Whale And Song

A guided practice beginning with a short body scan, and moving into healing imagery based on Whale and Song designed for relaxation, sleep and natural healing. Created during lockdown with the intention to ease, calm, de-stress and strengthen using our beautiful earth and its wildlife.

Transcript

Wail and song.

These planet meditations are designed for you to sit with the beautiful elements and life in all its glorious creation on our earth as you quiet yourself to be here right now.

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Blessings.

So making yourself comfortable I invite you to softly close your eyes.

Begin to feel your breath flowing in and out of your lungs.

Take a few moments here.

Becoming aware of the softness of your breath,

Feeling it entering and leaving your whole body as you simply sit or lie.

I'm beginning now to notice any sensations you can feel in your body.

Beginning to notice how it feels for you in this moment.

What sensations might you notice in your body right here,

Right now?

Bringing your attention to your body and gently scanning slowly down as you breathe from your head,

Neck,

Shoulders,

Chest,

Back,

Tummy,

Hips,

Buttocks,

Thighs,

Calves.

And finally feeling into your feet.

Noticing the sensations in your feet and in your toes.

Perhaps your toes are touching or maybe they're apart.

Breathing whatever you notice.

Just becoming aware of these sensations with a sense of gentle curiosity.

Nothing to do about them.

Simply becoming aware of the sensations in your body.

Bringing your focus into your body and into the sensations you may feel.

Perhaps you can sense some tingling or numbness.

Maybe there's a sense of tightness somewhere in your body.

Maybe you can't feel much at all.

That's fine too.

Just breathing in and out and allowing all sensations to just be.

Bringing this kind curiosity to all you might feel.

Sensing where your body makes contact with the surface supporting you.

Perhaps your heels or calves or your shoulder blades pressing into the floor,

The chair.

Whatever you sense just noticing and letting be.

Now bringing your awareness up through your body into your lungs.

Noticing the feeling of the air entering and leaving your lungs.

Breathing in and out.

Noticing the movement of your body as it fills with air.

And the movement as the air leaves again.

Perhaps you can even notice the pause.

The pause on the in-breath before you let the air go.

And the pause on the out-breath before you draw new air in.

Simply bringing awareness to your breath,

Your own natural ebb and flow.

Maybe noticing that your body knows what to do.

In every moment and with each breath.

And now bringing your awareness to the sensation of your breath on your face.

Maybe noticing the sensations on your cheeks,

Below your nose,

Over your chin.

As you breathe in and out,

Is it warm or cool?

Maybe noticing any difference when you let the air go and when you draw it in.

Is it cooler when you breathe in?

And warmer perhaps when you breathe out?

However it is for you right now,

Just noticing with kind curiosity.

With nothing to do or change.

Nothing to decide.

No rights or wrongs.

Just lying here or sitting here,

Supported by the ground on which you lie.

Breathing naturally and noticing what's happening for you in this moment.

And now bringing your awareness to any thoughts which may be arising,

Not striving to stop them,

Push them away.

They'll come,

So let them arrive and leave again.

As you lie here gently returning your attention to your breath.

To breathing into your body.

And now I invite you to bring into your mind the image of a mighty whale.

Bringing the image of your whale into your mind and seeing the size of your whale as it swims through the inky blue water.

How long does it take for it to pass you?

Noticing how it moves its body.

Slow,

Purposefully,

Gliding then twisting on a turn,

Leaving air trails as it passes.

Seeing its color perhaps.

What color is your whale?

Maybe your whale is an old barnacled whale,

Its skin showing the scars of long treks around our globe.

Seeing this beauty up close now.

Seeing its eyes looking back at you and really noticing the texture of its skin.

So close,

So ancient.

Beasts of peace and loyal love.

Sharing their planet with us.

Perhaps your whale's a devoted mother,

Shielding her young as they swim in perfect synchronicity.

Two beasts living their free lives in our ocean,

Bonded and at peace.

And now bring your attention to the sounds you can hear from your whale.

To her song.

Listening to her strange rumblings,

Callings,

Singing to the sea to carry her call into its depths.

And becoming aware that sometimes her song is calm and low,

Rumbling deep and content.

And sometimes your whale's song is shrill and urgent,

Calling her family to leave the waters where the boats travel with their long harpoons,

To sink deep below to safety and leave those who hunt to cast their weapons into empty waters.

And now hearing the strength in your whale's song once more.

No matter who comes or goes,

No matter the dangers or the joys,

She will continue her journey singing her song,

Traveling the channels of her ancestors,

And carrying her energetic vibrations,

Steady,

Calm,

Swimming,

Turning,

Always here,

Always present to her surroundings.

Carrying her slow,

Steady wisdom with her as she travels.

Singing her songs of love and mercy,

Of old wisdom and of joy.

Now seeing yourself as your whale,

Hearing your own voice singing out into the murky depths of your world,

Sometimes calm and steady,

Sometimes urgent and shrill,

And yet sensing in your own voice,

In your own deep notes and resonances,

Your own true song,

An old song.

The notes are part of you and of your ocean.

So even when the waters around you become turbulent and your storms come,

And there's fear and danger,

So also underneath is your old song.

And knowing no matter what comes or goes,

This song was with you always and so it will be.

And you can always find it deep within.

And so breathing here now and becoming aware of the physical sensations in your body once more,

Noticing the contact of your body against the surface supporting you and the gentle pressure where you sit or lie.

And bringing your full awareness back to the steadiness of your breathing now,

To the inflow and outflow of your breath,

And now to the sounds in your surroundings,

Noticing any sounds you can hear for a moment.

And when you hear the bell,

Wiggling your toes and fingers,

Maybe taking a stretch that feels right for you,

Opening your eyes,

And may the steady ancient wisdom of your whale and the joy of her song be with you this week.

Reviews

Thankyou. Enjoyed this meditation. I have also been listening to your Toxic Stories & find them most intriguing. Your voice is good for storytelling. ☺🐨😺😼🌸👋

Loved it, powerful visualization 💓

Your meditation is verily inspired. Really, a work of Genius.

Such a beautiful calming meditation, I would have loved some whale song in among the lovely background music. Thank you, love and blessings 💜 x

Loved it!

Very calming, thankyou 🧘🏻

Beautiful, calming, soft meditation. Thank you for the whale’s beauty.