Close your eyes and relax,
And then relax a little more.
Let go of all the tension in your muscles and any aches and pains,
Just let them go.
Take a deep breath,
A cleansing and purifying breath,
A breath that relieves you from heaviness and fills you with calm.
Now imagine you're sitting on the ground with a beautiful,
Statuesque older woman.
She has hair braided in mazes on top of her head,
Her eyes are like shiny onyx,
And her skin glows in the sun.
Together you sit cross-legged on the ground.
The woman weaves a basket with black,
Brown,
And golden strands.
Several minutes pass in silence,
And then the woman shows you the basket with a magnificent spider design woven into it.
The spider knows balance,
She says.
Close your eyes and feel the balance in your life.
You feel the calmness and centeredness,
A balance like the nimble spider,
And the woman smiles.
The woman sets the spider basket aside and takes out another basket.
After weaving for a few minutes,
She shows you a basket with a beautiful flower design.
She gives you the basket to hold,
And you run your fingers over the strands.
They're surprisingly soft.
The basket weaver speaks again.
The flower knows natural beauty,
She says.
Close your eyes and see your natural beauty.
After a moment of closing your eyes and going inward,
You see light around yourself,
Light that shines from the inside out,
And you recognize and embrace your natural beauty.
The woman smiles.
She sets the flower basket aside and reaches for another.
This basket is different,
Though.
It's completed,
But there are no colors,
No designs,
Just simple golden strands.
The woman speaks.
This basket carries food,
Nourishment for our people.
It understands what the self needs to sustain.
Holding the basket,
You close your eyes and are flooded with images of ways to care for yourself,
Ways you've either ignored or have not known.
As you open your eyes,
The basket changes.
Designs of spiders,
Flowers,
Houses,
Trees,
Patterns,
And more appear on the basket.
The basket weaver speaks.
The basket is yours,
She says.
It will come with you always.
When you need to care for yourself,
Just look into it.
What you need will appear.
You run your fingers over the designs,
Knowing they were created just for you,
Knowing that they hold the keys to your well-being.
Breathe deeply and peacefully,
And see the basket weave its way into your consciousness so it is there with its contents whenever you need or want it.
Namaste,
Beautiful.
