Good morning.
Today I have a special meditation for you based on the maiden mother crone archetype.
And you may have heard of inner child work,
Perhaps you've done one of my inner child meditations.
Today instead of nurturing the wounded child in us or the victim child,
The child who doesn't want to grow up,
We are going to call in our inner elder who is just as alive in us as the many children that exist within our physical body.
So I want you to start by taking a seat or lying down,
Coming into a comfortable position.
And if it's comfortable to you,
I invite you to place your hands on your heart,
Palm down.
And take a deep breath.
As you exhale,
Soften and witness where the center of your consciousness is within your body.
And spend a couple breaths with this center call your energy to it.
And from that center,
I want you to root down.
Send your roots down like a tree sends down roots into the earth.
Witness their growth as they move through your body,
Your torso.
Descend into your pelvis,
Creating a complex system of roots for foundation,
Stability.
And from your center,
Allow them to grow even further down both legs,
Through your ankles and into both feet.
And witness these roots traveling through the soles of your feet into the earth.
Notice the connection your feet have to the floor or your bed,
Whatever they're touching.
Notice your points of contact and the negative space,
The lift of your arch,
The lift between your foot and your toes.
And again,
Invite this visualization of rooting down through these spaces,
The spaces that don't make contact.
I invite you to imagine yourself old and wise,
The matriarch or the patriarch of your family,
Holding space for the younger generations with all your lived experience,
With all your knowledge,
The distillation of the wisdom over years.
And I want you to call that version of you into your epicenter of consciousness.
Welcome them in as they show up.
Welcome every wrinkle on their face,
Every gray hair,
As a sign of wisdom and strength,
Of spiritual connection and inner knowing.
And let this version of yourself infuse with you,
Combining into your root system,
Into the center of your consciousness.
Notice how you sit with their presence within you.
Imagine how you might walk about your day infused with this elder version of yourself,
This crone archetype of wisdom and maturity.
What is their priority throughout your day today?
How do they perceive the world around them?
And how are they part of this environment,
Your family,
Your households,
Your community?
Let the energy in your center answer these questions for you.
Perhaps these questions are answered with thoughts or a visceral feeling,
Or perhaps they are answered with an energetic quality.
However,
They answer and invite you to be present with it now.
Take a deep inhale.
Exhale,
Sigh.
Again,
Deep breath in.
Exhale,
Sigh out your mouth.
And check in with yourself if this presence of your inner elder is rooted in your center.
And I want you to imagine as you go throughout your day today,
These roots growing and strengthening.
With every breath,
With your conscious and subconscious mind.
Thank you for sitting with me and I wish you peace today.
