Coming home to your body,
Ocean meditation.
Welcome to this releasing ocean meditation.
Either sitting up with your back straight or lying down with your hands by your sides,
Carve a space in the world around you in which your body can rest comfortably and all of you can be still.
Noticing our breath and where in our body we expand on an inhale and where we relax on an exhale.
Connecting to this breath we might notice how its movement is so like the ocean coming in and going out.
Steady and calm,
Always coming in and going out.
Perhaps you can start to hear it,
See the earth breathing with you,
In and out.
Without moving start to feel sand underneath you.
Is it warm,
Is it cool,
Has it just been watered by the waves?
How big are the grains?
Are they small,
Delicate or chunkier like bits of glass?
Relaxing the little muscles on your face,
Notice as the sun suddenly breaks through the clouds above and your entire being is flooded with warmth and a golden light.
The earth is kissing you now with love.
Surrounded by this golden light we connect our breath with the ocean and see this healing light enter and soothe our entire systems.
Breathing in with the waves,
Holding a moment and breathing out with the waves,
Holding a moment and breathing in,
On and on.
Always in motion and powerful beyond measure there is no burden that the ocean cannot carry away for you.
It's time to let it wash away all that we no longer need.
Like picking up pebbles from the beach,
Over time our bodies too can collect tensions and worries storing them behind our kneecaps,
Tucking them inside our breastbone,
Cramping them perhaps inside our hips.
It's time to release all of this to the waves.
Inhaling deeply,
Collect from any hidden places all pebbles and shells from within you that scrape against your bones and interrupt your peace.
Inhaling bringing a great pile of them into your heart,
Hold them there with love and witness as the golden light softens their edges and then see them as they start to dissolve completely.
On your next big exhale see a huge wave of purifying white light sweep down over you,
Cascading from the top of your head down to the bottom of your feet,
Washing you free,
Carrying everything you no longer need out to sea.
Let's do this again.
Inhaling and collecting from within your body all shells and debris of worry that you no longer need to carry,
That no longer belong to you,
And gathering them into the golden light of your heart on an inhale,
With a big exhale they get washed away down your body up the bottom of your feet and out to sea,
A cascade of purifying white light cleansing you like a wave.
Do this once more in your own time,
Breathing with the ocean,
Removing any last shells,
Pebbles or rocks that weigh heavy that you wish to wash away.
With absence comes space,
So on your next inhale fill the spaces those shells once sat with the golden light and love from your heart.
Feel it gently move into any crevices that once felt heavy,
Watch it crawl into any spaces that felt dark and see as all of you lights up,
You are whole.
Placing one hand on your heart and the other on your belly,
Give thanks for what you have done,
For lightening your load,
For visiting the ocean today.
My feet they brought me to the sea and in my heart I felt this dear,
May every breath and every wave expose the majesty so clear.
Linking your eyes open,
See yourself clearly in your minds eye,
Lighter,
Calmer and whole.
Thank you for joining me on this meditation,
I hope you feel better.
God bless you!
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