Sink into the stillness and let your body rest.
You are held by the ground and supported by the unseen arms of the earth.
There is no rush now.
No need to be anything or anywhere but here.
Breathing.
Being.
Let your breath arrive softly,
Like the first wind of spring.
Inhale and gather all the pieces of yourself and exhale slowly,
Letting go.
As you breathe,
See if you can sense something delicate stirring in the air.
A flicker,
A hush.
Out of the quiet,
A single butterfly appears.
She's small,
And her wings are fragile paper,
Painted in the colors of dusk and dawn.
But in that small body,
She carries something vast.
The weight of hope.
The whisper of healing.
Watch her now as she flutters closer.
Her flight uneven,
Impossibly light,
As if she's been traveling lifetimes just to find you right here.
The you,
She whispers.
I know the heaviness you carry.
Let me stay with you a while.
She circles you slowly,
Each pass a soft blessing.
Each beat of her wings stirring the air around your heart.
And where she passes,
The pain loosens.
The tight places begin to breathe again.
Your chest,
Where fear has lived,
Softens.
Where worry has settled,
Find stillness.
Your mind,
That's whirled with thoughts.
A butterfly lands lightly on your shoulder now.
Steady and pure.
She carries no fear of what is happening inside of you.
She knows life is fragile,
And still she flies.
Let her be your reminder that you too are delicate.
And you too are miraculously strong.
In this moment,
There is no battle.
There's only this butterfly who understands transformation better than most.
You are not your diagnosis.
You are not your pain.
You are a soul in transformation.
Becoming.
Always becoming.
Be here.
And imagine you and this butterfly resting together in a vast field.
A rainbow of wildflowers blooming around you.
Looking at a sky that is wide and endless.
You've never been alone.
So breathe.
And feel the air fill you.
And heal you.
The butterfly flutters her wings gently as she leaves.
Reminding you of her gift.
A quiet reminder.
Whisper under your skin.
I am with you.
Namaste,
Beautiful.
