Welcome to Meditation for Women,
A part of the Women's Meditation Network,
With your guide,
Katie Kramvitsos.
When you're feeling down,
Love is the answer.
When fear has taken over,
Love is the answer.
When you're lying on the floor in a pool of despair,
Love is the answer.
When the world looks scary and mean and unjust,
Love is the answer.
The seeds of love are planted in your soul,
Beautiful.
So come inside and eat their fruits and be nourished by their goodness.
Because when you are filled with love,
You will give it freely to others and help grow the beautiful,
Diverse garden of love around the world,
Where all of us can bloom in our own special way.
So come into your breath,
The reliable,
Rhythmic giver of life that enters and exits without fail.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Feel it fill you up every time you inhale.
And relax you further every time you exhale.
Slow it down.
Elongating the breath each time.
Breathing in deeper and breathing out longer.
Feel your body slow down.
Feel your mind slow down.
Feel time slow down.
As you settle deeply into this soft,
Slow rhythm.
Now,
See if you can imagine all the things that feel unsettling for you right now.
The challenges.
The anxieties.
The fears.
The upsets.
Imagine every single one of them as tiny grains of sand,
Collecting themselves in front of you and then slowly culminating into a bowl on the floor.
This small bowl holds you back.
This small bowl holds it all.
The countless grains of sand that are weighing on you.
The personal and global scenes of concern.
As you look down at this bowl of sand,
Take a deep breath in and imagine your breath reaching inside of you,
Searching for those seeds of love.
With every inhale,
Let your breath find these seeds.
They live in the laughter of your friends and family.
The tender hugs and the kindness others have shown to you.
Breathe in and find the seeds of love that exist in the chirping of the birds,
The warmth of the dirt,
And the raindrops from the clouds.
These seeds of love live in your dreams and the hopes you have for yourself and others.
Look around and see the endless seeds of love that exist within you.
Now imagine that with every breath out,
Those countless seeds of love collect in front of you and slowly spread themselves across the fast garden all around you.
Breathe and watch these seeds of love plant themselves in the rich soil,
Easily burying your small bowl of worries.
Those grains of sand will never compare to the endless seeds of love.
Now let your body relax deeply as you watch the breathtaking scene in front of you.
The seeds of love are sprouting and growing the most diverse,
Luscious flowers and plants,
Herbs and vegetables imaginable.
See here in your garden.
This is love.
Bright.
Colorful.
Connected and full of life.
Where no fear or negativity can exist.
Where love creates more love.
And where you can clearly see that love is the answer.
Namaste,
Beautiful.
