Welcome to this meditation by Nicole Piar.
Find a comfortable place to sit or lay with your palms face up to the sky and open.
Settling in,
Taking a few deeper breaths.
Giving your full weight to the earth.
Letting everything unravel and drop down.
Feeling fully supported.
And then bringing your awareness to the palms of your hands.
Feeling the air on your skin.
Feeling where your hands are resting.
What material they are making contact with.
Perhaps you notice some sensations of pulsing or tingling.
Imagining a peony flower in the palm of each hand.
Feeling the petals softly opening,
Blooming.
Unfurling to a beautiful,
Lush flower.
Or as the flower opens,
Feeling your awareness in your hands brightening and blooming open.
Then bringing your attention to your mouth.
Letting your jaw and your tongue relax and soften.
Letting go of anything you've been holding here,
Just surrendering it to the earth.
Imagining a flower made of pure light,
Blooming in your mouth.
Letting that light be a swirl of gold,
Pink and white.
Soft,
Gentle and healing.
Letting that light spread through your whole face and move like rivers through every neural pathway in your mind until your whole mind is illuminated with its healing light.
And then tuning into the heart,
Finding the seed of love,
Even if it's just the smallest hint of that feeling,
Leaning into it,
Nurturing it.
Letting that seed grow into flower and open in your heart.
The softest pink glow.
Letting that light from your heart pour outward,
Moving down your arms and connecting to the blooms in your hands,
Radiating upwards and connecting to the bloom in your mouth.
And then dropping down,
Filling the belly.
Sensing a bloom opening in the bowl of the pelvis.
Soft,
Sensual and lush,
Letting a deep fuchsia light emanate from this bloom,
Pouring down into your legs,
Waking up the soles of the feet.
And letting that awareness flood through your entire body,
Connecting each of the flowers with a golden light.
And with every inhale,
It brightens,
Nourishing and awakening every cell in your body.
And with every exhale,
You soften,
Surrender and drop into the earth.
Seeing your entire body pulsing with the breath and with your awareness,
Teeming with life.
And then with your mind's eye,
See that you are in a wondrous garden with so many flowers all around you,
Towering above you,
Surrounding you.
Flowers familiar and strange.
Noticing that each flower is suddenly pulsing with life consciousness that mirrors your own breath and your own life pulse.
The air is warm and subtly sweet with the smell of jasmine and honeysuckle.
The light is golden and everything seems illuminated from within.
The sky is pink with the setting sun.
And there are butterflies and hummingbirds drinking sweet nectar from the flowers.
You are fully awake inside this garden.
Your pulsing in rhythm with every flower.
In rhythm with the world.
Just take it in.
Feel it.
And remember that this entire garden,
All of this life and beauty,
Is a place of legitimacy because it is present in the imagination and in the free.
In your imagination.
.
.
In the rich,
Fertile soil of your inner mind.
.
.
Let this energy absorb into your body now.
.
.
Absorbing all the beauty.
.
.
All the energy and sweetness of the garden knowing that it is you.
.
.
Feeling your whole body awaken with that magic.
.
.
Tingling with that life force.
.
.
And then when you're ready,
Let some movement stir.
.
.
Wiggling your toes,
Fingers.
.
.
Taking a deep,
Full breath and sighing it out.
.
.
Perhaps stretching as if it was the first stretch you've ever taken.
.
.
And when you're ready,
Open your eyes.
.
.
Slowly scanning the space.
.
.
From left to right and right to left.
.
.
Feeling fully awake in your body.
.
.
Fully present.
.
.
Just setting an intention to take this heightened awareness.
.
.
With you throughout the day.
.
.
To take this sense of wonder and beauty with you.
.
.
May you be well.
.
.
Thank you.
.
.
