Welcome to this week's meditation.
Before we get started,
Get really comfy,
Really cozy and settle in.
Find somewhere you can safely relax away from the outside world and just let my voice guide you to where you need to be today.
When you're ready,
I want you to close your eyes and just bring your attention to your breath.
The gentle rising and falling.
Notice where in your body you can feel your breath today.
Where's your attention drawn to?
It might be your nose,
Feeling the cool air coming in.
It might be feeling your chest expand.
Or it might be in your belly,
That soft rise and fall.
Allowing you to relax.
Let go of any tension you might be holding from the day.
And allowing your body to settle into a state of ease.
Knowing you are safe and warm and relaxed.
And when you feel really connected,
Really grounded,
I want you to imagine in your mind's eye that you're walking through a woods.
It's a gorgeous woods and it's autumn.
The leaves are falling from the trees and you can see them being caught by the breeze,
Floating around and falling to the ground.
You can hear the crunching beneath your feet.
You walk as you notice the sun coming through the trees,
The dappled light.
You feel the cool breeze on your skin.
And you look around and notice all the plants,
All the leaves,
All the trees standing strong.
Deep rooted into the earth.
Up ahead on the path you notice a tall tree with a huge trunk.
You start heading for it.
As you get closer you notice there's a door in the trunk,
Just gilded with gold.
As you get to the door you turn the handle and you open it up.
Inside you notice a little tunnel that you can easily fit through.
And you start to walk inside.
The tunnel seems long but at the end you can see a warm light guiding you.
You follow it.
But you notice at the end of the tunnel there seems to be someone waiting for you.
As you get to the end you meet your spirit guide.
Notice who they are,
Whether they are an animal or a person.
What do they look like?
Whoever they are,
You know they're there to help you.
They start to walk away and you follow them.
You look around and realise you're in a huge field.
Filled with wild flowers.
And as you walk you can feel them touching the back of your leg.
You carry on following your guide as they lead you into a little woods.
Through the woods you can see smoke.
You notice a bonfire up ahead.
You allow your guide to lead you to sit next to the bonfire on a log.
And you both stare into the flames.
You can hear it crackling.
As it burns and smell the smoke.
And see it rising high into the sky.
At this point your guide turns to you.
And they tell you everything that you need to let go of that's currently holding you back.
You listen and you notice that everything they are saying is completely true.
They know you better than you know yourself.
When they finish talking you both turn and stare at the fire again.
Noticing the flames getting higher and higher.
Your guide turns back to you and asks you to hand over all that's been holding you back.
And you notice that with you,
You have a rucksack.
You unzip the rucksack and see parcels labelled with all the things that you need to let go.
You hand them one by one to your guide.
And they put them in the fire.
You see the flames engulf them.
And they soon disintegrate into just ash.
You see the breeze carrying the ash away.
You notice that you feel lighter.
That you are carrying less burdens.
You know you are safe to let these things go.
Your guide now stands up and tells you it's time to leave.
You follow them back through the woods,
Back through the meadow.
Noticing again the beautiful flowers around you.
And back to the door of the tunnel.
The guide opens the door for you and you step back inside.
Noticing that you left the door open.
The other side.
And you follow the light.
As you reach the light.
You realise you are back in the woods and you shut the door behind you.
You follow the path from which you came.
And slowly realise you are noticing the outside world again.
You can hear sounds.
The ground beneath you.
The feeling of your breath in your body.
As you open your eyes and return to the normal world.
