Creating An Energetic Field For Your Elder Self

This meditation is a soothing yet powerful experience aimed at those who feel that you are in, or approaching, the Third Age of life. Becoming an Elder is a choice that is available, to use this stage of life to settle into your skin with acceptance. The meditation invokes the qualities and strengths that you can enjoy as you age, and on creating and sharing through your energetic field. The meditation was first shared on my Live platform in February 2022.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this meditation on creating the energetic field of the Alder with me Dr Joan Russell.

Today's meditation is a meta meditation.

So the focus is not only on you,

It's on how you impact others,

How you create your energetic field.

The meditation is built around four concepts and as you become more comfortable,

Allow yourself to hear the depth of the four concepts.

The first is acceptance.

The second is joy.

The third is authority and the fourth is generosity.

And continue to make yourself more comfortable in whatever position you've chosen.

Allow your breath to come naturally.

Let your jaw and tongue relax.

Quieten your mind.

Let go of all that which is not useful here,

The unwanted,

The unnecessary.

Trust yourself and your unconscious mind to serve you well here today.

As if we are in a bubble of now.

A bubble of creativity,

Of peace,

Safety and harmony.

As if the colours of the rainbow are reflecting through and all around your bubble,

Merging to create light especially for you today.

A rainbow between you and your unconscious mind.

And ask yourself if you're willing to embrace the energy of the elder with grace and wisdom,

Grounded in your experience of life.

Bring to mind how it can be for you to give yourself full acceptance of your body and the changes within it over time.

Accepting and forgiving the limitations and nurturing the strengths.

And of your mind,

All that which you're able to be with now.

The ability to stimulate your mind,

To relax,

To trust that the knowledge of your years works for you in the way that it works.

Acceptance that your experience,

Whatever it may have been,

Whatever you make it now,

It counts.

Acceptance that your experience is a gift,

A resource for you and for others should you choose to step forward all the way.

And breathe this physiology of acceptance,

Of your right to be you,

Here,

Now.

Breathe into your space.

And what of joy?

Let your eyes flicker upward inside your eyelids,

Up towards the top of your head,

Towards the sky and the heavens beyond,

The universe beyond.

And let your imagination flicker above and through your timeline of life.

Remembering moments of joy,

Imagining moments of joy.

Maybe the sounds of joy in the soundtrack of your life.

And note what it is for you to wear on your face the expression of joy,

To inhabit the physiology of joy.

And breathe the physiology of joy,

Your ability to enjoy,

Here,

Now.

And what of authority?

Allowing yourself to recognize and accept the authority that you have gained,

Your authoritative self,

To wear your authority in knowledge,

Experience,

Awareness and to incorporate it into your daily self,

Without false pride and without false modesty.

Trusting that which you know you know and being willing to embrace it as a part of you.

And let it be with you.

And imagine your stature when you embrace the physiology of a person of authority,

Along with your acceptance and your joy.

And note how it feels to wear the expression on your face and embed the physiology and the stature of a person of your standing,

With an ever open mind to knowing how to use it wisely.

And what of generosity?

The ability to share your acceptance of yourself,

To be comfortable in your own skin,

To access and acknowledge that wisdom of experience,

To give yourself time to reflect on all that you have learned,

To value it,

To value yourself,

To be generous to your elder self as a person of substance,

To move at your pace with your head held high,

With your eyes and ears open,

Yet sometimes with your eyes and ears as filters to screen out that which is unnecessary or unwanted.

And to notice all that is around you with a generous heart,

And to wear the expression of generosity in your face,

Inhabiting the physiology of the generosity of the elder,

Willing to give to self and give to others,

Always with a cloak of humility,

Yet boots of confidence.

See it now,

The physiology of the generosity of the elder.

All four,

Acceptance,

Joy,

Authority,

Generosity,

In a rainbow dance of love,

Mixing together to create something bigger than the sum of its parts,

Creating your own wisdom,

Embracing the choice to acknowledge your elder self and create your energy of the elder,

Noting how that feels from the inside out,

And imagining how you will present,

Looking from the outside in.

And now gather up your energies,

Manifold energies,

Quick,

Slow,

Calm,

Excited,

Quiet,

Loud,

All the different energies which can course through your body and soul.

Notice the vibrations around your skin,

Notice the rhythm of your heart,

And the ever present flow of energy within your body.

Your own field of energy,

Your energetic field,

Always available to you,

And to move with,

With intention as an elder,

As someone with a place and a role in your world,

A place well earned and willingly embraced,

Without mask or fear.

And now bring to mind the people with whom you spend time,

With whom you mostly mingle.

What might happen if you offer those people from a position of your self acceptance,

A full acceptance of them?

Imagine yourself expressing to them in some way,

I accept you for all that you are.

And what might it be like if you approach them with joy and wish them the energy of joy?

Imagine yourself expressing in some way,

I wish you joy in your life,

And I wish for us to be a joyful encounter,

A memorable encounter.

And imagine going through your life from a position of authority,

Greeting those who you meet with an open heart and a confidence that your views,

Though humble,

Your knowledge,

Though incomplete,

Are worthy of share.

Imagine expressing when you meet people,

I have something about me if you would like to know anything from it.

And imagine yourself greeting people and meeting people from a position of the generosity of the elder,

Generous and confident that you have a role to play,

That you have gifts worth sharing and are willing to share them,

That you can offer support,

Teaching,

A listening ear,

A big heart,

Wisdom,

Guidance with humility and grace and goodwill.

And how might this be for you?

To create,

Share and move through your life with the energetic field of the elder.

And you may want to rest a moment in that place,

And you can.

And you may want to return more fully to the physical location in which you find yourself today.

And allow yourself to breathe,

To move if you would like to.

And may you go forward in life with your energetic field.

And may you have a life of acceptance,

Of joy,

Of authority and generosity.

I wish you well.

Reviews

Cloak of humility, boots of confidence - brilliant 🙏Thank you so much Jan. Looking forward to your next live event!

Lots of new ideas introduced to me by this special track, thank you so much, Sr Russell 🙏🏽💨✨️💚💡

Many thanks Dr Jan for your guidance and wisdom on this tricky transition into the elder years. I shall create a joyous cloak of energy and polish up my confidence boots...Blessing to you.🙏🕊️💚

Very powerful

Gently reassuring, full of wisdom, warmly delivered, comforting to me. Many thanks Dr. Jan.

Love this meditation! One to repeat often, thank you🌸

Love ❤️ and saved 💾

Wonderful- felt strong abundant
Thank you Jan

Wow. This is wonderful.
It's especially perfect if you have realized that 'getting old ain't for sissies,' or if you do not feel qualified to be a wise elder, or if you fear that aging may mean the good parts of your life are over. In this brief meditation, Dr. Jan manages to lay those doubts and fears to rest by offering a different view, one that rings true.

This was just what I needed.
I was listening to an I T music program the teacher plays piano. He asked was it anyones bithday, it was mine. He asked how old I took a deep breath and said 75. He guffawed and said “old folks” I was shocked and hurt for the moment. It is hard to be yourself and laughed at. But I thought “he was a jerk”and there are accepting people of the elder. Thanks for your session it made me feel better

Thank you SO much for this!! Just what I needed and I can’t wait to share it with my other elders🌞
Although I’m always open to , and enjoy all the offerings from the younger others on IT , it is so wonderful to have a meditation that is for those of us that are older and wiser in different ways..Much appreciation💐

Spot On! A message that I have been seeking! It is an elder meditation that resonates as I have been referred to as the “Elder Birch tree of Harm Reduction “ in the Native community in northern Minnesota, the land of my birth. It’s been a reckoning that I will more fully embrace after this meditation that feels like love.

Thank you Dr. Jan! I’m so grateful to have discovered your teachings on this stage of life. So very necessary and so uplifting!🌟

Lovely 🌸

Remarkable meditation. Thank you for using positive advice for us Elders. I appreciate you so much for being one of a rare group of people who talk about our age group.
Thank you Jan.
You call me Yana in your lives, which is fine. My name is pronounced like banana but it’s fun to hear it said as they do in Europe.
I’m looking forward to more of your wonderful live sessions. They are always so inspiring.
Thank you 🙏🏽
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Inspiring. More a talk than a meditation