Welcome to the Tenderlove podcast.
Today we're going to do something a little different.
We're going to do a short meditation that I call the eggshell meditation.
And this is specifically for establishing boundaries in your life when you're feeling way too much empathic absorption.
Empathic absorption is when you are absorbing like the sponge that you are.
All of that noise,
All of the drama,
All of the unwanted opinions,
Feedback,
And after a while that noise can start to dim your light.
It can dim your voice.
And so I find this meditation to be very powerful in setting the stage for the day before you head out into the world or before you begin your day virtually in your work,
In your community involvement,
In your personal relationships.
So why don't you go ahead and relax,
Get cozy,
Close your eyes,
And just take a deep breath in and a deep breath out.
And imagine there is a beautiful ball of light about 12 inches above your head.
This beautiful ball of light is luminescent.
And what color speaks to you today?
Sometimes it might be gold,
Sometimes it might be soft pink,
Sometimes it might be emerald green,
But whatever speaks to you today and whatever color that you're drawn to,
Go ahead and in your mind's eye view that beautiful ball of light.
And as you continue to breathe,
That beautiful ball of light begins to send liquid energy down in the form,
Again perhaps of sparkles,
Maybe for you it's a silky,
Smooth,
Ribbon-like energy.
Whatever again feels comforting to you,
Let it flow from that beautiful ball of energy down through the top of your head,
Through your crown chakra,
Down through your forehead,
Into your ears,
Through your face.
It's just enveloping every part of your head.
It goes down through your neck.
It just begins to flow in a cascade down your shoulders,
Through your arms,
Down through your fingertips.
Continue to breathe.
And as you do,
That beautiful energy flows down your back.
It flows down the front of your body,
Your hips,
Your buttocks,
Your root chakra,
Your thighs,
Back of your legs,
Down through your knees,
Your calves,
Your feet.
And as it flows down,
It flows down through the earth,
Down to where everything is safe,
Everything is secure.
You are now rooted through the earth and through the divine energy above you.
Now as you continue to breathe,
I want you to imagine that energy starts to expand a couple inches around your body.
And as you breathe more,
This beautiful energy begins to expand further.
And over the next three or four breaths,
That energy expands two or three feet out all the way around you,
To the left,
To the right,
Above you,
Below you,
In front of you,
In back of you,
To the point where you have what appears to be this beautiful,
Soft,
Glowing eggshell that is going to protect you today.
When other people's words,
Opinions,
Comments are projected towards you,
You're able to see them clearly because this eggshell is translucent and you can see through it.
And yet you're able to observe it as it hits,
As it hits the eggshell,
You're able to observe it for what it is and not internalize it,
Not absorb it into your own energy.
Today you are safe and you're a cocoon of your eggshell and the feelings that you feel are your feelings alone.
And as you breathe,
You can feel safe and confident that today you will go forth in a powerful,
Safe and secure manner knowing that you are safe,
That you are loved and all is well and all is good.
May you have a wonderful day today.
I love being with you every week and I hope you enjoyed this meditation.
You can go ahead and save this,
Download it and use it in the morning before you begin your day.
Sending you love.
