Welcome.
Find your way into a comfortable cross-legged seat.
We will start this meditation with a quote from E.
E.
Cummings.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Our meditation today is for harnessing courage.
Using this comfortable seat,
Relaxing the hands at the knees,
Whether you're resting on your bed or a yoga mat or sitting on a meditation cushion or perhaps on a chair,
I invite you to take a few moments to tune into your senses right now.
The doorways that bring the world into your awareness.
As you sit here,
Notice perhaps the smell of this room that you're in.
For me in the morning when I come to my meditation,
It's often the fragrance of my coffee brewing.
What is it for you right now?
Just breathing in the aromas in this present moment,
Letting this present moment surround you.
And now turn into any sounds that you can hear.
Maybe it sounds coming from the distance.
Maybe it sounds closer.
Maybe it's traffic outside or the sound of your own breath.
What are your ears aware of right now?
Now sense into the awareness that your body is now supported and feel the sense of being supported.
Tuning into the sensations in the spine from the neck all the way down to the sacrum.
Notice the ways that your core supports your spine.
The hips are rooted.
You're feeling grounded.
And now just tune into the miracle of breathing.
Feeling that breath of life that flows right through you.
Centering through your nostrils and flowing all the way down to your belly.
And then exhaling and flowing that breath from the belly back out through the nose.
Feeling very present right now.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Bring your palms now to the hara,
The low abdomen below your belly button.
Just stack your hands there.
This is the center of your inner power.
Here in your core,
Courage awaits you.
Breathing in and allow the energy of courage to fill you.
And exhale and begin to release that which is too heavy for you to carry today.
Sensing or imagining it releasing through the exhale breath,
Falling through the air.
Take these moments to continue to focus on your breathing.
Inhaling courage and exhaling and focusing on releasing all of that that no longer serves you back up and out through the body,
Out through the breath.
And now with this open and clear channel within you,
We'll begin our courage affirmations.
Courage is my companion.
It reminds me to tune into the protection and power of my divine light.
And I remind myself that in this moment I am safe and I am protected.
Today I choose to lean into this light that fills me,
Calls me to awaken into this life courageously.
I remind myself now that as I connect with this light,
My spirit recharges and I am open again to the energy of courage.
I visualize now my allies and those who support me,
Surrounding me now with encouragement.
They may be loved ones,
Alive or passed on,
And they have my best interest in mind.
They are in my corner and offer their wisdom and their love as I take this journey today.
I call on the nurturing energy of the eternal feminine to embrace me with loving acceptance as I embody her fluidity and presence.
She fills me with confidence to tap into my courage.
Great Father offers me protective discernment and reminds me to use my masculine gifts of being assertive and creating order and balance in my life.
My masculine energy helping me to pay attention and boldly make choices that protect me.
I call on my higher power to inspire courage in me today.
I imagine looking off into the distance and seeing a movie screen or stage and on that screen or stage,
I see myself moving through this day encircled and embodied with courage.
Courage infuses my plans and my decisions and my interactions and my relationships with self and others.
My companion courage joins me through this day and reminds me that I have just what I need in this moment.
As I quoted in the beginning of this meditation,
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
And who you really are is perfect,
Beautiful,
Brave and loving.
And I hope you feel full of this energy as you leave your meditation today.
Namaste.
