This is a meditation to release anxiety and to embrace healing.
My hope,
My intention is that this meditation will be at least as helpful to you as it has been to me of late.
People who know me can attest that until recently I was still experiencing anxiousness every three months like clockwork,
Right before I would have certain scans and tests.
I am living thankfully,
Gratefully in my seventh year of cancer survivalship with a stage four lung cancer diagnosis.
My heartfelt desire is that the next few minutes will be empowering,
Soothing and calming for you.
From a comfortable physical position,
Either sitting or prone,
Invite your brain to rest peacefully on your breath.
Really relax all the muscles in your face and neck and shoulders.
Really let those muscles in front and in back of your shoulders become very heavy,
Very relaxed.
And now invite your gaze inward towards the area of your heart space.
Take a deep breath that completely fills this space from top to bottom and side to side.
Envision that this breath is filling you with energy,
Life,
Vitality itself.
Exhale and allow your lower belly to breathe fully and naturally.
Be mindful that life giving oxygen is moving in and out of your lungs,
In and out of your amazing body temple.
Your life is breathing you,
Moving you,
In you,
As you,
Through you and for you.
Our human brains are wired for analyzing threats and for assessing the world.
This is natural,
But for now allow these thoughts and concerns to go to the very bottom of the list.
At the top of the mind-body spirit,
Invite this quote from Paramahansa Yogananda who declared,
I am fearless,
I am made of the substance of God.
I am a spark of the fire of spirit.
I am an atom of the cosmic flame.
I am a cell of the vast universal body.
Inspire me,
Dear spirit,
To embody this sentiment that I am fearless,
I am made of the substance of God.
I am a spark of the fire of spirit.
I am an atom of the cosmic flame.
I am a cell of the vast universal body.
This miraculous planet earth is our home in this universe of universes.
We are direct descendants of the miracle of life.
You and I are made of the same stuff as the rest of the planet and of the moon and of the stars.
Yes,
And sometimes we even take more of it in our daily multivitamin.
Zinc,
Iron,
Magnesium,
Calcium.
It is the common thread that runs through all of life.
You are miraculously made.
You are already a miracle of life,
Made of divine material.
What could ruffle you?
Let's affirm together,
I am physically and spiritually connected to the abundant source.
This is the truest thing about me and absolutely nothing can distance,
Discount,
Or diminish this truth.
I am awesomely made of enlivened sacred star stuff.
I live in the present moment,
Not in the past or the future,
Not in worry,
Not in forecasting.
I do not rehash old events because they are no longer reality.
Life does not happen between our ears.
It happens now in this present moment of possibilities.
I co-create now with the Creator of all there is,
With the energy,
The light,
And the information present here and everywhere.
In concert with the creative ultimate presence,
I create thoughts that serve my well-being and my body listens to my positive thoughts.
I create calm and peace.
My body releases anxiety.
This releasing is my invisible superpower.
I see,
Hear,
And touch things that bring joyous inner healing to me.
I listen with ears of love to what my body is saying.
When I am listening,
I am honoring my amazing healing body temple.
I welcome new ways that my body is healed.
I take action.
I notice when my body responds and I build on that.
I feel grateful.
I am filled with gratitude,
So much gratitude that my healthy cells are working hard on my behalf.
I nourish them happily with pure water and good food.
I co-create well-being with the powerful Creator of all life.
I breathe slowly and confidently with that power.
I feel optimistic,
Courageous.
I can handle life's testing and its turbulence,
For life is not about avoiding all storms.
It is about dancing in the raindrops.
I banish any darkness by turning on the light of healing love within me.
I feel my body working wonderfully today in so many ways—physically,
Emotionally,
Mentally,
Psychologically,
Spiritually.
Yes,
I am made of divine stuff.
What could possibly ruffle me?
As Paramahansa Yogananda declared,
I am fearless.
I am made of the substance of God.
I am a spark of the fire of Spirit.
I am an atom of the cosmic flame.
I am a cell of the vast universal body.
And so it is.
