So I'll invite you to be comfortable where you are and just coming inwards now and setting your intention to create and hold sacred space for our practice.
So really coming into presence and then sending your awareness in the direction of the East and just inviting in the energies of the East.
And noticing what happens within yourself as you do so.
Retaining that connection to the East coming back through centre and sending your awareness in the direction of the South.
Just inviting in the energies of the South.
Noticing what happens within yourself as you do so.
And then retaining that connection with the South and the East coming back through centre and sending your awareness in the direction of the West.
Inviting in the energies of the West and noticing what happens within yourself as you do so.
And then retaining that connection with the West,
With the South,
With the East coming back through centre and sending your awareness in the direction of the North.
Inviting in the energies of the North and noticing what happens within yourself as you do so.
And then retaining that connection with the North,
The West,
The South and the East coming back through centre and sending your awareness down into the Earth below.
So sensing into the vast depths of the Earth,
That solidity,
All that life.
And then inviting the Earth energy in,
Noticing what happens within yourself as you do so.
Remaining rooted in the Earth,
Centred between the directions,
Coming back through centre and sending your awareness upwards and outwards to the skies and the universe beyond.
Aware of that vast open space,
Inviting that universal energy in,
Noticing what happens within yourself as you do so.
And then remaining grounded in the Earth,
Open to the heavens,
Connected in all of those directions.
Turning your awareness inwards to your heart space,
Just noticing what's in your heart today and whatever it is that you find in your heart,
Just honouring that.
And then setting your intention to create space in your heart and in your life,
In your world for connection with your loving ancestors.
And then together now,
Calling in the ancestors using our intention and our words,
So if you wish to speak something to call in the ancestors you can do.
Inviting in now those loving ancestors who wish to connect with us today.
As the ancestors join us,
Now is a good time if you have an offering to make to the ancestors,
You might say it,
Place it on your altar.
So just make that offering now.
So we'll just make some space now to honour specific ancestors.
So for the next few minutes,
Use this space to recall those ancestors who you particularly like to honour.
So you might say their names out loud,
You might have a story or a song from them,
You might recall a specific memory,
It might be something that you would wish to say to them.
So use this space to make that connection with them.
For now though,
Let's invite in some healing for the ancestors,
For us in our relationship with our ancestors.
So I'll invite you to,
If you wish,
If you have something with you that's representing your ancestors,
You might place your hands on that or hold it in your hands.
You might place your hands on your heart knowing that this is where we're holding the space for the ancestors today.
And just really bringing in this truth of love that is there for us,
That we carry within us and that is a healing thing.
So love and resilience,
The ability to heal and all of the extraordinary qualities that our ancestors showed us and gave us and brought into our lives or bring into our lives.
Maybe those extraordinary qualities that they saw and named and honoured or honour in us.
And then bringing all of that truth together and imagining it as an energy,
So you might see it as a colour,
You might feel it coursing through your body,
You might hear it as a sound,
Or you might just know it,
Experience it in some other way.
Beginning to direct that energy now with your breath.
Breathing in,
Calling that energy in.
Breathing out,
Sending it to the ancestors,
Yourself,
The connection with the ancestors,
We are of course all connected.
So breathing that energy in and breathing out,
Using your intention to direct that to this space within your heart where you're honouring the ancestors,
To the connection you have with the ancestors and to the ancestors themselves.
And we'll just continue that for a couple of minutes.
And if there's anything you'd like to ask the ancestors for,
You might invite their support in something,
You might ask them for a message or some development of your connection.
Just asking for that now and leaving space for it to come into your life.
Then giving thanks to the ancestors,
Acknowledging the role they play in our lives,
Or the many roles that they play in our lives.
And coming back to that awareness of your heart space that we opened at the beginning of this ceremony to create a space to invite the ancestors into.
And knowing that your heart is enough to contain all that is there.
And knowing that you can open your heart to any time and the ancestors will be there.
But for now,
Simply filling your heart with gratitude and intending to close the practice.
Sending your awareness upwards and outwards to the skies and the universe beyond and just sending gratitude throughout the skies and the universe beyond.
Now sending your awareness down into the earth,
Sensing the depths and solidity of the earth and sending gratitude down,
Filling the earth with gratitude.
Sending your awareness in the direction of the north and sending gratitude outwards to the north.
Sending your awareness to the west and sending gratitude to the west.
Sending your awareness to the south and sending gratitude to the south.
And sending your awareness to the east and sending gratitude to the east.
And gratitude to all who have participated today.
That concludes the formal ceremony.
