Hello and welcome to your meditation.
Let's get ourselves set up well.
Find yourself in a quiet spot.
If there happens to be noise around you,
Allow that just to be a background.
If you've got some ear pods or headphones,
Put them on.
I find the sensory,
Just emotion,
Just really takes you to a deeper place.
Make sure you're in a comfortable position.
You don't need to be in any crazy yogi squat.
Just comfortable.
You need to be warm.
And start by taking a few breaths.
Let's take a big breath into the belly.
And then settle on the exhale.
Let's do one more together,
Big breath in.
And another easy,
Easy breath out.
Letting the mind just gently empty.
Let's make this effortless and just go.
As some background,
This meditation came to me whilst I was on a retreat with an amazing group of women.
Their stories made me laugh and their stories also made me cry.
This is dedicated to the selfless ones that are around us.
They pick us up,
The ones who are always there to help.
They're the mothers,
They're the helpers,
They're the supporters.
They quietly whirl around us and they don't ask for thanks or acknowledgement.
They offer themselves from love.
This piece is wholehearted and recognizing you for all that is seen and unseen.
It is very close to my heart.
I call it,
I Am.
When I was sleeping last night,
You came to me in my dreams.
You reminded me of who you really are.
It is your time to share and be seen.
Quietly and softly,
You whispered into my ear.
No one else could hear and I knew this to be the truth.
Let me remind you what you said,
Settling back.
I am.
I am a warrior,
I have patience.
I'm grateful for things that are both big and small.
I'm a warrior,
I'm kind to myself when I fail.
I am a warrior,
I get up when I'm down.
I am a warrior,
I am strong.
I am a warrior,
I am curious as to why things don't always go my way.
I am a warrior who will protect myself when I fail.
I am a warrior,
I get up and I go when I do not want to get up again.
I am a warrior,
I am strong.
I am a warrior who will protect my babes.
I am a warrior who feels pain and grief wholly,
Truly and with my whole heart.
I am the warrior who protects the weak when no one else sees.
I am the warrior who sees what others quite often miss.
I am the warrior who has darkness but I still project sunshine.
I am the warrior who feels somebody else's pain.
Just breathing.
I am me,
I am both strong and yet fragile.
I am me,
I am both strong and yet fragile.
I am fierce yet still soft.
I bend before I break.
Yes,
I am the storm and both the calm.
I am sometimes more tears than joy.
I am fire and water.
And sometimes I am just the dark.
I am the shadow and also the light.
I am expansive but at the same time minute.
I am abundant,
I am more.
I am evolving,
I am changing and I am shape-shifting daily.
I am greater than you think.
I am a soul worth fighting for.
I am love to others and also forgiveness.
I am love for me.
I am love as deep as the ocean.
I am love in every breath.
I am the echoes of a generation of warriors in my soul.
I am everything and I am also nothing.
I am love.
I am,
But so are you.
Really feel all of that deep down into your heart space.
I am and you are.
We are all of that and more.
Embracing tenderly all of who you are with loving kindness.
Your gifts,
Your imperfections.
It all packages up to make you the beautiful soul you are today.
Embracing all of that.
Let it sit with you softly.
Acknowledging all that you do for everybody else.
The selfless acts.
The sacrifices.
The tears that get shed that no one saw.
Bringing your hands to your heart space now.
With gratitude sending love to all of those people who bring us such joy,
Such pleasure and such pain.
As you move through your day,
As you move through your night,
As you rest.
Come back to this beautiful heart space of yours.
This pure heart centered intention.
And really reconnect with who you are and allow yourself to shine bright.
Breathing softly now.
Just embodying all of who you are.
And taking from this meditation everything that nourished you.
Everything that felt good.
And just leaving behind what didn't resonate.
My soul honors your soul.
Namaste.
