Today's exploration is a guided meditation for emotional alchemy.
This meditation follows the progressive order of the five elements,
Starting with the heart
relating to summer,
Followed by the spleen for late summer,
The lungs for autumn,
The
kidneys for winter,
And the liver for springtime.
I'll guide you through this process.
Please start by coming to sit in a comfortable position either on a cushion or a chair,
Allowing
your back to be straight.
Allow your breath to flow fluidly in and out through your nose.
With your next exhale,
Let your awareness reside in the space of your heart.
With intention,
Send your appreciation and gratitude to your heart,
Thanking it for the
work that it does.
Your heart represents the element of fire,
The season of summer,
And its color is a fiery
red.
Anxiety or overexcitement can affect the function of your heart.
With your intention,
Guide in a fiery red cloud from the universe and let it envelope
and cocoon your entire heart,
Helping to dissolve any anxiety or overexcitement that may be
present there.
Now,
Guide your awareness to reside in the space of your spleen.
This is next to your heart,
On the left side of your body,
Under your ribcage.
With intention,
Send appreciation and gratitude to your spleen.
Your spleen represents the element of earth,
The season of late summer,
And the color is
a golden yellow.
Worry,
Rumination,
And overthinking can affect the function of your spleen.
With intention,
Guide a golden yellow cloud from the universe and let it envelope,
Forming
a cocoon around your spleen,
Dissolving any excess worry or overthinking that might be
lingering there.
Guide your awareness to the space of your lungs.
With intention,
Send appreciation and gratitude to your lungs.
Your lungs represent the element of metal,
The season of autumn,
And their color is a
silver white.
Grief and the feeling of regret can affect the function of your lungs.
With intention,
Guide in a silver white cloud from the universe and let it wrap around,
Enveloping your lungs,
Dissolving any excess grief or lingering regret which may be present there.
Allow your awareness to reside in the space of your kidneys.
With intention,
Send your appreciation and gratitude to your kidneys.
Your kidneys represent the element of water,
The season of winter,
And the color is a deep
dark blue,
Almost black like the color of the ocean.
Fear can affect the function of the kidneys.
With your intention,
Guide a blue black cloud from the universe and let it envelope and cocoon
your entire kidney,
Dissolving any fear which might be stored there.
Allow your awareness to now reside in the space of your liver.
With intention,
Send appreciation and gratitude to your liver.
The liver represents the element of wood,
The season of spring,
And the color is a rich
emerald green,
Like the green of new forest growth.
The emotion of anger and feelings of frustration or stress affect the function of your liver.
With your intention,
Guide a green cloud from the universe in and let it wrap around and envelope
your entire liver,
Dissolving any anger,
Frustration,
Or stress which may be present there.
With your love and appreciation,
See and feel your heart become a fiery red precious stone,
Allowing the light from the universe to shine down on your heart,
Helping to open and heal your whole body.
See it shining in the light.
With your love and appreciation,
See and feel your spleen become a shimmering golden
yellow precious stone,
Allowing the light from the universe to shine on your spleen.
See it shining in the light,
Healing and opening your body.
With your love and appreciation,
See and feel your lungs become two silvery white gemstones,
Receiving the light from your universe.
Allow this light to shine on your lungs,
See them shining in the light as they embrace your heart.
With your love and appreciation,
See and feel your lungs become two deep blue precious stones.
Let the light from the universe shine on your kidneys,
Helping to open and heal your whole body.
See these two gemstones shining in the light.
In the light.
With your love and appreciation,
See and feel your liver become a forest green
emerald stone,
And see it shining in the light,
Allowing the light from the universe to shine on your liver.
See and feel it glowing.
Allow your chest,
Your treasure chest,
To expand and open.
Allow these gemstones to receive the light from the universe and let the light from the universe
shine down and cocoon,
Envelope your whole body.
Your whole body.
With your love,
Smile and loving kindness,
See your heart smiling as it appreciates the attention you are giving it.
Feel the energy channels of your body open,
Connecting you with the universe.
See your smile spreading into your spleen,
Your lungs,
Your kidneys,
Your liver,
Your heart.
Your heart.
They too are smiling.
Feel and see your whole beautiful body smiling with the radiance of the universe.
Feel yourself resonate and merge with the universe.
Feel that you are one.
Gently bring your palms together and rub them against each other.
Consciously guide your healing energy,
Love and kindness,
Through your heart into your hands.
Place your healing hands over your heart,
Allowing your heart to absorb this warm,
Healing energy.
Then place them over your spleen,
And then your lungs,
And then your kidneys,
And then your liver.
To conclude this meditation,
Place one hand on top of the other,
Three fingers below your belly button,
Over your lower tan tien,
Your elixir field,
That is just beneath your navel.
We'll take three breaths in and out through your nose here,
Inhaling to fully receive all that you've manifested through this practice,
And exhaling to allow your breath and energy to settle deep within you.
Inhaling deeply,
Inhaling deeply,
And exhaling fully.
Inhaling deeply,
And exhaling fully.
Inhaling deeply,
And exhaling fully.
If and when you begin to feel ready to bring this practice to a close,
If your eyes are closed,
Gently let them blink open.
