Meditation For Uncertain Times

We can often find ourselves in a state of transition. Moving from one thing to the next can make us feel uneasy and uncertain of the future. I have created this guided meditation to help you through uncertain times.

You will tap into courage and confidence, feel grounded and able to handle the next step.

Transcript

This meditation has been created to help give you courage and strength in uncertain times, So whether it's going back out into the world after lockdown or you might be going through something personally, Emotionally, In relationships, Work-wise, Health-wise, Whatever, Just something you can keep drawing back to in those times where the mind's preempting the worst case scenario of something that may or may not happen in the future. Let's prepare the body. Find your seat. Take a moment to stretch and take a few deep breaths. There's no need just to turn up to the practice and be still if there's tension in the body and you need some space. Bring the body into stillness and there's the option to close the eyes or you could take the gaze down to the ground, Softening the gaze, Relaxing the muscles around the eyes. As you settle in, Relaxing as many muscles as your body will allow in this moment, Nothing forced, Just soften. Let's take a scan through the body and as you scan through the body, It may automatically release and let go of tension but you don't need to, It's just a way of reconnecting the mind and the body. Bring your awareness to the top of the head. Scan that awareness down through the forehead, The brain, The back of the head, Down through the eyes, The ears, The cheeks, The jaw, The mouth. Scan through the neck and the throat, The shelf of the shoulders, Down through the arms all the way to the tips of the fingers. Bring the awareness through the collarbones, The rib cage, The belly. Draw the awareness to the back body and to the nape of the neck where the spine and the skull join. Start to guide your awareness all the way through centre back body down to the tip of the tailbone. From the tip of the tailbone all the way back to the nape of the neck. Feeling into the shoulder blades, The space behind the shoulder blades in between, Spanning that out to broaden through the whole of the upper back and the lower back and the back of the pelvis, Around the side of the pelvis, The hip sockets and the front of the pelvis, The whole pelvic girdle. Down through the legs, Take that awareness down through the legs from the hip sockets all the way down to the tips of the toes. I invite you now to scan back up through the body, This time in your own time, Looking for an area of tension. Something that's asking you to pay attention. It might be something obvious and substantial, Something very subtle. Once you've found it, Feel into it, Feel around it, Feel under it and over it. Take a deep breath in, As if breathing space into the tension and as you breathe out, Just letting the body relax. A couple more deep cycles of breath and we're not breathing or doing this to relieve the tension, So no worries if it doesn't start to dissipate or disperse. It's more of an invitation and an acknowledgement that you're noticing, Having an awareness and taking care of your body. Begin to let go of the breath and let it settle into its natural rhythm. Deep inside you is a wisdom, An intuitive voice and often the busier the mind is, The less that we can make contact with or listen to this voice. For you it may be a voice, Maybe a sensation, A sense of knowing. It may present itself in pictures or movies and this wise voice is the voice of courage. If you find it difficult to connect to this voice, You can imagine an older, Wiser version of yourself there just to comfort and support you in these uncertain times. To further connect you to your inner wisdom, Give the mind a job to do with a wish, A prayer, A mantra, Whatever you'd like to call it. Something you're going to repeat in the mind's eye. May I be filled with courage and confidence. Repeating it in the mind's eye. May I be filled with courage and confidence. I'll leave you for about a minute to just keep repeating your wish and you'll notice at some points the mind drifts off, That's okay, Just come back in your own time. Thank you. Repeating your wish with feeling as if it were true. May I be filled with courage and confidence. Letting it seep into every cell of your body. And deepening this wish, This offering of courage and confidence by repeating after me, Just for today I let go of effort and enjoy time. Just for today I am enough. Just for today I step into courage and confidence and this alone will help me weather any storm. Letting go of your mantra and bringing your awareness to the heart centre. Taking a moment to find gratitude for the present moment. Something that we can be certain of. The feeling of the connection of the body, The breath in the body, The heart beating, The room that you're in, The sense of presence and awareness, The sense of nowness that brings that strength. The sense of confidence and security that we need when the mind feels times are uncertain. And just for this moment relax your body, Take a deep breath, Relax the brain, Give yourself some head space and just for this moment tell yourself everything is okay. Everything is okay. I am okay. This ends our time together today. If you would like to stay in meditation for longer please stay exactly where you are, Maybe you'd like to write in your journal, Whatever needs to be done. Making sure you're easing your way back into life in a slow, Gentle and courageous way. Namaste.

Reviews

This was very calming and I will come back to it again. Thank you for your guidance.

❤❤❤❤ thanks for posting and getting my day off to a calm start