Joy And Memory

Inspired by the re-telling of stories in Genesis 24, I was moved to create a guided imagery that brings us back to a happy time in life. You're invited to re-experience, then witness, then even re-tell a special delightful moment in your body. By gathering in a snapshot of this unique time, you'll feel grateful, refreshed, happy and joyful.

Transcript

Make yourself comfortable. Notice what you notice in your body and in your surroundings. Wherever you were, Wherever you will be, Let those ideas and thoughts and preoccupations go. Just come to where you are. Notice where you are in your body. Tightness, Looseness. Is there particular ease or unusual discomfort? Just take stock. Well, Continuing to breathe really easy. Long breaths in through your nose and gentle breaths out through your mouth. Take stock of your emotional and mental state. Has it been a tough day, A bad night's sleep? Are you feeling healthy? Enjoying the weather? Maybe you're worried or angry? You don't have to change those things right now. Probably you couldn't that quickly, So just notice them. Be the witness to your experience as you take stock. I want to ask you to call to mind a very special moment in your life, One for which you are not at all ambivalent but brings you only joy. Could be the moment you met your spouse. Could be the birth of a child or the completion of a degree. A span in your life, A moment, A snapshot in which you find delight. Continuing to breathe, Just draw that moment to mind. Pick a moment. Begin by sketching it out in your mind. Where were you? What colors are in the image? What shapes and lines and curves can you see? Draw back to that image. Do you have any sounds you can hear? Loud or soft? High pitched or deep? At that special moment, What did you feel like physically? Were you nimble or tired? What did the air feel like on your skin? Was there air conditioning, Sun, Shade, A breeze? Draw your senses to the moments. Were there smells? Continue to interpret that event in your sense memory while breathing. Here. Now we're going to shift our perspective outside of ourselves. For example, If your moment is your wedding, Imagine the point of view of your spouse or the pastor who may have officiated your wedding. Maybe a nurse at the birth of a child or a passerby at some other sacred moment. What did they see and witness? How might you have looked to them? Could an observer hear your experience? As you continue to breathe, What would an observer have smelled or felt? Imagine witnessing your joy as you breathe in through your nose deeply and breathe out slowly. Finally, Imagine yourself trying to tell the story of that special moment to someone new. Now, Breathing in and out, Inhaling, Exhaling. What words would you use to describe that? How could you convey the sensory experience of such a special time? Would you express it in your face? What about your hands and body language? How would they help show the uniqueness of that moment? Continuing to inhale and exhale. What do you feel when you recount that time? Check in. Notice the effect of that joyful story on you right now. Continuing to breathe. And to notice what you notice. And to feel what you feel. And to feel what you feel. And to feel what you feel.

Reviews

Both original and empowering, this meditation begins with centering through noticing, witnessing, and non-judgment. By engaging the senses, various parts of the mind, differing points of view and imagination, this meditation guides the listener to a place wellbeing. The guide's voice is soothing.