Hi and welcome to your practice,
A meditation practice in which we will explore sadhana as a ceremony.
Ceremony is an ancient art and perhaps it led to the first religious experiences of humanity.
Our meditation can be a ceremony of us coming into communion with the sacred,
Of us welcoming an expanded awareness,
Of us entering into timeless realms where we remember who we truly are here to be and what is our essence.
So as you find a comfortable seat,
Place your hands on your knees,
Perhaps flipping them so that the index finger and the thumb can meet.
One of the key principles in shamanism is the belief in the power of ceremony to manifest change in the physical world.
Knowing that I invite you to set an intention for this practice.
If this practice is your ceremony,
What kind of change would you like it to be of service to?
Knowing that the most important aspect of transformation is that that comes about through the connection that we have with the spirit world.
Begin to breathe in into your heart,
Feeling your heart,
Your anahata chakra with awareness,
With connection between the heart and the mind.
This very conscious intentional descent from self-identification of the ego,
Taking residence in the heart,
Into the deep quiet knowing of the heart residing in the center of your chest,
Allowing the breath to become more present in the heart space,
Feeling each inhale as it passes the lungs.
As you begin to connect,
Call upon the benevolent forces from the spirit realm,
Plants and our beloved plant teachers,
Animals,
Ascended masters,
Saints,
Angelic beings,
All here to help us,
Welcoming their guidance and support so that we can touch our own revolutionary insights,
Insights that nudge us to make changes in how we live and how we love.
So become your own shaman,
Become the intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds,
The matter and the spirit.
Begin to travel to the depths of your heart to find the keys which unlock the doors of the next expression of your being,
The higher frequency of your essence.
If life is a ceremony,
Then how can you show up with intention?
If life is a ceremony,
Then do you treat your body as a sacred space?
If life is a ceremony,
Do you know that your heart is the altar?
We all have the access to the spirit world that we can call on anytime.
Do you know your allies,
Your guides,
Your teachers?
They can't help you unless you ask.
They don't impose their help on us.
So what would you like to receive?
How would you like to be supported?
Dwelling in your heart space for a little bit longer as you connect to the insights,
To the knowings that are already there.
It is all already within you.
Bringing forth courage and wisdom,
Inner strength and spiritual fire to truly embody who you are here to be.
And if life truly is a ceremony,
Then how can we live so that everything we come in contact with is seen as sacred?
I invite you to take a few more deep inhales into your heart,
Filling up the heart cavity with as much breath as you can comfortably hold and softly parting the lips as you clear everything out through the mouth.
Clearing out distractions,
Confusion,
Clearing out laziness,
Clearing out fear.
May we all have the courage to walk our path and may we all have the courage to remember that all life is sacred.
Take a deep breath in through the nose,
Fill up,
Fill up,
Fill up.
And once you're ready,
Allow for an audible softening and then gently bring your palms together at the heart space,
Bowing the heart to the head and bowing the head to the heart.
They need each other.
They are intimately connected together and if we can remember that life is a ceremony and if we can anchor in the heart that we can be in communion with the sacredness of all creation in our meditation practice,
While doing groceries,
While doing dishes,
While sitting in an actual ceremony,
All of it sacred.
Thank you for sharing your practice with me.
Namaste.
