Welcome to this sun meditation to nourish your energy reserves.
Traditional Chinese medicine offers that the organ of the kidneys store our vital energy.
So in this meditation we will invite the energy from the sun into our bodies and store this energy in our kidneys to restore our vital energy reserves.
You can practice this meditation indoors or outdoors,
If you can practice it outdoors,
Seated or standing facing the sun with the eyes closed.
If you are indoors and you're able to sit by a window and let the sun shine on your face,
That's fantastic,
But if that option is not available to you,
Just use your imagination.
Practice seated or standing and imagine that the sun is in front of you.
If you're experiencing severe exhaustion,
The option to receive the meditation in a lying down position is always available.
Start by coming to your chosen position,
Seated,
Standing or reclined.
Feel the earth underneath the parts of your body that are in contact with it.
Allow the earth to hold you,
Inviting your body to release its tensions and to let them flow off you to be absorbed by the earth.
Feel or imagine the warmth of the sun on your face and any exposed parts of your skin.
Notice the sensations that this visualization creates within your body.
Turn your awareness now to your breath.
Notice how it is showing up for you today with the intention not to change anything.
Just observe the way the breath flows in and out of the body.
Throughout this meditation,
We will maintain a natural breath,
Giving the breath the space to flow as it will.
Allow your awareness now to travel to your kidneys,
Which are located towards your back body on either side of the spine underneath the rib cage.
If you wish,
You can take the palms of your hands and place them over the kidneys,
Sensing the warmth of your hands now and allowing that warmth to be absorbed by the kidneys.
Invite the breath now to flow towards the kidneys.
Traditional Chinese medicine offers that the kidneys catch hold of the breath.
Imagine your kidneys catching hold of the breath as the inhalation comes in and storing the breath deep within its wells of energy.
Welcome to keep your hands on your kidneys if you wish or return them to any position that feels comfortable.
Maintain your awareness on the breath moving into your low back body to be caught by the kidneys.
And then connect once more with the sensation of the warmth of the sun on your skin.
And as you breathe in,
Imagine or feel this warmth and the energy from the sun going and traveling directly into your kidneys.
Your kidneys are no longer catching hold of just the breath.
They are catching hold of the energy from the sun itself and storing this vital energy in its reserves.
Breathing in,
You breathe in the sun's warmth,
Healing energy,
And directing it with your intention into the kidney organs,
Nourishing and storing this energy.
Continue with this visualization in silence for a minute or two while I hold space for your experience.
You are welcome to remain in the space of this breathing meditation for as long as you find supported.
If you wish to close the practice together now,
My invitation to you is first to notice if anything has changed in your experience.
Notice the feeling in your kidneys.
Revisit the sensation of the sun on your skin.
Notice the way the body is in relationship with the earth and the sky.
Notice the quality of your heart.
In your own time,
Gently opening the eyes,
Reacquainting yourself with the space around you.
Your energy be nourished as you move out of the space of practice and into your life.
Namaste.
