This practice is called sitting with your mother.
For this practice,
Choose a person in your life who's been a mother to you.
This can be a person of any gender.
It could be a biological mother,
A friend,
Or even a place or a pet.
Your relationship with this person does not need to be perfect,
But please choose someone who feels safe enough.
Let's begin by orienting the body.
Allow your eyes to travel around the space that you're in,
Noticing the contrasts between colors of objects in your environment.
Shifting your gaze across the room,
Allowing your nervous system to feel settled here in this space.
Allow your body to move in whatever position it needs to,
To be upright and at ease in this practice.
You might find that a gentle swaying will help you to find your center of gravity.
Find a steady resting place.
Take a moment to feel into your own intention for this practice.
Notice what it is that's drawing you to this practice today.
What do you want from this practice?
Allow the mind to begin to settle by finding an anchor point.
This could be allowing the mind to rest on the in and the out breath.
This could be allowing the ears to follow the sounds in the environment or allowing a touch point on the body,
Such as the palms of the hands,
To be the place where the mind rests.
Now encouraging the mind to settle with the body.
Going along with your anchor point,
Just as it is,
Tight or loose,
Hard or soft.
Inviting the mind to begin its settling.
You may notice other things that are filling your awareness or distracting you.
And these are okay and very normal.
Just allow the mind to come back into the present moment when you do notice this.
Right here with the body.
Imagine your mother is sitting beside you.
If you like,
You can hold their hand.
Notice your body's reaction to your mother sitting beside you.
Without judging your reaction,
This is an opportunity to simply notice it.
Can you be in your body beside your mother?
Having a sense now of simply sitting here,
Sitting here with your mother beside you.
Continue on in your practice,
Now knowing that your mother is doing so too.
You breathe in,
Your mother breathes in.
You breathe out,
Your mother breathes out.
Resting into the present moment with your breath,
Your anchor,
Your body.
You and your mother are deeply connected.
You enter R.
Rest with this awareness.
You enter R.
Rest with this awareness.
As you end this meditation practice,
Notice where in the body you feel your mother's presence.
This is a place you can remember throughout your day.
This is a place where you can remember throughout your day.
