A Journey Of Courage

This is a guided meditation to embrace our inner courage. Take a journey through the desert with your animal guide to discover and embody the depths of your own strength and determination. Know that you carry this with you always.

Transcript

Let's begin by gently closing down our eyes and taking some nice,

Slow breaths.

Felling into the seat or the bed,

Wherever you're finding yourself most comfortable today.

Allow yourself to be fully supported,

So it takes no effort to stay in this position and just be fully relaxed.

Continue to take a couple more breaths and just allow the relaxation to wash down over your body.

You may wish to release a little sigh on the out-breath,

Keep your body nice,

Safe and supported.

This is time for you,

Nobody needs you right now,

Relax into the moment and imagine you're under a beautiful,

Gentle waterfall.

You can feel the sensations as the water trickles onto your head,

There's a tingling on the crown of your head and you let that sensation of relaxation flow down across your forehead and all the little muscles around your eyes release,

Your cheeks soften,

Your ears relax and now all the little muscles in the back of your head let go and tension in your jaw fades away and the relaxing sensations move down your neck and across your shoulders.

You feel your shoulders fall down away from your ears,

The relaxation trickles down your arms,

Across your elbows,

Through your forearms and gently out through your fingertips,

Letting go of any tension,

Any tiredness.

Bring your attention to your chest and notice how relaxed it feels,

Observe your upper back,

Your torso,

Notice everything just releasing,

Letting go.

Your hips feel relaxed,

Your thigh,

Your knee,

Your shin,

Your calf,

Just releasing any weakness,

Your ankles feel loose,

Your feet relax,

All the bones melt into the floor.

Let any last bit of tension out through the soles of your feet,

So you're now beautifully relaxed and ready to take a little journey.

You find yourself now on the edge of a beautiful expansive desert,

The sand as far as the eye can see,

You stand there for a moment just taking in the beautiful scenery,

As you're about to take a step,

Turn forward,

Deeper into the desert,

You notice a beautiful jaguar coming up to you,

This gorgeous creature approaches and looks at you with vivid green eyes and invites you to walk with her.

As she guides you through the desert,

You walk over the dune and you find yourself on the top of one of the highest dunes.

You stop here and look around,

360 degrees of beautiful golden sand,

You look up and you see this is contrasted by the most exquisite blue sky,

You savour the moment,

It's just you and the jaguar,

You feel the vastness of the desert.

The jaguar starts to move again when you head off together,

As you're walking along you feel the texture of the grains of sand under your feet,

The sun on your skin and you know you're in a special place,

You notice in the distance some shimmering green and you think at first it's just a mirage,

But as you get closer you find it really is an oasis,

You can see the palm trees,

There's even a breeze as you approach and you feel it caressing your skin,

As you get closer you move through and past the line of trees and inside you see its beautiful body of water,

It's so enticing,

As you move towards it together the jaguar drops to her belly,

She relaxes with her front legs forward and her head erect,

Letting you know that she will keep an eye on you,

As she knows you're drawn to the water,

You step into the water under the watchful eye of the jaguar,

It's refreshing,

It's crystal clear and once you're in up to your waist and decide to dive in,

You're floating on the water for a little while,

Looking up at the beauty of the sky and then you decide to dive deeper into the water and you realise that you can breathe easily and you can stay under the water as long as you like,

You swim around and have a look at what you find,

You feel yourself going deeper and deeper and then you see the entrance to an underwater cave,

You move towards that cave and you swim through the archway and you continue for a while just swimming through a tunnel,

Completely immersed in the water,

When you emerge out of the tunnel you realise that you can now put your head up out of the water and you see that you're in a large underground cave,

There are torches around the edges,

The golden flames lighting up the cavernous space,

You take a moment to look around you,

You see the stone wall,

The high ceiling,

It's a beautiful space and you feel really comfortable,

Once again there's a pool of water in the centre and you look closer and you see in the centre of the pool there's a large smooth rock,

Then you move towards it and you immerse yourself in the water and swim over,

Once you are there you easily climb out onto the rock and the shape of the rock suits you perfectly,

You sit on top of that rock feeling totally comfortable,

You're elevated in the centre of the cave and you feel at a fundamental,

Like you belong,

As you're looking around you realise that the space has grown brighter,

There's a golden view to the entire space and you look down and you realise that the light is actually emanating from you,

It's emanating from the middle of your torso just below the cave and you feel strong and empowered and you know that when you return you'll have everything you need to face any challenges that present themselves in your life,

You feel like you're growing taller while you're sitting there,

You swivel around and you realise that the light goes with you,

Passing light on the walls of the cave,

Now take some time to imagine what you can do with this strength that you're now embodying,

Notice the sensations inside your body,

Take some time to see how it feels,

How are you holding yourself,

What good can you do in the world,

Who can you help,

How will your life be different knowing that you have this strength within you that you can draw on at any time,

Take one last look around the cave and draw that light back into you,

Knowing that it is always there,

You slide off the rock back into the water and you wade over to the edge and then you step back into the tunnel and swim back through the tunnel and into the oasis,

You glide through the water feeling the strength of your body,

You swim through the archway into the oasis and gently rise up to the surface and swim back over to the edge where the beautiful jaguar is waiting for you,

And you feel a real kinship with her,

You feel so worthy to be beside her because you have embodied all of her strong characteristics,

Her courage,

Her power,

As well as her grace and her poise,

And you walk back with her with strength and determination and courage,

Back through the desert,

Over the jungle,

Then at the edge of the desert you look into her beautiful eyes and you thank her for your guidance,

And as the image of that beautiful jaguar fades,

You return back,

Back to the seat or the bed where we started,

You feel that strength within you,

You begin to become aware of your surroundings,

You might wiggle your fingers and toes,

Or stretch your body,

And when you're ready you can gently open your eyes,

And move through your day and your life knowing you have the strength and the courage to face whatever comes your way.

Thank you for journeying with me today.