Floating Surrender Meditation

This meditation imbues the peace and freedom that comes when we surrender ourselves to love, forgiveness and compassion. Let go and allow yourself to float in a sea of love while being cleansed by the breath of forgiveness and bathed in the warmth of compassion.

Transcript

To begin,

Close your eyes and sit comfortably with your spine and neck straight and without crossed arms or legs unless you are intentionally sitting in the lotus or cross-legged position.

Bring your awareness to your breath.

Breathing in and out through the nose if possible.

The in-breath and the out-breath of equal depth and duration.

Breathe into your heart center.

Noticing all the sensations associated with the breath.

The temperature of the air as it enters your nostrils.

How your body moves with the breath.

Breathe now into the heart behind the heart.

To that deep place where you feel richly connected to all life.

Imagine yourself on an idyllic tropical white sand beach that gently eases itself into a beautiful calm protected little bay.

This is your own private cove.

Small,

Private and peaceful.

It can be a place you already know and love or it can be a place born of your imagination of a perfectly tranquil and private tropical cove.

This little cove is entirely protected and entirely safe and it is all yours.

You look out over the water which is absolutely calm and tranquil and invitingly clear.

And this little bay has an entirely sandy bottom.

It's like a big bathtub just waiting for you to come,

Relax and let all your worries go.

The day is perfectly warm and you find yourself now at the edge of the water and you step forward into the ankle deep warmth.

The water is a perfect temperature and you can hardly feel that there is even water.

Feel the perfect warmth.

You gently walk out further into the calm,

Warm,

Clear water.

Your feet feeling the perfectly clean and smooth sandy bottom.

As you walk you now find yourself in waist deep warm water in your private and tranquil cove.

And you notice that this water is particularly buoyant.

This little cove is remarkably saline and the buoyancy is both surprising and kind of fun.

The buoyancy of the warm water wants to float you and support you.

It is encouraging you to let go and let yourself be supported by its remarkable buoyancy.

So let yourself gently lie back and let your feet lift off the sandy bottom.

And you find that you can effortlessly float in this clear,

Calm,

Warm bath of the bay.

You are safe,

You are at peace and you are held.

The floating is effortless.

Notice that you cannot feel any separation between you and the warm water.

The boundary between skin and water disappears.

There is no sense of where you end and where the water begins.

Notice as well that the same is true for the gentle warm air that you feel on your face and chest.

It is so perfectly warm that you barely feel any distinction between you and the air.

No distinction between air,

You and water.

All one.

Filled in perfect harmony,

You float at ease and at peace.

Let your breath slow and deepen.

Let go of any tension,

Any questions and any resistance.

Feel your body dissolve into a state of complete surrender.

There is no wait.

There is only your breath.

Only your breath.

And with each breath,

Surrender deeper to the effortless state of being held.

This water in which you so effortlessly float represents unconditional love and innocence.

You are floating in the loving acceptance of your perfect being.

The authentic and untouched innocence with which you came into this life.

You are floating in the perfect truth of your most innocent and beautiful and lovable self.

Any sadness that you have ever felt for not being loved or seen or embraced or held can be released into this warm embrace of love.

Let love hold you.

Let love love you.

You are love and you are loved.

Melt into the love and let the love melt into you.

Breathe in the love.

Bring your attention now to the warm breeze of the air above you.

The warm breeze represents forgiveness.

You are washed with the gentle cleansing nature of letting go.

Each soft breeze lifts any anger or tightness up out of you and carries it away.

You are held by love and washed by the cleansing gentle nature of forgiveness.

And with each passing breath of warm air you feel lighter and more free.

Forgiveness allows you to let go of all that weighs you down.

And with each breath of air you let go and you are free.

This is the same freedom into which you were born.

The same freedom that has always been and always will be available to you.

Take a deep breath and breathe in the peace that comes from letting go.

With each breath let the peace flow through you and into every cell.

Let the peace fill you completely and then overflow into the water of your innocence.

There is no separation.

You and peace and loved innocence are one.

Now feel the warmth of the kind and gentle sun upon your skin.

The warmth of compassion that comes from deep connection with all life.

All warmed by the same sun.

All fed and nourished by the same sun.

All worthy of compassion and understanding.

Take a deep breath and breathe in the liberating power of compassion.

The compassion that is always available from within you as you embrace the perfection of all life.

With each breath let the warmth of the sun and compassion flow through you and into every cell.

Let the warmth of compassion fill you and then overflow into the water of your perfectly loved innocence.

There is no separation.

You and compassion and love are one.

No separation as you float in love,

Letting go to forgiveness and bathe in the radiance of compassion.

And in this space you can be at peace with the knowing that everything that happens in this life is born of a loving,

Forgiving,

Compassionate and creative source.

In this place of surrender,

Forgiveness,

Love and compassion are always available to you with every breath.

Complete surrender where struggle is no longer struggle.

It is just an experience that we have as humans.

Where resistance and uncertainty are simply curiosities to witness.

Where all feelings and experiences are welcome,

As valid and required for your growth,

Your evolution and your maturity as a perfectly imperfect human having a perfectly human experience.

Now let yourself be floated gently back to the beach.

And as the water shallows you are gently set back on your feet.

You walk back up out of the water.

And now feel yourself standing wholly and fully and solidly in this moment.

Take a deep breath and wiggle your feet in the soft warm sand.

Feel the preciousness and power of being alive and present and at peace.

And with your next breath say to yourself,

I am loving.

And with your next breath say to yourself,

I am forgiving.

And with your next breath say to yourself,

I am compassionate.

And with your next breath say to yourself,

I am free.

And now take three long deep breaths and slowly with each breath bring yourself back to this time and place.

And slowly open your eyes.

And arrive here in this present moment fully alive and whole and free.

Reviews

This was beautiful, comforting and relaxing Thankyou 🙏

Very peaceful and beautiful, thank you for this 🙏...

When there is no control over the situation, it's nice to be reminded to enjoy floating and surrendering.

This is a really beautiful meditation! Will definitely listen to again! Thank You!😊❤️

Absolutely Remarkable, soothing, and peaceful meditation! Thank you so much for this new way of experiencing complete surrender. 😊 💕 🙏

This meditation was so calming and safe, it allowed me to surrender my fear of open water also 🙏🏻

Love the peace and freedom of the beach and water and this brought it to me. Thank you 🙏

Wonderful floating letting-go meditation, very relaxing. Thank you 💙

Beautiful imagery of Floating in pure warm unconditional Love. I feel whole and complete and ready to embrace the day. Thank you.

Very meaningful, especially connecting with innocence. Thank you 🙏🏽

Oh my God! So wonderful. ...thank you.....❤🌸🙇

Thank you so much!

Lovely meditation

Loved this meditation, thank you! 🙏🏼💕

I felt that! It was a beautiful experience.

Excellent! Just what I needed today as I felt so lonely. Thank You.

Serene, calming meditation that helped me put things into perspective

A gentle reaffirmation well and clearly spoken... Thank you

So relaxing, thank you.

Lovely! I was back on holiday playa blanca Lanzarote..