Hello Meditator,
Thank you for joining me for this meditation today.
So today for our meditation we are going to use the goddess Bhuvaneshvari as our inspiration.
She is the goddess of infinite space.
She is the cosmos.
She is the world.
She is everything.
So we are going to use her today as our inspiration to find some space within ourselves.
So I'd like to invite you to start now by becoming very comfortable.
You want to find a space where you won't be disturbed for the next few moments.
And again you want your body comfortable so that can be sitting up or lying down.
If you're lying down you may consider putting a pillow or a bolster under your knees to support your back.
Perhaps find a cozy blanket,
A pillow for your head.
Comfort is queen here.
So as you settle in just start to let your eyes fall closed.
Allow your breath to soften and gently flow in and out of your body.
And begin to bring some awareness to the physical body.
Notice how you landed.
Notice the support beneath you whether you're sitting or lying down.
Notice the feeling or sensation of your pose.
Notice the gentle movement of the breath.
We often skate through life without ever checking in with the physical body.
So this is an opportunity for you to slow down and just feel your body.
Bring your awareness down to your pinky finger.
Kind of feel that wherever it's positioned.
Feel the seal along the outside of that finger and at that inch.
And notice that just at the tip of your pinky finger there's a nothingness.
There's space right outside of you.
Right outside of that pinky finger is space.
The cosmos started out there.
So just bring awareness to that space.
Just outside of the edges of your physical body.
And let your body just kind of float in that space.
How does that feel?
What does that feel like?
To just notice yourself in space.
To just float.
Beautiful.
Let's start to go inward a little bit more.
I invite you to come back to the sensation of your breath.
Feel the air as it flows in and out from the body.
Feel as the space,
The air,
Around you comes in and goes out.
Notice how your body moves.
Notice the expansion in your chest and ribs and belly on the inhale and contraction on the exhale.
And let's bring some awareness now to the space between our breath.
The space between the inhale and the exhale.
So when you're ready,
Nice,
Big,
Deep breath in and just pause and notice that space.
And then full breath out.
And pause.
And you'll notice the space.
Full breath in.
Pause.
Exhale.
And pause.
And I just want you to breathe in and out.
And see if you can tap into the natural space.
The space at the top,
The crest of your inhale and the bottom of your exhale.
And if you get distracted during this practice,
It's okay.
Just come back to your breath.
Bring that awareness back to the space.
Beautiful.
Let's let that go for a minute and just rest.
As you're resting here,
Start to notice your thoughts.
Notice how they sometimes come in and go out.
Notice how sometimes there's a constant stream.
And when we're in meditation,
Notice that sometimes we can kind of push that stream to the back.
There's no right or wrong answer.
We're just bringing awareness.
We're just kind of noticing those thoughts.
While you're resting here,
Let's bring the awareness outward.
And notice any sounds around you.
Now we're not trying to judge or label these sounds.
We're not calling them good,
Bad,
Quiet,
Or loud.
We're not labeling.
So we're not identifying if it's a car or a bell.
We're just simply noticing.
Let's really start to notice.
Notice how there's layers of sounds.
Notice if maybe there's one sound you're hearing or if there's several sounds.
Just noticing.
And as you rest here listening,
See if you can listen with the most far-off noise.
See if you can listen for a far-away noise.
As you rest here,
Again,
Just take a moment,
Take a breath,
And just try to listen for the most far-away noise.
Good.
And perhaps as you did this,
As you listened for that far-away noise,
Perhaps you noticed or perhaps you didn't,
That we created a little space in our thoughts,
That gap in our thoughts.
When we intently listen and we bring our focus to listening to the most far-away noise,
We're able to put some space between the manifestation of our thoughts.
Sometimes we notice that space,
We get so excited about it,
We bring ourselves back out of it.
But our point today is to try to just rest in that space.
Just take a breath here.
And one more time,
Just try to listen for the most far-away,
Beautiful.
When you're ready,
Just come back to the movement of the breath,
Feeling the sensations in your body and in your mind,
Really congratulating yourself,
Thanking yourself for taking this time to feel into the space around us,
To feel into the states within us.
And when you're ready,
Gently and carefully start to bring yourself back.
Come into a stretch,
Gently open the eyes,
Ready to be part of space today.
Thank you,
Meditator,
For joining me.
Namaste.
