, Even with your eyes closed. And rest your attention behind your eyes in the center of your head. And if you're not sure where that is, You can just kind of tap in the center of your head, On your forehead, And you can even tap right in the middle on the top and where those intersect, That's where the center of your head is. Those of you who enjoy tapping, You can tap, Do a little tapping around your. . . But just rest your eyes in the center of your head and create an inner sanctuary or a sanctuary space, A sacred space in the center of your head where you're in charge. Imagine it as a beautiful mountain field, Or maybe it's a beach, Or maybe it's a beautiful apartment decorated with all your favorite colors, With you in the middle of that space. Give yourself a breath, And as you exhale, Imagine that you're just beginning to let go from the center of your head. Any thoughts that are in there? Any other people who maybe wanted to know what you were thinking? Maybe there's a party going on. In the center of your awareness, The center of your head, But just begin to quiet that space. And you don't need to shut your mind down. Sometimes I like to have folks just kind of put your thoughts in a river that runs kind of right in front of your awareness. And you can just kind of toss all those thoughts in that river and let them just flow on by. And be right here and now, And just allow yourself. To be right here, Right now. With all of us creating this healing. Now from the center of your head, Go ahead and create a connection from the base of your spine. To the center of the planet. I like to use an oak tree. Just connected right at the base of my spine. But you can use whatever you want, Whatever's going to help you release energy. Sometimes it's a sewer pipe. Sometimes it's a unicorn. You can use whatever you want. But just create that connection from the base of your spine to the center of the planet and have that be a place where you can release energy for yourself. Don't worry, You're not going to hurt anything in the earth. Mother Earth knows exactly what to do with that energy. It gets neutralized and goes back where it came from. So just go ahead and set that grounding cord on release. And as you do that, You can actually see a flow of energy moving away from you, Anything that you want to release, Anything that no longer serves you. And go ahead and give yourself a breath and just release down that grounding cord. I like to consider my grounding cord as a communication with the earth. Mother Earth supports us. She will receive the energy. And just begin to release anything that you no longer need to carry. Maybe it's responsibilities from people, Maybe it's energy of people you're healing. Doesn't even matter. You don't even have to identify it, Just release. And then return your attention to the center of your awareness in the center of your head. And imagine a beautiful gold sun above your head and just call back your life force. Your energy from wherever you've given it away or left it. And as you call that energy back, You can be fully present in your space as you watch that gold sun fill up with your life force, With your vitality. And then go ahead and give yourself that gold sun. Let it come in right through the top of your head and begin to flow through you. Filling up every cell in your body, Filling up your chest, Your breath, Your creativity. And that gold sun is never depleted, So as you bring it in, It's just gonna begin to expand. Into your aura, That space around you, Your energy bubble. We always start with this because we want to have our space before we can create this beautiful healing for others. So just be in your own. Bubble of light. And fully present where you are. And give yourself a breath. And then just to get you moving a little bit. I'd like you to take a big stretch for just right now, And you can bend over. Dump out, Shake out your neck and shoulders, Wake yourself up. There's a lot of unconsciousness leaving the space. Good job. Oh, And give yourself a breath and welcome. I'm going to say a little prayer to begin in this space. As we have this prayer circle and healing meditation, We allow the cosmic and earth energies to flow through our bodies, Opening the doors through which we become more aware of our spirituality and increase the communication with the God of our own heart. Let us pray. May it be with the blessings of the beloved that whatever happens during our time together benefits each of us in our spiritual growth, Awareness, Understanding, And ability to heal ourselves and others without giving our energy away. Amen. So it is. So give yourselves a breath and just close your eyes. And I'd like you to just allow yourself to see whatever you see. All my psychics in here, You can be running your energy if you know how to do that. And if you don't, You can just stay grounded and breathe and release. But the first thing that I want to put out there is I'd like you to notice, And again, If you know how to do this, Go ahead and put up a rose and notice. What is your response to what's happening in the world, In Nepal? Yes, It's climate change, Sadly. But what is your response? To what's happening. Is it grief? Is it fear? Is it helplessness, Overwhelm, Compassion? Maybe you're just numb. Maybe it's just a feeling of, I can't even watch that. I can't even look. And whatever you're noticing, There's no judgment around it. I just want you to notice it and then go ahead and just breathe and give yourself space to have that. Whatever you're feeling. I know I've experienced my share of anger. And just sadness. Helplessness, All of those things. But the thing is, We don't need to match the energy of that devastation or the sorrow. We can hold space in our hearts for compassion and to heal those that are going through it. That's what we're here for. We don't need to match the energy to prove that we care. And that we love. And that this world is amazing. So for all of you, I'd like you to go out in front of you. I'd like you to imagine a beautiful red rose. Just imagine it, You know what a rose looks like, And then go ahead and explode that rose. And give yourself a breath and put up another rose. Imagine another red rose. And this one is going to start collecting up any of the emotional charge that you have picked up. You might have picked it up from the news or images or videos. Some of you in here are so sensitive, You might have just picked it up in the ethers in the airwaves. So if you've had waves of sadness, That happened to me earlier today, I was just walking along and I had this just wave of sadness come through. And it was not mine. I was really happy before it happened. So sometimes we pick up these things, We pick them up from social media, We pick them up from conversations. This is the collective fear and grief that's in the world in present time. So just have all of that emotional charge just arc off away from you and go into that rose. It knows what to do. It's grounded. It's there to help you release. And if for some reason you're having trouble picturing that rose, You can just go ahead and breathe and release all of those things down your grounding cord. But collect up all that energy. And then go ahead and ground that rose. And then you can let it go and explode it like a beautiful firework. Good job. We need to begin with ourselves and clear the charge that we have in order to be in charge and create these healing spaces. So go ahead and create a beautiful gold sun above your head to collect up your energy from all of whatever you just released. And just, You can reach up and grab that gold sun and bring that right down into your space. And fill up. Now that's. . . You're here and you're now in the now and you are present. The first thing I'd like you to do is bring Nepal into your awareness. Not the images of devastation. Allow Nepal to appear up here however you want. I've got a picture behind me of the Himalayas. But it'll appear however. It wants to, Or you will feel it however you want to feel it. Its spirit, Its people, The land, Its wholeness, Maybe it shows up like a color. Maybe it shows up as mountains or light or just a flower or maybe a map. It can be anything you want. It can be a word. You know, Unless you've traveled to Nepal, You might not have a clear picture, But get a sense of Nepal. That feeling. And even if you have nothing visual at all, But you can experience it and be here in this space with all of us. What I'd like you to do. Is imagine a beautiful red rose out in front of you. And imagine that as a hello rose. A hello, We see you, We're here supporting you, Rose. And without even knowing where Nepal is on the map, If you don't know, I'd like you to imagine that you are sending your rose to Nepal. Hello, We see you. We are supporting you. And notice what you notice as you do that. One of the most important things that we can do is to say hello when people are going through this incredible devastation, This incredible growth period. Think of it this way, That, You know, When we're feeling isolated and alone and something big happens in our life, How great it is when just a friend calls and says, I'm here, Hello, I see you. And that's what we're doing here with Nepal. And if you've got emotions coming up, That's okay. Just go ahead and breathe and release. Maybe if you know how to do that, You can blow the rose. And the next thing. Is just to notice. Hello Nepal, We see you. Now, The next part of this. I'd like you to go ahead and just set up your little boundaries around you. Just imagine that you have your boundaries. You can set your intent. And I'd like us to all create a sacred space for those who lost their lives. In this mudslide. And we're not going to pull or direct or interfere with anybody spiritually. We're just going to simply acknowledge that they transitioned, And we're going to offer love and peace and compassion, And we're going to honor their passing. So imagine those who have transitioned in a beautiful bubble. A golden bubble. You can create even a space somewhere in a field maybe, But hold those who've transitioned and their loved ones gently in your awareness and allow a field of light to surround the space. Let the path that golden light and let it be. Give yourselves a breath. And once again, Let go of any grief or sadness. Or any emotion that you're feeling. And just let that go down your grounding cord. Or explode that rose. The biggest thing we can do is honor. The spirits of those who have passed on. Give yourselves a breath and go ahead and create that big gold sun once again above your head. And you can bring that down and let that flow through your body. Now I'd like to. Hold in a beautiful space those who are missing, Injured, Or displaced. So I'm going to go through them. As you set your intention and see what you see to hold all of those who are missing in a space, And this is separate from you. You're not holding them in your space. You're creating a bubble. You're creating a sacred space to hold them in, Even if they're not physically in it. So you want to hold those that are missing, Hold those that are injured. Or those who have lost homes, Their belongings, Communities, Their sense of safety. Give yourselves a breath. And what I'd like you to do is offer them vibrations. This is what we talk about when we say sending healing vibes, Sending love, Sending. . . We type it all the time in social media. But this is what we mean by sending good vibes. So we want to offer the vibrations of safety. And support. And strength. Comfort. And hope. And whether you're doing this as a psychic or you're doing this in a way of prayer. It still works. Send them the vibration that resources are on their way. Everybody is working to support them. Let there be hope. Let there be clarity. And just allow these energies to go where they go without need to direct any kind of outcome. But where you're freely giving. The energies, Not your energy, But you are offering the energies through your intent. And notice how you're feeling right now. Are you going unconscious or are you sticking right with us? Just notice how you're doing and then go ahead and check in with that grounding, That connection between the base of your spine and the center of the earth. And just breathe and release whatever you need to let go of. We're going to talk about the grief here in the U. S. As well a little bit later, But for now we're doing this, But it might be coming up for you now. So just allow those energies about the missing, Injured, Or displaced to just go wherever they need to go. And wherever you are holding those folks in that bubble, Those spirits, Those energies in that bubble, Go ahead and just give it a beautiful gold sun. That brings hope and peace. And then we're going to. . . Say hello to the families and communities. Who are waiting for news, Who are grieving, Who are trying to understand what's happened. And I'd like you to right now create a beautiful gold sun just right above all of Nepal. And allow it to just radiate golden light and shine it down on those families and those communities. You don't have to put the energy in anybody, They will receive it. To simply allow the light, The golden light to be present. As you create that incredible gold sun above Nepal. And just have your awareness of that. Notice what's lighting up across all of Nepal. And then go ahead and just bring your awareness. That that gold sun is also shining down on. The rescue workers, The first responders, The medical teams, The volunteers, Aid organizations, There's so many people out there helping neighbors helping neighbors. People preparing and distributing food, People searching, The searchers, The planes, Even the drone operators, People offering shelter. But offer those folks strength without giving away your own energy. Offer them clarity without your clarity. You can offer them that space to open it up for themselves. Offer them communication and compassion. Set the intention that help is received and reaches where it is needed. And you can do that just from that gold sun, Just by creating that and allowing that to go wherever it's needed. In fact, And I'm seeing this as I'm talking, We can also. . . Send a little hello and raise of golden light to those helpers who are going to go there from other countries and help and give them courage and strength as well. Notice what you notice and give yourself a breath. And now bring your awareness to the earth. The physical earth. The place in that region, The park where the glacier was. And just begin to say hello to the mountains and the rivers, The water and the soil. The trees, The animals, The villages, The cities, The entire land of Nepal. Even if you don't know what it is, Where it is, You can set your intent just to create that space. Where you're saying hello to the land. And if you need to, It can be anywhere on the earth that you can picture because our earth, Our trees talk to each other, Our waterways talk to each other. Everything is in communication. And we're not approaching the earth as broken, We are. . . Getting in relationship with the earth. We're having a new relationship with the earth as we say hello. And allow Mother Earth to do what Mother Earth does. And that's Heal. Give yourself a breath. And bring your attention back to your own grounding cord, Your own communication with the earth. Notice that flow as it's moving away from you. Rub your feet on the floor. Feel the earth beneath your feet. And if you have an incredible sense of earth, You can even feel the earth beneath Nepal. We are one Earth. Take a moment. And give yourself a breath. Check in with your heart and see how that's doing, Your heart chakra, That fourth chakra. See how your body's doing in present time. You're in an amazing space of giving. And in the giving you are receiving as well. And you know, There is a tremendous amount of grief that all of us are carrying right now. It's in the collective, It's personal grief, It's communal, It's our community. Some is connected through people that we never knew personally. I can't do a healing without you. Bringing up, You know, Our those people who became the soundtracks of our lives. They became part of our lives through music, Art, Film, Performance, Stories, Presence. While we're giving and offering this healing to Nepal. I also want to acknowledge the grief that we all are carrying right now in the collective over Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, And there seems to be just a host of 80-year-olds that are being taken. Into the heavens. So as we are all offering this healing to Nepal, Let's give a healing to ourselves. And I'd like to invite everyone to bring to mind anyone or anything that you are grieving today. A loved one, A friend, An animal. Maybe someone you never met. A relationship, A way of life, A way of life that you don't have or that you want, Any kind of grief. Former version of yourself. And then go ahead and. Create that rose for that person or that. Being or that experience. And say hello and offer gratitude for their presence. And how they affected your life. And allow yourself to feel whatever is present for you. And give yourself a breath and just begin to release any and all of that grief. Just for yourself. Maybe we're even grieving the world as we knew it and as we know it. And go ahead and breathe and release. Breathe and release. Now gently bring your awareness back to the center of your head. And I'd like you to. Create a rose. That represents the world, Or you can even just see the earth. And I'd like you to surround the Earth. With the beautiful golden sun. We have one over Nepal. You can let it expand. To any other communities that are experiencing natural or man-made disaster like war, Violence, Hunger, Displacement, Grief, Just let that gold just begin to surround the earth. Imagine just kind of a gold light just moving around the earth. Notice how you react as you are creating this beautiful gold sun around the earth. And then bring your attention back to you and your physical body. And I'd like you to create a rose for the world. Representing one world. And in that rose. I'd like you to start filling it. With compassion, Cooperation. Communication. Kindness. Courage. Healing. Humanity. Peace. And go ahead and allow that rose to just hold that vibration rather than any specific outcome. And then I'd like you to. Snip that rose or you can put it in a balloon or a ball of light or any other image that feels right to you and I'd like you to just release it and let it go off into the universe. Just let go of any responsibility for How peace. Has to happen. And give yourself a breath and slowly begin to come back to yourself. Bring awareness to your body. Bring awareness to yourself. You can pat your body. Notice your grounding. Be right back in the center of your head. And create a beautiful gold sun above your head. And just begin to call your energy back into that sun. Call your vitality into that sun, Your life force. As you're doing that, Just notice your feet on the floor and notice the chair, Notice your breath. Notice the room around you. Allow yourself to be fully here. And you can give yourself that gold sun. And in fact, Go ahead and reach up once again and you can grab that gold sun and bring it right down into your space. Let it surround you with love and healing and your own energy. And I'm going to offer a closing blessing. For everyone here. And or around the world. So be in that space of prayer. I'm bringing in some. Spirit guides I've been working with on this meditation and each of you is going to receive a healing as I Speak this blessing. May those who are suffering know they're not forgotten. May those who are helping be supported, And have courage. May those who are grieving. Feel supported and loved. May we remain compassionate without losing ourselves. In the suffering of the world. May peace be with Nepal. May peace be with all who are grieving. May peace and love be with each of us. Amen. And now I'd like you to completely, Completely come back to your body. Stomp your feet, Rub them along the floor, Pat your body, And you can still be aware of your grounding and the center of your head. Notice your breath. And just grab one more gold sun and bring that down and fill up every cell in your body. And go ahead and just move around. You might want to take a big stretch. Bend over, Dump out. Really be back here. With all of us in this beautiful sacred space that we have all created just by our presence. And there's no need to share or explain. Or make meaning. You don't even have to understand what happened here or what didn't happen here or what you experienced. Give yourself a little space. You may want to sit quietly or take a walk or. . . Journal, Or cry, Or pray, Or scream, Or just simply be. Let yourself process what you've moved through in however you need to. And be sure to take care of yourself and your gentle heart. Each of us is a sensitive being in our own right. And I want to thank you from the bottom and top of my heart for showing up and bearing witness. Thank you for adding your presence and your light in this space and your prayers. And let us just, Let's just simply be for just a few more minutes. And bring in one more golden sun. And then I will say, May peace be with all who are grieving. And may peace and love surround us all. Amen.