Welcome to today's practice for in-bass forest now.
As we begin I invite you to get really comfortable having a veil by your side.
I invite you to light a candle,
To burn some incense and slowly start to move into this other state of being,
So we're slowing down.
We are beginning to step out of the day to day daily flow of things and into a slower pace where time moves a little bit differently.
Closing our eyes and connecting in with ourselves taking a deep inhale and exhaling that breath out nice and long.
Taking another deep inhale and exhaling that breath out nice and long,
Feeling yourself really heavy and connected and rooted to the earth beneath you and at the same time feeling that extension in your spine as you sit straight.
Continuing to breathe deeply,
Noticing how you are arriving today,
Noticing the texture of your thoughts,
Noticing your emotional state,
Your physical body.
And as we begin to move into this practice I invite you to offer an intention.
What is the reason that we are moving into this practice today?
Connecting with divine spirit,
Channeling,
Wisdom,
Information,
Song.
What is this reason for this collaboration,
For this invitation?
And so I invite you to say this out loud in the space that you sit in now.
And as we begin this practice now,
Visualizing a circle around our energetic field,
Noticing the color of the circle,
Perhaps it's white light or blue light or violet light.
This is a container for the sacred work that we are cultivating today,
Holding this space for us.
We welcome in the four directions of the air,
Of the fire,
Of the water and of the earth,
Of the east,
Of the south,
Of the west and of the north.
We welcome in our great mother,
Mother of all,
Mother of our ancestors,
First mother,
Grandmother.
We welcome in guides and teachers on this path with us.
Taking a deep inhale and exhaling that breath out nice and long.
We're going to do a little bit of breath work just to really ground ourselves,
Unroot ourselves in this present moment,
Connecting with this energetic force of our breath.
So wherever you are in your breath,
I invite you to exhale fully.
Inhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Inhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Inhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Inhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhaling for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Holding for one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
And just coming back to a natural ebb and flow of your breath.
Noticing any shifts,
Changes,
Just simply noticing.
Witnessing your body in this moment,
Your mind in this moment,
Your spirit in this moment.
And so as we move into the practice of in-breath for us now,
I invite you to release any expectations,
To release any tendency to push or pull,
To force.
Release any rational or logical thinking.
And just be with the process.
Just experience whatever is coming up,
Whatever we are channeling today.
Staying open and receptive.
Witnessing ourselves.
Witnessing the sound,
The words,
And allowing them to flow.
So there's always time at the end of this practice to take note,
To record.
For now,
We are staying present.
We are staying open.
We are staying receptive.
We are a channel for this sacred and divine energy to move up through us.
And so when you're ready,
I invite you to gently open your eyes softly.
Pick up your veil and put it over your head.
And then bring your hands into in-breath for us now position.
Over your eyes,
One hand on top of the other.
Taking a deep inhale.
Exhaling and releasing.
Taking another deep inhale.
Exhaling and releasing.
As we invite in the spirit,
This divine energy in with love,
With openness.
As a channel for this expression.
And so calling this energy,
This spirit,
Into our being.
Embodying.
Feeling any shifts or changes.
Noticing how our energy opens to invite in this energy.
To invite in this spirit as we channel this sacred energy today.
In this moment.
Noticing when our energy starts to shift.
And just staying open to the experience.
And when we're ready,
Let's begin.
Oh great spirit,
I ask you today,
What is your name?
What wisdom do you offer?
What do you seek?
How can we best honor you in this practice?
What blessings do you offer?
We send you great thanks and appreciation for your insights and wisdom and blessings that you offer.
Go raibh míle maith agat.
A thousand thank yous.
Míle buíochas.
As we start to come back into our body,
Just feeling into the shifts.
Noticing as this energy,
This spirit starts to move out of our energetic field.
And we come back fully into our own body,
Our own being.
Grounded,
Rooted.
Taking a deep inhale.
And exhaling that breath out nice and long.
One more like that.
Taking a deep,
Deep inhale.
Filling our lungs,
Our body,
Our spirit.
When we feel like we can't inhale any more,
A little bit more.
Inhale a little bit more.
And sighing that breath out nice and long.
Starting to move in any way that feels good.
Stretching,
Yawning.
Giving thanks to our guides and teachers for holding this space today for us.
Giving thanks to our Great Mother.
Giving thanks to the directions.
Giving thanks to the elements.
Go raibh míle maith agat.
And when you're ready,
We can take a deep inhale.
And on the exhale,
Gently opening our eyes back into this space.
