So this is a sitting meditation and an opportunity to acknowledge what you may be feeling in this moment.
Taking a moment to cut out the noise that you may be experiencing in your life right now.
You may find yourself here as you are in the process of contemplating ending a pregnancy or perhaps you've made the decision and you are getting ready to enter into the procedure or the process or you may have just completed ending a pregnancy.
We know that this is something that comes with a range of emotions,
Feelings,
Thoughts,
And many reasons for why we enter into this journey that has brought you to this present moment.
This is your moment to just take a breath and just be.
So with this sitting meditation taking a moment now to find a comfortable position,
One that supports alert awareness and ease,
Shifting from the busyness of the day and the doing mind into just being with what is here now.
Inviting you to close your eyes if that feels comfortable for you.
If you would prefer not to close your eyes,
Just adopting a gentle downward gaze,
Perhaps looking five or six feet ahead of you at nothing in particular.
Noticing the breath.
No need to alter or change it.
Just noticing.
Making any adjustments in the chair that you may be seated on or the cushion or the mat.
Placing your full attention and intention to this present moment for this practice.
Inviting you to choose a touch point or an anchor that you can return to when the mind wanders as the mind does.
That touch point could be the breath.
It could be where your hands are resting on your knees or in your lap.
It could be the felt sense of your feet on the floor or the earth beneath you.
It could even be a sound or the felt sensation in a hand.
But taking a moment now to choose that anchor or touch point that you can return to when the mind wanders.
Allowing yourself to completely center on yourself,
Your experience,
Your decisions,
And your body as your own.
Inviting you to be present with a heartfulness and a confidence in the decisions that you have made.
An opportunity to reclaim your right to make decisions that are best for you,
Your body,
Your life,
And your future.
Noticing what's here in these moments of life when we are making decisions that may feel stigmatizing and taking an opportunity to shine a lens or peel back on the layers that may be present regarding any shame or unease that you may be feeling.
It's okay to sit with this and work through it with courage and strength and bravery.
There is no judgment here.
Noticing thoughts as they come and as they go.
There's no agenda.
There's no timeline.
No need to hold on to anything.
Just noticing them.
Noticing any areas in the body where you may be holding tension or stress or anxiety and attending to those areas with curiosity and gentleness and kindness and compassion.
Being with what is here and if you find that your mind has wandered,
No judgment.
Bringing it back to your chosen anchor or touch point to this present moment.
Taking a moment now to notice what may be here.
There is no striving to achieve a certain state of being but with fullness and spaciousness of presence.
Accepting what is here and letting go of that which no longer serves us.
Knowing that you are loved unconditionally.
Knowing that you are enough.
In fact,
You are more than enough.
And as we end this meditation,
Inviting you to set the intention to bring this heartfulness of centering yourself.
Acknowledging what is here for you.
Taking a moment to get away from the noise and the judgments of what others may have to say.
And bringing a peaceful resolve and confidence as you navigate the rest of your day.
May you be at ease even in your quiet time.
May you be at peace even in the stillness of the day.
May you rest in the assurance of knowing that you are in control of your own decisions without judgment.
And may you be well.
So as we end this meditation,
Inviting you now to take a breath and you'll hear the sound of the bell.
Inviting you to open your eyes at your own time and at your own pace when you can no longer hear the sound of the bell.
