Welcome to Insight Timers,
The daily insight.
I'm Elliot and I'll be your guide for this morning meditation.
Today we'll be focusing on a meditation designed to offer a complete morning energy cleanse.
I've imagined it like a shower in the morning except for your entire energy system.
We'll be using the breath and mantras as tools to cleanse your energies and let go of anything that isn't serving your highest self.
Settle into a cross-legged posture with your hands open facing upward.
Maintain a straight back with its natural curves.
Sit with your face slightly upturned and allow your focus to shift between your eyebrows.
Then gently close the eyes and mouth.
Let's admit,
As humans,
We're sensitive creatures by nature,
All the way down to the way we're designed.
On one side we hold this immense potential to create our own reality,
And on the other side we are capable of losing it all by our own hands.
We hold this incredible power through our genetic and chemical makeup as well as faculties for higher consciousness.
Part of being a responsible human is discerning what to get involved with and what to pass up,
What to keep and what to let go.
What serves our desire for growth and what doesn't.
So let's check in with the body and observe our breath.
Gently create some space for the breath to be relaxed and natural,
Just noticing how the body,
Mind and emotions are in this present moment.
If at any point during this meditation you become absorbed by thoughts,
Physical sensations or emotions,
It's okay.
All we need to do here is notice and come back to the physical sensation of breathing.
Many enlightened masters have described the breath as our seat in life.
When we are fully in it,
We're in control of our lives.
And when we're not in it,
We lose hold of the mechanics which operate our life and we crash.
The breath is always there,
And when we're conscious of it,
We can access real power to help steer our lives in the direction we want them to go in.
The inhale is welcoming new life,
The exhale is letting go of what we don't need.
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
Feel the breath's cleansing essence as it brings in energy for you.
Feel the breath's cleansing essence as it leaves and makes space for another inhale.
At the top of the inhale,
Pause for a moment,
Then release.
At the bottom of the exhale,
Pause again,
Then open.
Resting through the breath.
The breath is being moved so very effortlessly,
Just there,
Supporting everything you're experiencing right now.
Inhale,
Choose what you no longer need.
Exhale,
Releasing it through the breath.
Inhale,
Release.
Exhale,
Release.
Inhale,
Release.
For the next few moments,
Keep your awareness on the breath,
Observing how energy is carried in with the breath and how energy is carried out with the breath.
Feel your breath cleansing your body as you progressively allow the body to be breathed all on its own,
Rhythmically,
Naturally,
At ease.
It's okay if distractions come up or if you're not totally at ease yet.
Just come back to this very moment with your breath moving in and out of you,
Becoming thinner and thinner.
Lighter and lighter.
Taking in the necessary energy that you need to cleanse yourself and letting go of what you no longer need.
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
