Begin to breathe yourself back into your body.
Breathe deep and full breath into every corner of your body.
Feel the expansion of your chest and lungs as you fill them with air.
The rise and fall of your belly.
Expand with each breath a sensation of fullness from head to toe.
From to back.
Begin to notice what's alive within you right now.
Let your inner gaze move through your body and be fully aware of all the sensations.
Not actively searching for sensations but rather observing whatever arises.
Allowing it to be present.
Allow space for feelings and emotions to come forward.
Simply feel.
Like drifting down a river or riding the waves of the sea.
No judgement,
Just being in the moment.
In stillness there is a gentle pulsing that ripples through your body.
Your body is a vibrant energy field that emits and radiates inwardly and outwardly at the same time.
This awareness,
This witnessing is what stirs the dormant energy at the base of your spine.
The coiled serpent,
The Shakti energy.
Your body is a conduit for the sacred pulse to move through you.
To be fully felt within your being.
So keep coming back to this sensation of your body as a vibrant entity.
An animated being.
This life force that is present in all living things permeates your skin.
Infuses every cell of your body and reaches out into your bones.
Hidden from the human eye and beyond the mind to grasp.
Is a creative power at the heart of all living things.
That subtle burst of energy,
That thought that sometimes make you expand.
Another times contract is Shakti.
In one of her many forms.
Your emotions and your ideas.
All part of the divine energy that resides within you and all around you.
The spark that ignites your heart.
Become quiet and still my beloved friend and find your inner peace.
Allow the non-judgmental side of yourself to come forward.
And accompany you on this journey.
Open your heart to life's indwelling beat.
Let her in to share the rhythm with you.
For she is always here.
Always willing to reveal the enigma of life.
So walk with her.
Dance with her.
When you answer her call.
It opens the portal to the fullness of life.
This subtle energy can manifest in so many forms.
It's the feeling of warmth radiating throughout your body.
It's the shiver running down your spine.
It's the undulating serpentine movements.
It's the world with enhanced perception.
With more vibrant colors and clearer sounds.
And it's the sudden inner knowing.
When life presents you with hardships.
Remember that energy is always shifting.
Shakti is dynamic.
Ever moving will never be still.
Endurance will only cleanse your teeth.
Turning you into a discordant instrument.
Unable to harmonize with the melody of life.
Or adjust when everything seems untrue.
So when times are tough.
Loosen your grip a bit.
Let go a little.
Surrender and let yourself be carried along by the flow.
The same energy that brings the changing of the seasons.
With ebbs and flows of the tides.
The same energy that causes the planet to spin.
And the flowers to bloom.
Don't be afraid when bread shows up.
When all of your most profound fears and worries come to the fore.
This is the unfolding of your inner Shakti.
In the rush of daily life.
It is easy to become overwhelmed and lost in the sea of obligations.
Expectations and competition.
Before you know you have been pulled down the path.
Where ambition blinds your eyes.
This is when you abandon yourself.
When you unconsciously stop breathing with your belly.
When your longings are forgotten.
Along with any sense of presence.
When you are blinded by your desire on achieving success.
And neglect the gentle voice within you that beckons you back home.
Living from a forceful place.
A place of survival mode is not what your body wants.
Your body does not wish to stay in this state of hardening perpetually.
It longs to be dedicated to life in the moment.
To be carried by the force that trusts.
It beckons you when it's a luring melody asking you to be still.
Feel,
Breathe and to move.
To move your body.
Move your hips.
Just a gentle sway from side to side.
A delicate movement.
Enough for you to remember your innate rhythm.
This movement.
This awareness is Shakti.
The creative force of the universe.
The state of consciousness which is full of joy and pleasure.
So move your body.
This temple of yours.
Let your hips sway in the rhythm to the drumbeat.
Slowly waving you back into remembrance.
Embody your body.
Sense the beating of your heart.
And a gentle warmth emanating from within.
Connect to your breath.
This is all you need to do.
With closed eyes take a few slow full breaths.
Notice how something has shifted within.
Sense a different flow.
It's not a learning.
It's a remembering.
So come back to your body.
Let the rhythm of your slow deep breath lead you back home.
In this very moment.
In your breath.
Nothing is missing.
Imagine how it can be to live purely from your heart.
To tap into the inner well of abundance and joy that is connected to the power of creation.
To live from an open heart.
That is not closed down by fear.
Just reacting or responding to the world around you.
How would you create from this place?
How would you create embodying Shakti?
What potential lies within you?
Is waiting to be unleashed.
Ask yourself honestly now and listen deeply for what comes forth.
What wants to come through me?
What would serve me today?
Whatever arises.
Whether it's a longing for stillness or silence.
Or to surrender.
Can you allow?
Take a long slow inhale.
Fully present.
And a slow breath.
Just be present.
Be in your body.
Every time you are unaware.
You are leaving yourself.
Disconnecting from yourself.
When the body is leading you.
You can be present.
Witness yourself.
That is the beauty.
The magic of life.
Now ask yourself.
What am I longing for?
What am I longing for?
Come back to this question.
Again and again.
And again.
Acknowledge your longings for they are the driving force behind all existence.
From complete stillness.
A single particle that desired something.
And set everything into vibration.
This longing light years away is the reason why we and all of life exist.
So honor your longings.
For they are the gateway to your inner wisdom.
They reveal a knowing.
You can only long for something if you already know what it is you seek.
Your longings connect you to that innermost place of contentment and peace.
Being present in the moment.
Embracing what is.
Life consists of opposing forces that are inseparable and interwined.
All of this is part of creation.
All of this is Shakti.
The very essence of life.
The essence of you.
It takes a brave heart to abandon everything that has been taught.
And instead move towards what feels true.
It takes a brave heart to let there be more questions than answers.
But in every question,
My dear friend,
Lies an answer embedded within.
You don't have to search for or wonder what embodied oneness with all things feels like.
It's already here within you.
Before you and all around you.
The sacred beating pulse of life.
As above,
So below.
So be still and breathe yourself back into your body.
Become aware of the subtle sensations emanating from your innermost self.
Recognize the ever-changing energy of all that is seen and unseen.
Coming and going.
Ascending and descending.
How everything that exists appears and disappears.
Rises and falls.
Shakti is dancing in your heart.
If you stay in this very moment,
Silencing the minds desire to comprehend.
You may sense the energy expanding from your heart.
The Shakti energy.
The pulsing rhythm.
The dance.
The ever-changing pulse that runs through your veins.
So welcome her to dance with you.
Attuned to the flow of life.
Life will become.
