Welcome to the Moon Meditation by Nicole Pierre.
Close your eyes and take a few deeper breaths.
Giving your weight to the earth,
Dropping down and dropping in.
Letting go of everything that's come before this moment.
Awakening into the present,
With each breath brightening and softening.
Imagine you are sitting by a lake at night,
Sky above,
Scattered through the stars.
The stars are reflected,
Like dappled glittering jewels in the lake.
The water is so still,
It's like a mirror.
You look up and you see the moon.
Notice what phase the moon is in.
Is it a waning crescent or full moon?
Or the slightest sliver of a new moon?
Just noticing without judgment.
Knowing that the phase of the moon is reflective of your own rhythm,
Your inner timing,
The cycle that you're in right now.
And you notice in the sky,
High above,
Almost touching the stars,
There's an owl circling above,
Illuminated by the moon and the stars.
And gradually,
That owl begins to spiral around the lake,
Spiraling down,
Getting closer and closer to you.
And as you follow this mesmerizing,
Spiraling flight,
You go deeper and deeper inward,
Pulled to your innermost self.
Eventually,
The owl lands before you at the shore of the water.
Her eyes are like galaxies.
Portals into the infinite mystery.
You become lost in her glittering,
Infinite eyes.
She reaches out one of her claws and you open the palm of your hand.
And she drops a magical key into your hand,
A gift from the beyond.
And you look at the key and it is unique and just for you.
Notice what it looks like.
Feel its weight in your hand.
Is it silver or gold?
Is it ornate or simple?
Is it solid or made of light?
And you look up and you see the owl is standing beside you,
A guardian.
Holding this sacred space for you.
And you turn even deeper inward,
Spiraling,
Spiraling,
Spiraling inward.
And you come to a door at the very center of your being.
The door is the source of all your magic.
You take the magic key and unlock the door.
You open it and your unique magic comes flooding out.
Feeling it fill your body and surround you.
Noticing what it looks like and feels like.
Is it glowing or flickering?
Is it amorphous or a form?
What color is it?
How does it make you feel in your body?
Delight in your own magic.
Smile at your own unique magic and invite it in,
Invite it in,
Invite it in.
Feeling yourself transformed by your magic.
Notice how you feel now.
And you open your mind's eye and you see that you're still seated by this lake under the starry sky.
And the owl with the galaxies in her eyes is standing sentinel beside you,
Protecting the space,
Holding the space for you.
And as you look upon the glittering lake,
Allow your mind to become that still body of water.
And spirit is holding a drop of water,
A gift,
A vision,
A feeling,
A healing.
Without knowing what that drop of water will give you,
Just feel it fall.
Merging into the lake of your mind,
Rippling outward.
Moving through your whole being.
Receive,
Receive,
Receive.
And then feeling that magic,
Your own magic,
Permeating every cell in your body.
Feeling yourself changed by this gift from spirit,
This drop of water.
Coming into your body.
Coming back into the space that you're in.
Carrying all these gifts and this magic with you.
Wiggling through the toes and the fingers,
Taking a nice deep breath,
Sighing it out.
Stretching the arms and legs and letting the eyes open.
Carrying this moonlit inner world with you throughout your day.
