Imaginative Journey Meditation

Go on an imaginative journey of release and renewal adapted from Candice Pert's BodyMind meditation. This meditation is designed to bring balance to your body/mind by honouring your chakra's, releasing past trauma and embracing forgiveness.

Transcript

Find a comfortable position,

Either sitting or lying down,

With your back and neck straight and hands resting on your lap or by your side.

Now take a deep breath in and as you exhale,

Feel your body growing heavier and settle down.

Breathe evenly now,

Focusing on the evenness of your breath,

Relaxing more and more.

I'd like you to allow your mind to wander,

Contemplating about life on planet earth and our inner and outer connectedness,

Allowing yourself to feel the pull of gravity pulling you down deeper within yourself,

Deeper and deeper within your own wisdom.

When people relax so deeply,

Sometimes their body feels very heavy.

So if your body feels very heavy to you now,

Allow yourself to sink even deeper,

Going deeper and deeper within yourself.

And sometimes when people relax as deeply as you are now,

They feel buoyant and weightless.

If you feel weightless now,

Allow yourself to feel as light as a helium balloon,

Rising above all the doubts and worries,

Going up and up,

Relaxing more and more.

Allow your eyes to close now,

If not already,

And keep them closed as you breathe in,

Relaxing even more deeply each time you exhale.

You're blessed,

Calm and safe in the flow of spirit,

The Latin word for breathe.

Imagine your breath flowing in and out in the form of a brilliant healing white light,

Passing through your lungs and chest and spreading throughout all of your body,

Lingering where its attention is most needed,

Flowing where there is any discomfort.

Take in a full breath of this brilliant white light into that part of your body,

Breathing more white light and exhale as you cleanse,

Release and rejuvenate that part of your body.

Observe the glittery and brilliant white light as it moves playfully around the uncomfortable spot.

Imagine and feel the healing white light work its magic inside.

Feel each cell being lovingly submerged in this white light.

Imagine and feel this magical dance of light and healing as the healing takes place in a very playful and natural way.

The body-mind wants to heal itself.

The white,

Glittery,

Brilliant light healing you,

Loving you.

I'd like you to imagine yourself lying on the softest pillow of a cloud,

Seeing the stars above you glitter as they cool to become the stuff that make up the molecules of your body.

It is the most beautiful night sky with enormous dazzling clouds,

Such white brilliance that the black velvet sky grabs your eyes and you see the stunning constellations of blackness against the brilliant white.

You relax even deeper,

Exhaling as you lean back on your cloud.

As you intently look at the stars in the night sky,

You're beginning to notice that the stars are not all white.

They are subtle shades of red,

Orange,

Yellow,

Green and blue.

You begin contemplating about your own body-mind,

Realizing that your body-mind also is spinning circles of energy,

Just like the stars in the sky.

And now you become energy moving in and out,

Beautiful spinning circles of colour that move in their own natural speed.

Some move slowly,

Some move quickly as you continue to relax a little bit more.

Imagine and feel the spinning wheels of colour move through your body.

Various thoughts or feelings may come up for you now and it's fine to let them flow through you as you breathe in and exhale deeply as your mind focuses on the spinning colour wheels.

As your belly gently rises and falls,

See and feel the red colour wheel spinning between your hips and pelvis at the root of your spinal cord,

The very bottom of your coccyx.

Now it's growing and expanding,

Flowing down your thighs,

Through your knees and calves,

Around your ankles and out through the very tips of your toes.

As the red light fills your legs and feet,

It goes upwards through your hips,

Abdomen,

Chest,

Your arms and hands.

The beautiful slow red light travelling up your neck to fill your head as you breathe in and out and settle even more deeply into your pillow cloud.

You're blessed and calm and safe in the flow of the spirit of the slowest energy,

The energy of red light which is flowing everywhere,

Cleansing,

Nourishing every cell of your body,

Gently touching,

Moving,

Guiding every cell exactly where it needs to go,

Making more healthy cells where more are needed,

Removing and flashing away from your body those cells whose time has come.

As the light in your body fades to a delicate healthy pink glow,

You can now accept what you feel and heal,

Allowing the complete internal healing to continue.

You are learning to tune and listen to your body,

To love your body and to appreciate the miracle of your body with the deepest gratitude.

And now you become aware of the distant sound of the ocean as your cloud takes you to a far away beautiful warm sunny beach,

Floating softly towards it you look down and see a peaceful sandy beach.

As your cloud gently lands on the warm sand,

Imagine you feel yourself lying down,

Stretching comfortably on this warm soft sand,

Allowing the sand and the earth to take out any unwanted thoughts and emotions,

Take them out of your body,

Out of your mind,

Out of your body mind.

Smell the salty air of the ocean and feel the warmth of the sun on your face and all over your body,

Becoming aware of your chest gently rising and falling,

Rising and falling.

Your heart is beating so perfectly,

Synchronously in tune with your breath as you see and feel beautiful sparkles of green light surrounding your chest inside and out.

And you feel a surge of gratitude for this life,

This time,

This chance to lie on the beach and dream of all the people who love you now and all the people who loved you before.

Your heart is a place for all of the love you would ever know.

It is never lost but stored inside your heart in infinite positive and joyous memories,

Stored in every cell.

And as the green wheel of light sparkles,

As it turns in your chest,

You feel a thrill of joyous anticipation because the deepest part of you knows that even more love is coming your way.

Just as surely as sparkly new healthy cells are being born every day,

Refurbishing your heart,

Feel your chest rising and falling like the waves of the ocean.

The beautiful blue-green waves stream from your heart and wash over every organ and every part of your body,

Nurturing them and filling your body and mind,

Making it whole.

You feel your body wiggle free of worry as the turquoise light from your heart overflows to fill every cell,

Every muscle,

Every organ,

Every crevice of your body-mind.

Now you know you have the power to do things out of love,

Joy and self-expression.

And as you're lying on the sandy beach,

Relaxing more and more,

As you keep on breathing and relaxing,

Imagine the calming blue-green waves rising and falling,

Rising and falling as you relax deeper deeper and deeper,

Feeling comfortable with your thoughts or emotions that come up.

Feel the gentle sea breeze against your skin and inhale fully,

Filling your lungs and inviting the green wheel of light into your chest.

And now feel it merge with the love you hold in your heart as you inhale and relax even more deeply into the sand as you breathe in and out.

You have chosen this blissful,

Calm,

Full-hearted state of mind.

Breathing in the green wheel of light,

Breathing it into your chest and having it merge with all the love you hold in your heart.

You can return to this state of body-mind anytime you choose by breathing in the green wheel of light into your chest to merge with the love you hold in your heart.

And now you sense rather than see that the sun is low in the sky,

A big yellow-orange ball.

And as you realize it's getting late and soon it's time to go,

You bring that yellow-orange sun from the horizon to fill a part of you between the bottom of your ribcage and your belly button,

All the way behind to your back with brilliant spinning colour.

As you focus on the orange-yellow light warmly turning in your body,

You imagine the universe holding you safely around your midriff.

And as you sigh deeply,

You sink deeper into the sand that is still warm beneath you.

It's time to go.

You get up and look around.

You start to walk past the rocky cliff of resentment and anger and choose the easy-feeling path of forgiveness made of glistening stones.

Forgiving,

Forgiving,

The easy-feeling path of forgiveness has orange-yellow glistening stones sparkling in the light.

You begin to follow this path knowing that forgiveness is the quickest path to peace.

As you walk along the gleaming orange path,

You see the beach below and the indentation in the sand that your body made when you were lying there.

All of a sudden,

You realize you're carrying a heavy,

Heavy sack of black rocks on your back.

And it's not so easy anymore to move forward along the trail that seems steeper and steeper.

And with a sudden rush of excitement as the yellow light inside you spins out to shine on and through every muscle and nerve in your body,

Throughout all of your body-mind,

You realize that it's possible now to release old,

Angry wounds that have not yet healed by simply throwing away the heavy rocks on your back one by one.

And you realize that now you can release every rock from your sack and throw it onto the beach below.

With every rock you throw,

You release the suppressed emotion that has been holding you back.

Forgiving.

You know that forgiving yourself and others for errors of the past will give you more energy and focus.

Feel the burden lifting as you toss each rock and forgive each person and event for any errors of the past,

Present,

And future.

Let it go.

Letting it all go.

As you take one last look at the beach now so far below that all you see is its pristine vastness and the beautiful sparkling violet ocean surface,

Catching the last reflection of the deep purple gathering dust.

I'd like you to think about this journey you have made.

And now you feel so light,

So energized that the road seems easy now,

Effortless.

Before you know it,

You find yourself back home,

Safe and comfortable,

Knowing that now you can achieve anything you want to achieve.

Be happy and enjoy life.

You feel calm yet energized.

And you know that your journey has begun to make beneficial changes in your body-mind.

As these positive changes become more and more integrated within your perfect body-mind,

You glow with the gifts you have to give,

The promise of your life's purpose to fulfill.

Now as we wake up,

I'd like you to count with me from one up to five.

And on the count of five,

I'd like you to open your eyes,

Feeling wonderful and wide awake.

One,

Feeling really good and peaceful.

Two,

Relaxed yet energized.

Three,

Stretching up and out.

Four,

Becoming aware of where you are right this minute.

Five,

At your own pace,

Eyes open,

Feeling great,

Feeling wonderful and wide awake.