Butterfly Express Meditation

The Butterfly Express is a guided meditation that takes you to a place where you can rid yourself of the unnecessary fears and worries that burden many of us. A brief ride to a new destination allows you easily and effortlessly to discard whatever obstacles are currently in your way.
You'll be surprised and delighted by how seamlessly this metaphor translates into positive emotional and physical change. You just need to come along for the ride.

Transcript

Welcome to the Butterfly Express Meditation.

I'm Fred Wood and I'm delighted you've decided to come along on this magical ride.

At some point in our lives,

Many of us can feel that things aren't quite going the way we'd like them to.

So this meditation is designed to help you move along in your life by inviting you to use your full imagination and settle in for a pleasant and comfortable ride.

You can begin by taking a full deep breath in,

All the way in,

And gently closing your eyes as you breathe out.

Again,

Let yourself relax further as you breathe in all the way and slowly let your breath out.

With your eyes closed,

You can rest assured you'll move along at a comfortable pace and comfortably find where you need to go next.

And as you bring all your attention inside now,

Deep down to a place where there is comfort,

Where there is calm,

Where there is stillness,

You can ask your unconscious mind to sort through your feelings and beliefs and to find any fears or worries that have been holding you back,

Holding you back from experiencing your life fully.

And while you're listening to me,

Your unconscious mind will keep searching for those unnecessary fears or worries.

Because sometimes we can all develop thoughts and beliefs that turn out not to be true and other obstacles your unconscious mind can find and pack up for you.

And because all this is happening below your conscious awareness,

You don't even need to think about forgetting anything.

In fact,

You can forget everything now and simply listen to the sound of my voice.

Just as any sound you hear will help you slide deeper into comfort,

And you can allow that comfort to deepen and spread.

And because everything moves in its own time,

You can allow that just to happen in whatever way is right for you.

And if you like,

You can notice the quiet in your eyes,

Just a sense of stillness and calm around your eyes.

And you might imagine the comfort in your eyes beginning to spread down into your cheeks,

Easily spreading down to your jaw,

Just letting your tongue relax in your mouth.

You can let this comfort spread even further now,

Into your neck,

Into your shoulders,

Maybe in rhythm with your breath.

Imagine this calm flowing down your chest,

All the way down your back,

Into your legs,

And allow a warm wave of relaxation to flow from the top of your head all the way down to your toes.

And now as your unconscious mind finds whatever obstacles or unnecessary fears or worries that are in your way,

Those things that are keeping you from experiencing your life more fully,

They can all be packed into luggage and loaded on the Butterfly Express.

Imagine now you are seated on the train.

This train has large windows and looks exactly as you imagine a train should look.

You might notice how the fabric on the seats feels,

Or notice the surprisingly large windows.

You are the only passenger on this train,

Just you and your bags.

Your unconscious mind has placed baggage of various shapes and sizes by the door.

Imagine now the sound and the sudden motion as the train begins to move,

Gliding down the tracks,

Away from where you've been and on to a new destination.

Imagine the easy motion of the train as it picks up speed.

The images outside the window pass by quickly now.

This is the perfect weather for train travel.

You might notice how clearly you see when you look around the train,

How bright and sharp the images are of your bags,

The floor,

The doors,

And the window.

And as you look out the window across the wide,

Expansive fields,

You can see mountains in the distance.

The train continues to move swiftly down the track,

Carrying you and these bags to your next destination.

Because you can understand that something is going to happen,

Something positive for you,

Something magical that you can believe in,

Something that every cell in your body begins to be aware of and respond to.

And as you look out the window to the mountain range in the distance,

You already know that something good is going to happen for you.

And as you feel the sense of something wonderful about to come,

Notice the train beginning to slow down.

You might imagine the momentum of the train pulling against the weight as the brakes are applied.

You might even imagine the scenery outside slowing down as it passes by the windows.

Everything outside the window slowing down.

Up ahead,

You see a long platform and the train slows even more,

Everything slowing down even more.

You can see the empty platform and when the train stops,

The doors open.

It's only the group of bags near the door that will be taken out.

Your unconscious mind has packed those things that have been holding you back,

The unnecessary fears and worries and any unnecessary discomfort that you've been carrying around,

All placed by the doors to go out.

Because today is the day to let them go and you just need to pick them up and carry them out to the platform.

Lift up the bags now and step through the door.

You can put them down anywhere on the platform.

Once you've put all the baggage on the platform,

Look at your hands as they let go of the handles.

Leave the bags there and walk back to the train.

See the bags on the platform through the window.

As the doors begin to close,

Keep looking at the bags on the platform.

Something wonderful is about to happen.

You might feel the train shift as it begins again and you can notice the bags.

Something is happening to them.

As the train moves away,

Every one of the bags begins to transform into butterflies.

Hundreds of butterflies rising up,

Flapping their tiny wings and with pure joy,

The butterflies begin their flight skyward,

Drifting carefree up and away.

As the train continues away from the platform,

You can see the butterflies in the sky getting smaller and smaller as they head to the mountain.

You are on to a new destination with unlimited possibilities.

As you glance one last time at the platform,

You see it's empty.

Nothing is left there.

You've made room on this train for new possibilities in your life and I wonder what you'll notice first.

Just how these opportunities will emerge for you.

What new possibilities you'll encounter along the way.

How much more room there is for everything in your life.

There's more track behind you now and even more track ahead.

Butterfly Express moves on and you move on and your life moves on in a new and exciting way which has already begun.

And now that you've learned many things,

It's time for you to return and form new connections.

And over the next little while,

New understandings will emerge that will make sense and be of value to you.

Bringing yourself back to this time and place gradually and easily now,

Your eyes will naturally open and you will feel refreshed and alert and wonderful.

Reviews

This was wonderful! Sound effects and music and his voice were perfect for falling asleep! And subject matter is also right on point!

I enjoyed this meditation finding my heart & soul thankyou

I'll use this one again!
I was apprehensive about leaving my baggage on the platform at first – I felt an attachment to it, until it began to transform. It was then that I could begin to feel free to move on.
I didn't even know this was what I needed today until I heard it.
Thank you!

So incredibly beautiful 🦋🩵 huge emotions watching my butterflies flying away. Tears of relief ✨✨Thank you 🙏🏻

Soothing voice with a gentle focus on how to let go and transition to something new

Such a great way to let go of what no longer serves us. Thank you so much. 🙏🏻🦋💕

Tears streaming near the end there. Thank you, I needed this! 🤍✨🤍

Oh wow, I loved this, thank you so much Fred. Your calm voice alone makes me feel safe but the imagery will stay with me. I will return to The Butterfly Express and see where it takes me.

Thank you ❤️ now I feel free, hopeful and powerful.

Beautiful practice, thank you! Loved the imagery for letting go of that which no longer serves me. Actually felt physically lighter at the end.

Wonderful meditation with helpful visualisation story and warm soothing voice of narrator. Will be coming back to it more often. Thank you for this beautiful practice ❤️⭐️

That was beautiful. Loved your voice. So calming. Thank you so much 🙏

Wow! This was once again a perfect practice at a perfect time. I’m so so grateful you appeared in my experience right when I was ready to receive your wisdom Fred! Thank you for this recommendation. I cried I smiled, I felt so much lighter when I emerged. Being a hypnotherapist myself I am always in awe of experiencing the approaches of others. I was clearly very in tune with this recording as I saw the fields and the mountains even before you mentioned them and I also saw the bags transforming into butterflies just before you said it. I’ll keep exploring. Thank you for sharing what you do with us here on IT.

Beautiful meditation. Very helpful. Thank you 🙏🏻

What a beautiful meditation! Your calm and warm voice took me on a beautiful journey and encouraged me to leave my worries behind. I feel a sense of freedom as I start my day. Thank you 🙏