Hey there,
This is Jen with Laughing Lotus Wellness.
Welcome to our meditation practice.
Well hello everyone.
Here we are.
We are going to do the I See You meditation.
And first and foremost,
I want us all to just take a couple of breaths together.
So inhaling in,
Exhaling out,
Inhaling in,
Exhaling out.
Here we go.
Just coming into this space and setting the tone here.
So I am your resident resilience and hope expert.
I didn't know if you know that was a thing.
It's a thing.
And today we are going to delve into an insight meditation where you discover your connection to others.
This is a little off of the beaten path from my traditional meditations.
This is more of a healing,
Energetic form of meditation.
And we are really going to be looking at the energy and connection between two people.
So there is a unique marker to each connection in our lives and I hope you walk away with some vision of how you might see this.
But also how you might send healing support,
Love,
Or set boundaries within this same link.
Those are all really important components of this.
So I want to be clear too that this is not a replacement for therapy work.
It's not a replacement for talking to someone about relationship struggles.
I just want to give you what I think of as a toolbox kind of experience you can use,
If you will,
When you are contemplating your internal energy and that of others.
And particularly the way that we connect to one another.
So if you are willing to close your eyes,
Find a comfortable seated position,
You can also just soften your gaze two to three feet in front of you,
Find something to focus on.
We are going to take a little journey together and I hope by the end of this you understand that you have the capacity to be the boss of your own energy.
That we can see our own energy,
That we can see that of others and the way that those two things marry with one another,
If you will.
So in this comfortable space,
Bringing our attention awareness inward here,
I want to read something to you from Mala of the Heart,
108 Sacred Poems.
This is by Ravi Nathwani and Kate Vogt and I just love,
Love these little simple meditations.
And so I wanted to read one to you as we begin today.
It would feel good to you,
You can also just place one of your hands over your heart or both there just for a few minutes.
To place you in my heart may turn you into thought,
I will not do that.
To hold you with my eyes may turn you into thorn,
I will not do that.
I will set you on my breath and you will become my life.
And that's by Rumi.
It's just beautiful.
And so as we take this journey today again,
It's coming from a space of setting a tone of connection with others and what that might look and feel like.
So using your intuition to guide you,
Imagine what your energy looks and feels like.
The color,
The texture,
The light of it,
The feel of it.
In all your own unique energy sense,
Experience your own energy.
Just see it.
Breathing here fluid and even inhales and exhales.
Inviting in information and awareness of your own energy.
And to begin our journey today,
The first thing we're going to do is a small energy clearing exercise.
So seated or lying down wherever you are,
Taking your hands and just shaking them towards the earth.
And while you do so,
Imagine releasing any stagnant,
Stuck or unhelpful energy you may be carrying.
You're going to send that into the earth,
It'll be recycled.
And I always send Mother Earth a little gratitude nod when I do this,
Right,
And thank her for holding space for us.
Breathing in the things that no longer serve.
And now just pausing here and notice what shifts may have taken place.
Noticing how you're feeling.
As you breathe here,
Just notice,
Taking stock,
Shift and change.
And next,
Taking a moment to imagine yourself inside a bubble of protection.
It could be like an oval that surrounds you,
Another shape.
Mine is usually a triangle or some other manifestation that comes to you.
Whatever it is,
It surrounds you in safety,
Kind of like an energetic shield.
Again,
Trusting that instinct and intuition,
Whatever comes forward is the right thing.
Now imagine a beam of healing,
Golden light coming into that sacred space.
In through the crown of your head,
Filling that space with healing,
Vibrant,
Beautiful light.
Filling you up at a cellular level.
What we release for energy should be renewed with new and radiant light and vibration.
That's what we're doing here.
Filling up that space that is within you and surrounding you.
For the purpose of this exercise,
I encourage you to pick someone that you get along with really well.
Really bring them to mind.
Giving you a moment here to consider who you'd like your guests to be.
Think about what that person looks like.
What it feels like to be in their presence.
The qualities that make them unique to you,
Really feel this person's energy.
As you breathe here,
Just imagine reading that energy.
Now in your mind,
I invite you to see yourself in a white blank space with this person and you are facing one another.
You might give a smile to them a little nod and really see you and really see this person in your life.
Feeling the energy from each of you.
You might have to give it color,
Texture,
Shine or some other variable that feels right to you.
I encourage you to begin to imagine some form of connection between you and this other person.
Consider something like vines,
Rope,
A string of light.
You decide what feels right from your intuition.
As you imagine this connection,
I invite you to now look closely at this connection.
Is it a flawless connection?
Is it frayed?
Is it both strong and frayed in places?
Is there light moving through it?
Something else?
Does it appear different from your end or their end?
See and feel the strength of the connection between you and your chosen.
And now,
Breathing here,
Imagine sending healing love and light through that cord and into the guest you've invited.
See it moving from you into the cord and into your guest.
Coming back into the space from this connection,
Taking your energy with you and just sitting in the vibration of this experience.
Just breathing here and considering what it means for you.
And sending that person loving gratitude for a moment.
And now I invite you to pick someone you've had some challenges with in your life.
Not the toughest person,
You know,
But someone who is more challenging.
Calling them to mind.
Inviting them to our time here.
Really see them again.
The qualities they possess.
The energy they exude.
Once again we travel to that white room where you are now facing one another.
Again begin to visualize the connection or energetic rope you share with this person.
Looking at them,
Beginning to see the shimmer again,
The textures of the both of you together.
As you look down between you to see that energetic connection.
Asking yourself what is the quality of this cord?
What does it look like?
What does it feel like?
Where does it connect?
Just allowing your intuition to light up and trust what you see and feel.
Just noticing as you breathe here.
Now practice sending healing,
Love and light through that cord to this person.
See the love and light traveling through that cord and into the person you've invited.
Once again you will step away and take your energy with you.
Pause and sit in this vibration.
That sense of that energy,
Your guests,
Yourself and just notice the experience.
To release the energy of this person imagine that as you inhale gold and healing energy is coming in through the crown of your head and takes any residual energy from your body and as you exhale you release this through your feet or seat and into the earth.
Wherever you're connected to the earth is where whatever residual energy that's not serving will be released.
Return to that space of sending gratitude to the person you joined with us for a few minutes.
Sending them loving kindness for a couple of breaths here.
Just saying thank you.
Taking time to reflect in this quiet and sacred space.
Without judgment allow awareness of the different quality of the connection between you and the two people that you spent time with today.
What are the differences?
What did you see,
Feel,
Hear or sense about each of them and the unique quality of the energy that you have both individually and together?
Starting here nice and easy.
Even if possible that now you can develop a system for releasing these cords as a form of setting boundaries not in an unkind way but one that allows you to disconnect when that you feel it might be useful or necessary.
In your mind's eye developing a spiritual tool of sorts that will allow you to release that cord.
Something like a crystal,
A blade of light,
Something that feels right to you.
And then in taking that tool releasing the energetic cord between you and both of your guests.
Now pausing here with the breath notice how that feels to you,
Just notice.
Pausing here allowing that felt sense of the shift of energy to come over you.
Once again using your intuition to guide you imagine what your energy looks and feels like.
The color,
The texture,
The light of it,
The feel of it.
In all of your own unique energy sense experience your own energy.
Taking time to sit in the space of awareness,
Insight,
Breath and connection.
Really considering the effect of energy in connecting us to those around us but also the tools we have to assess and shift connections as the need arises.
You are the boss of your energy.
Inhaling in I am.
Exhaling the boss of my energy.
And hands on hips,
Firm stance in your mind's eye.
Inhaling in I am.
Exhaling the boss of my energy.
Inhaling in again I am.
As you exhale the boss of my energy.
Last time here inhaling in I am.
And exhaling the boss of my energy.
Releasing any thoughts here just scan from head to toe for any residual energy that may be stored and release that through the feet or seat while you bring in healing golden light radiant light in through the crown releasing the energy that's no longer needed.
As we close our practice today becoming aware of the energetic choices and transformation and the power you have in connection to others that you can see and feel these connections that you can send loving kindness and gratitude through those connections and chords.
Imagine pulling all of your energetic chords back into yourself in a loving way and slowly coming back in your space just breathing here.
Pausing to just breathe and notice what was this experience like for you?
How do you feel?
Is there anything different about your energy?
How about how you feel about your invited guests?
And now once again sending any residual energy out through the hands and fingertips into the earth and then inviting that healing golden light in through the crown of your head.
Surrounding yourself in light inside that sacred space you created earlier.
As you slowly bow your chin to your chest and flutter your eyes open giving yourself a moment to come back into your space.
I welcome you back and I'm hopeful you were able to have an experience in your energetic journey.
Too often we feel at the mercy of our connections and energy and fail to realize that we have a choice how we show up to this.
And today I walked you through just one tool to look at the energy between you and another person.
And now you can use that tool as you see fit particularly for assessing the connection for sending some healing light and love to someone.
But also to remove those chords or energetic connections as needed for your own self-care and well-being.
I would love it if you would be willing to share any experiences you had with me.
I would be deeply grateful for any donations you have the ability to share with me to continue to support me in showing up with new content.
All the teachers on insight timer are working hard to create content we're so grateful for any donations that you feel you're capable of sharing with us.
From my light and energy to your light and energy.
Blessings love and light until next time my friends.
This is Jen with Laughing Lotus Wellness.
Namaste.
