Welcome to the opportunity to hit the pause,
To get grounded,
To connect with God in his presence.
Start by putting down anything that you may have been working on or that might be distracting you right now.
Closing out all the tabs.
Silencing the notifications.
Just allow yourself to start to arrive into this moment.
Right here,
Right now.
Allow yourself to get into a comfortable seat or stance or maybe even lying down.
It feels most comfortable right now.
And even while your mind might be wandering and still thinking about everything you were doing before this.
Slowly just usher your awareness and focus from the head down into the body.
Just noticing a body,
Noticing.
The body touching,
The surface below it,
The surface supporting it.
Maybe even noticing the feet on the ground,
Wiggling the toes.
Using that awareness of the body.
To begin to ground you down right here,
Right now.
Also inviting God's presence in.
Taking the opportunity to feel gratitude.
All he's blessed you with.
For this earthly body intent.
As you continue to focus in on the body.
Start to notice the breath.
There's no need to change it.
There's nothing you have to do,
Nowhere you have to be.
Just noticing the breath,
Noticing where in the body of the breath.
Sits right now if it's in the chest.
If it's making it down to the belly.
And start to lengthen that inhale a little bit,
Inhaling through the nose.
If you can open your mouth and audibly just Ugh.
Release sigh out some of that stress and tension go for it let's do that again another big breath in through the nose Maybe even holding it at the top for a second.
Exhale,
Sighing out the mouth.
Releasing stress and tension.
Let's do one more.
As you inhale,
Breathing in God's presence.
Breathing in the moment,
Exhaling anything that no longer serves you.
Releasing any of the stressors,
Any of the to do's before this.
Let's do one more big breath in.
Inhaling presence,
Releasing stress and tension out the mouth.
Nice.
As you continue to take those big cleansing deep breaths or allow your breath to just settle to a natural rhythm.
By yourself too.
Take a moment now and take stock.
In everything that's happened recently.
Invite yourself to.
.
.
Experience and a process.
No matter how small or large,
That have contributed to your healing,
Your faith.
That have brought you to this moment,
Especially as of late.
Moments.
Interacting with people.
Small moments of joy,
The sun on your face.
Taking a nice walk.
Coming to and from doctor's appointments,
Receiving treatments,
Being held and supported.
Moments of prayer,
Devotion.
Give yourself a chance right now rather than thinking and going and doing and moving on to the next thing.
Awesome space right now.
For these recent interactions and experiences.
Really sink into you.
To allow those experiences to settle within the body,
Not just the mind.
If emotions come up.
If sensations arise.
There are certain areas of the body as you think about these things that feel tense or light or anywhere in between.
Invite yourself to go there.
You place your hands on that area.
And invite yourself to really engage with those senses.
How do those moments feel?
What sensations do you notice in the body?
Can you feel gratitude welling up within the heart?
Can you feel sadness,
Grief?
Rising to the surface,
Or residing somewhere in the body,
In the neck,
Or jaw,
Or hips.
Maybe there's been moments of vitality,
Of breakthrough,
Of energy,
Of connection.
You feel that somewhere in the body.
Give yourself some time right here to let it settle into the body.
To let it settle into your spirit.
To yet again receive the blessings that God has bestowed on you.
As of late.
Allow yourself to go even deeper into that experience.
Allow yourself to rest in God's presence and His promise.
Allow yourself to just be here now.
Continuing to use the breath as that gateway of drawing the awareness.
Into the body of grounding down to this moment.
Aligning with your intuition,
With God's will.
And inviting yourself to just feel the gratitude for it all.
I know,
Right here in this moment.
Let that gratitude,
Let those blessings,
Let that presence.
Let that shift from survival mode.
Into a much more clear,
Independent functioning state.
Just wash over you.
From the crown of your head.
All the way down to the soles of your feet.
Let it blanket you in comfort and grace and healing.
Washing over your eyes,
Your nose and ears presence,
Healing,
Gratitude.
Washing over the jaw.
Descending upon the neck.
Traps and upper shoulders.
Washing over the back of the body,
The upper back.
Middle and lower back,
Washing over the spine.
Allow that presence to blanket over your chest,
Heart,
And lungs.
Down into your hips.
All the way down into your sacrum,
The base of your spine grounding you down.
Allow that progress.
That breakthrough,
That connection,
That surrender and trust to wash over your hips,
Your thighs,
Your quads.
The glutes into the hamstrings and the whole backs of the legs.
The knees and shins,
All the way down to the tops of the feet.
The toes and the spaces between.
Allow it all to ground you down right now.
To shift your focus.
From any worldly things or to-dos or concerns or tasks.
And align it with God's kingdom and His will.
Thanking him for his gifts that he's uniquely equipped you with,
Thanking you,
Thanking him for the people he's put in your life,
The places you're able to experience.
Just being here right now.
Knowing that regardless of what comes next,
You can always hit the pause,
You can take the time to take that big deep breath in.
Ground down in the body and open yourself to God and his healing presence.
Taking one more grounding deep breath into that experience.
And then staying there as long as you'd like.
Thank you for prioritizing the time to be with yourself and with God.
Awkward.
