Hey everyone,
And welcome to this guided imagery for mental control meditation.
My name is Heather Lincolns,
And I am going to help you settle your monkey mind.
Everybody has those moments,
Those days,
Those times,
When it seems like our thoughts are just all over the place.
And this quick guided imagery is going to just help bring some of that chaos to under control.
So go ahead and take a slow,
Deep inhale,
And just completely exhale.
Bring awareness to your breath,
And start to notice what thoughts are going through your mind.
What are you thinking about?
But don't get caught up in your thoughts.
Just begin to notice them as they travel across your mind.
Let them go as they pass,
And watch them come and go.
And just go ahead and continue to breathe in,
Nice and heavy,
And exhale deeply.
So I'm going to begin to describe some settings,
And allow your mind to jump immediately to those settings.
You can let your mind be free to travel,
And don't become attached to any one setting or image.
You are a traveler jumping from place to place in your mind.
And we're going to begin.
An ocean,
A deep blue ocean,
A beach with white sand,
A seagull flying over the sand,
Pelicans chasing the current over the waves,
The waves crashing on the beach,
The white sand,
The desert,
Cactus in the desert,
Blue sky,
Blue cloudless sky,
Birds singing,
A walled garden,
Lush green grass,
Storm clouds,
A cool breeze,
The crack of thunder,
The dark sky illuminated by the lightning,
A long dirt road stretching towards the horizon,
A grove of olive trees,
A farmer,
A woman pulling water from a well,
Children playing in the distance,
A tall tree stretching up to the sky,
Blue sky,
Warm sun,
Mountains in the distance topped with snow,
A farmhouse,
A stable,
Horses enclosed in a corral,
Sunset,
A flock of black birds in the sky,
The hoot of an owl,
The sounds of crickets,
An old front porch with a swing,
A glass of cold lemonade,
A warm chair next to the fireplace,
A gray cat curled up in a small rug,
An old woman sipping tea,
A rose garden in full bloom,
A robin with a worm in its beak,
A hammock,
Cool dry concrete,
A church with tall spires,
White puffy clouds,
White dove,
Burning candle,
Flickering flame,
Burning candle,
Burning candle.
Now take a slow,
Deep inhale and a long,
Complete exhale.
Open your eyes.
I really hope that this has calmed your monkey brain down and you can focus back on whatever tasks that you may have at hand today or it may even be at night and you re trying to relax and get some sleep and you can t.
This is also helpful at times like that.
Thank you so much for being here with me today.
Namaste.
