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Taoist Smiling Meditation

by Dhanpal-Donna Quesada

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4.6
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guided
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Meditation
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This meditation works with energy, or "chi" in the body. It relieves tension, removes stress, depression, anxiety and sadness. Uplifts and restores inner peace and joy.

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Transcript

This meditation is ideally done in a chair with your feet on the ground,

But it may be done in any position,

Either seated on a meditation cushion or even lying down.

Whichever position you choose,

Begin by holding your hands together so that your right hand is facing down.

And now,

Begin by bringing your attention to the soles of your feet and the thousands of nerve endings and reflex points there that open energy pathways to every organ of your body.

And if you happen to be in a chair,

Focus for a moment on the connection to the earth and on the direct connection to this vital source of energy.

Now,

Imagine in front of you a happy and beautiful image of someone in your life.

This may even be your own smiling image.

It may be a beloved person or a pet that makes you feel loved and happy.

With this image firmly established in your mind,

Begin to bring your awareness to that point between your eyebrows,

Called the third eye.

Focus your forehead as you continue to focus your awareness there.

You are drawing on the smiling energy of the image you chose,

And you are allowing it to accumulate in this point between the brows.

Begin now to let that surplus of smiling energy overflow into your eyes.

Feel your eyes becoming soft.

Feel yourself smiling with your eyes.

And as this smiling energy continues to overflow,

Feel it moving toward your mouth.

Finally turn up the corners of your mouth.

Bring your mouth into a soft and gentle smile,

Letting the smiling energy continue to make its way down into your neck.

As this smiling energy overflows into your neck,

Let it relieve any tension you may be holding there.

And for a moment,

Just delight in the warm feeling of the inner smile as it washes your body with healing endorphins.

Let it uplift your spirit.

Let it bring a softness and a healing vibration to every cell in your body.

Sense the smiling energy as it continues to cascade through your body.

Let it fill up your heart now with warmth and happy feelings.

And as it continues to accumulate here in your heart,

Feel your heart smile with love,

Like a brilliant pink lotus flower coming to life under the light of the morning sun.

If necessary,

Feel free to return to your chosen image of smiling energy in front of you,

Allowing your awareness of it to replenish its abundance and then drawing it anew to your brow point and then down to your body so that it may continue its journey through your body and into your cells.

This radiant smiling energy is now overflowing from your heart and pouring out into each of your lungs.

Breathe into your lungs and as you breathe into them,

Feel them expand with gladness as this energy brings them back to life.

And now from your lungs,

The smiling energy now flows into your liver just below your ribs on the right side.

Feel the smiling energy cleanse your liver.

Feel it bringing new life to this most important organ.

Allow this smiling energy to flow now down into your belly,

Filling your belly with the glow of your inner smile.

Breathe into your stomach and with each breath,

Feel your belly smile with gladness.

Now allow this smile to trickle down through your stomach and into your pancreas.

Let it fill this organ with love and light.

And as this smiling energy continues its journey,

Feel it revitalize your spleen just to the left of your stomach.

As this luminous energy builds up now in the spleen,

Let it flow into your kidneys.

Send a smile to each of your kidneys in your lower back on either side.

Let your smile radiate there.

Fill your kidneys with this smile,

Fill them with love and let this loving energy spill over into your adrenals,

Which sit just atop of these busy organs.

Really fill them up with your smile,

Thanking them for working so hard for you.

Send the smiling energy now down into your reproductive organs to balance and revitalize your creative energy.

Send now by directing all of this smiling energy,

Every bit of it that remains into your dan tien just below your navel point.

This is the storehouse of your life force.

And with your awareness here,

Begin to mentally circulate the surplus of energy in an outward flowing spiral.

Women,

Start the spiral in a counter clockwise direction.

Men,

Start in a clockwise direction,

Keeping the spiral contained in your abdomen.

Do this several times.

And then,

Reversing the direction of your spiral,

Begin to bring it back to contain it just below your navel.

Now that it's contained,

Just hold your focus there for a moment.

You may repeat this meditation any time you feel you need to replenish your life force.

Any time you feel you need to replenish your own inner smile and radiance.

And then you'll be able to call on the secret source of inner light and joy whenever you need to instantly transform any negative emotions into lightness and inner peace.

Good luck!

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Meet your Teacher

Dhanpal-Donna QuesadaCulver City, CA, USA

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Recent Reviews

Lisanne

August 1, 2025

Perfectly suits the Taoist practices I learn from my sexuologist and soul coach.

krissy

September 29, 2020

This meditation really made me feel happier and not as overwhelmed with my depression. I liked the idea of bringing smiles and that energy to different parts of my body specifically and then letting that energy fill every crack within me. I plan to keep this in my tool box for sure! Thank you for creating this and sharing, may your day be filled with love, namaste.

Nitza

December 22, 2019

Beautiful and powerful for cleansing our energy. Thank you.

Romain

July 21, 2019

A good meditation to start the day full of energy.

Irene

May 25, 2019

I love the meditation very much but the music is too intense for me. I need something softer and genlier. Other than that, it's perfect. Thank you

Kirin

February 9, 2019

I am so, so grateful. This was wonderful! Thank you!

Mike

January 28, 2019

I sat and smiled for a full 10 minutes afterward. Fun meditation.

Andrea

August 21, 2018

I enjoyed this meditation. Uplifting and energising. Thank you 😊.

Eileen

July 29, 2018

Wonderful, thank you.

Jessica

July 26, 2018

Really great! Bookmarked! Feeling down, this is uplifting in my soul and heart. The audio stimulation is also very vibrant and uplifting!

cairfrey

July 26, 2018

I do this meditation about 3-4 times a day on work days. Definitely gives me the loving energy I need to work in customer service.

Treacy

July 23, 2018

Thank you. That was very helpful!

Lee

July 23, 2018

Just what I needed. So powerful that my body was loving it. Love Taoist practices, Chi gong helped change my life.

Sarah

July 23, 2018

Felt it! Thank you!

Jennifer

July 22, 2018

This was quite different than the guided meditation I am usually drawn too but I enjoyed it very much. After an emotional morning, I think I needed exactly this. Thank you. 💞

Matt

July 22, 2018

Very nice. Calm comforting voice with great pacing. Thank you.

Elvira

July 22, 2018

Beautiful! - Thank you.🌹

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