Hello,
I'm Alison and this is a meditation for vitality.
It's a simple breath meditation.
And the new day is just beginning here in Australia so you may hear my fountain in the background and some birdsong.
This is a great meditation to do any time you want to breathe in more of the vitality and vibrancy and beauty of life all around us into the inside of you so that you can feel vibrant and revitalised.
So as always,
Begin by making yourself as comfortable as possible so you can feel completely open and relaxed.
It doesn't matter if you're sitting or lying or even standing or whether you have your eyes open or closed,
It's up to you.
But everybody begin with your eyes open and sweep your gaze around for a while taking in all the beauty around you.
Wherever we are,
There is beauty around us in the detail and in the bigger picture.
And take some breaths for yourself as you do so,
Just welcoming yourself and this time and this space all for you.
Feeling the welcome of the earth underneath you and all of space around you.
Feeling your own presence and your presence here in the wider body of nature,
The earth's atmosphere and also the solar system,
The cosmos,
The magic and the mystery.
And as you feel and come into your own presence,
Feel not only your physical presence and your physical body but your essence,
Your energy body,
Your uniqueness,
Your you.
And then think about or even look around you again,
All the beauty around you right now.
There is beauty all around you,
The beauty of life.
And as you breathe,
Inhale deeply,
Fully from that beauty and savour this feeling of filling,
Of taking life deeply into yourself.
Take some breaths like that,
Big drinks from the beauty and vibrancy and vitality of the air and the sky and the earth into your own being.
Let it pour into every cell.
And as you breathe out,
When you exhale,
That feeling that you are giving something of yourself back to life,
That your breath is a gift and a blessing.
So filling up with the gift and the blessing of life and vitality,
The elixir.
And as you let go of breath,
Pouring that into your body and out back as a blessing from you,
A gift back into life.
That your carbon dioxide actually helps all the green things to grow.
And take some moments consciously savouring and appreciating these rhythms,
The rhythms between you and life,
The rhythms in you and life and how they are knitted together,
Woven into each other.
Life gifts you this breath and as you inhale,
You weave it into your body,
That beauty from all of life,
The earth's atmosphere.
You drink it and weave it into your own personal atmosphere,
Taking it in deeply and then sending out your breath of life,
Your kiss,
Your touch on the world,
Your sweet carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to the earth,
Allowing everything to grow and renew just as you are.
Savour,
Cherish this rhythm,
This communion with life,
The intimacy between you.
And then consciously choose a word for what you are taking in and what you are taking out.
You are breathing out.
The word could be vibrancy,
Vitality or elixir.
Say the word,
Perhaps whisper it to yourself a few times,
Savouring it.
And then seeing and feeling the word,
That quality,
Breathe it deeply from the outside air into your own deep being,
Feeling it touch every part of you.
And then again send out your own blessing,
Your own potion,
Your own elixir as that word back into life.
And keep breathing this way with your word,
Drinking in this quality and blessing the world back with it with your breathing.
And then just allow yourself to melt into your own breath,
Into your own being and rest and be refreshed there.
Feeling the rise and fall of your breathing,
The delicious waves of vitality in you.
And then take your fingers for a moment to your chest and rest them over your heartbeat.
Feel your heartbeat.
Inhale,
Feel the rise of your heart into your hands and stretch your hands then out to the sky,
The stars,
The sunshine and all of life.
And taking this blessing of creation,
Bring your hands back to your heart.
And then when you're ready in your own time,
You can transition full of life.
