Lying down or sitting up with a straight spine,
You now deeply through your nose,
Filling up the belly and gently sighing all the air out.
Repeat two times.
Meditation invites you to connect with the four elements of Earth,
Air,
Water and fire.
The use of elemental rituals.
It embodies this idea that we're so much more than our physical form.
We are made up of all the things of the cosmos.
And thus we can tap into that eternal,
Ever giving,
Ever nourishing,
Nurturing aspect of each element.
Connecting now to the Earth below you.
Become aware of where your body comes in contact with the ground or Earth below you.
That ancient,
Nourishing energy that has supported and fed our ancestors and all creatures for millions of years.
You might like to imagine and visualize the electrons seeping up from the ground,
Offering strength,
Resilience,
Authentic,
Nourishing energy.
Just as you can visualize receiving from the Earth,
I invite you also to imagine giving something to the Earth.
Have something that's no longer serving you.
Have something from the past that needs to be shared.
Take this moment to visualize you offering this something to the Earth.
And the Earth is going to receive it with love,
With openness.
Accepting it through layers of dust,
Dirt,
Soil,
The fertile depths of the Earth.
And it's going to start composting,
Gently dividing and separating this thing that you've given it.
Until you can't see it anymore.
Feel a sense of gratitude for the Earth for taking this from you.
Further up our body resides our solar plexus.
In your mind's eye,
Picture a small sun,
Luminous and radiant.
Colours of yellow and gold,
Orange and red,
Swirling in a clockwise direction.
This inner fire is a place of momentum,
Passion,
Drive and transformation.
Bathe in the warm rays of your internal fire.
Get a sense of how strongly your fire is burning.
Are the embers low,
Needing some oxygen perhaps?
A little fanning of the flames?
What would you like this fire to help you to achieve?
Creating something new?
The destruction of something old?
Perhaps you feel your fire has been raging and needs some containment,
Some tender care.
Imagine yourself containing this fire now,
Creating a ring of safety around it.
Again,
If you feel you're carrying anything around that isn't serving you well,
I invite you to throw it into this fire.
To watch as the fire envelopes it and turns it into ash.
As we move up higher into our heart space,
The home of our emotions.
Visualise the cleansing,
Clarifying aspect of water.
Ever flowing,
Ever giving.
Life creating.
Become aware of any emotions that might be lying just under the surface of this heart space.
I invite you to dip your toe into this inner water,
This inner reservoir of emotion.
What is the temperature of this emotional space for you right now?
What is the movement of these waters?
Do you sense any reports in the water?
Are there gentle waves?
Or perhaps something of a greater intensity?
Whatever you find in this space is just as it should be.
Visualise the blue and green of this space.
Do you have any desire for clarification or regeneration?
Perhaps a distilling of the emotional space?
Have you a breath?
Is it still slow and deep?
Perhaps the tides of emotion have encouraged something otherwise.
Just notice that and come back to being with your internal emotional space.
Visualising cleansing water around your heart space.
Again,
If you feel anything that you would ask the water to cleanse for you in this moment,
Take the opportunity to do so.
You might like to visualise the tide coming in and receiving that which you offer and taking it away again,
Returning it to the expansiveness of the ocean.
Just as you can imagine,
Gently placing that which you're wanting to unburden yourself with on the top of a stream and watching as it gently flows away into the distance.
Moving higher now into the neck,
Over the back of the scalp,
All the way to the crown of the head,
This boundary between your physical self and your external environment.
Become aware of the temperature of the air.
You might like to imagine a beautiful,
Vast sky above you,
Some white,
Fluffy clouds slowly moving across it.
Air signifies the expansiveness,
Eternity.
Allow yourself to rise up higher now,
To leave your physical form for a moment in order to explore the space around your body,
To feel a refuge in the air,
This space of expansiveness,
Floating up above your body.
You look down and see your physical form,
Safe,
Relaxed,
Completely content.
You float higher still,
Your vision able to take in the surrounding environment to your body,
The room where you're practicing this meditation,
Perhaps.
You feel light,
Spacious,
Weightless.
Moving higher still,
You can see the road where your house is,
You can see your whole neighborhood below you now.
Feeling safe and free,
You take in the astonishing view of the larger area.
You can see surrounding towns,
Fields of green,
Vast blue seas and oceans.
You can see our entire planet floating up in space.
You have an understanding and deep sense of what it means to feel completely alone and completely connected with everything in the universe.
You see stars,
The Milky Way,
Distant galaxies,
Different beautiful nebulae of various colors,
Greens and pinks.
With not a worry in the world and gratitude in your heart,
You slowly make your way back toward our big,
Blue,
Beautiful planet.
Recognizing the different contours and shapes of different countries as you get closer.
Seeing the rivers and deserts,
Mountainous ranges and vast expanse of ocean and seas.
Floating back down,
You recognize your neighborhood.
You see the building in which your body is waiting for you.
Floating back down,
You see your body below you.
You smile at the sight of it,
Gratitude filling your heart.
You set an intention to always look after this body,
This physical form,
This vessel for your soul and spirit,
Float back into your physical form now,
Bringing that expansive,
Weightless,
Glorious feeling with you.
The warmth of your fire waiting for you,
The sound of your internal waters gently reassuring you back,
Back,
Back into this body.
The earth welcoming you home.
You feel your whole body from head to foot,
Back in this room,
Connecting to that nourishing presence that is the earth,
Supporting you,
Holding you,
Welcoming you back.
Taking a deep breath now in through your nose and slowly sighing it out the mouth.
Waking the various elements for being here on your journey,
Always available to you.
Slowly wiggling your toes and wiggling your fingers.
Slowly open those eyes.
And you're gonna be each other'sMoe.
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