Welcome to this meditation to balance the energy of the spleen and the stomach.
According to Chinese medicine,
Having a healthy spleen and stomach helps in the well-being of our whole body,
Helping us feel clear,
Grounded,
And capable of handling life.
So let's begin this meditation by finding a comfortable posture.
You can do it sitting down or lying down,
Whatever feels best for you today.
And as you take these moments to settle in,
To get comfortable,
Start to focus on your breath and on your body.
Feeling the breath coming in and out of the body.
The movement of the inhale and the exhale on your body.
And let's just relax and settle the weight of the body down.
Softening all the muscles and the weight of your head,
Your skull,
Your face.
Your ears and your jaw.
Releasing the neck,
The throat,
The shoulders,
All of the chest,
The back and the belly.
Letting go of any tension and letting go of the weight of the hips and the legs all the way down to the toes.
With the body in this relaxed state.
Let's start by inhaling for a count of four.
And exhaling for a count of six.
Focusing on making the exhales last longer than the inhales.
As you inhale you want your belly to expand forward your chest.
And as you exhale on this count of six.
You want your chest and your belly to contract gently towards the center.
Keep this breath count of inhaling for 4,
Exhaling for six.
Doing the whole practice.
You are keeping your own count.
If your inhale expands,
Allow it.
So if you need to inhale for a count of six instead of four,
Allow it.
But then also make the exhales last longer for a count of eight instead of six.
So just be on your count,
Either inhaling for 4 counts,
Exhaling for 6,
Or inhaling for 6,
Exhaling for 8,
Or any other count which feeds the flow of your breath.
Next time as you inhale.
Imagine,
Visualize,
Sense or feel yellow golden light coming in through your nostrils.
And touching your spleen and your stomach on the bottom of your left ribs.
And as you exhale,
Imagine,
Sense,
Visualize,
Feel that exhale carrying out any excess worry,
Any obsessive thoughts,
Repetitive thinking,
Pensiveness or lamenting.
Allowing this excess to just come out of your nostrils and be absorbed by the earth.
You don't need to know exactly which thoughts are coming out,
You just need to set your intention and continue with the breath.
As you inhale,
Welcoming,
Breathing in more of this golden yellow light into your stomach and spleen,
Allowing this yellow energy to nourish,
To nurture,
To clean,
To clear,
To bring health to your spleen and your stomach.
And as you exhale any extra stagnant energy just releasing out of your nostrils and being absorbed by the earth.
Continue with this visualization.
For a few minutes in silence.
Now imagine your whole body.
Vibrating with this yellow golden light.
Like sunshine on a field of yellow wheat.
Feel and allow your whole body to relax.
To be nourished by this beautiful golden yellow light.
Allowing this light to also clear the pathways,
The meridians of the spleen and the stomach.
Hence the yellow light traveling through all of your body.
Keep breathing in for your count.
Breathing out longer than your inhales.
As you exhale let go of the count and start to breathe naturally as you receive the benefits of this practice.
Bringing a smile into your face,
Smiling to your stomach,
To your spleen.
To their beautiful work that they do.
Bringing in this smiling energy into this sense of trusting life.
Trust in yourself.
Trusting in yourself,
Navigating through life with a loving heart,
Open to receive all the blessings life is giving you.
Smiling into the trust you have in yourself in life.
Smile to this golden yellow energy.
And smiling to the spleen and the stomach on the lower left side of your ribs.
Take a deep inhale,
Open your eyes,
Stretch your arms.
Keep this smiling energy present.
And as you exhale,
Release the hands to your thighs.
And continue with your day.
Thank you so much for joining today and bringing balance into these important energies of the spleen and the stomach.
