Good morning,
I'm Alex and today's practice includes a meditation with guided imagery to welcome a new day and connect to your inner light.
As we begin,
Consider gifting yourself a few moments of organic stretching.
Perhaps reaching the arms up and overhead like a plant unfurling towards the morning sun.
When you're ready,
Please sit comfortably and relax the hands on the lap facing up.
A gesture of receptivity for the blessings of this new day.
If you haven't already,
Go ahead and close your eyes or soften your eyelids if that feels okay.
The invitation is to take a few cleansing breaths to bring fresh air and energy into your body.
Perhaps you'll breathe in through the nose.
And out through the mouth.
Stretching up through the spine as you breathe in.
And settling into your seat as you breathe out.
Let's go for one more breath just like this… Now allow the breath to be natural.
Sensing the effortless flow of breath in and out through the body.
Now I invite you to whisper to yourself.
Thank you to this new day.
Thank you to this new day.
No matter how the previous day or night went,
We have turned the page towards fresh opportunities.
Opening up the heart-mind to positive energy and experiences along the continuum of being human.
Imagining yourself sitting alongside millions of people,
Beings,
And creatures that are simultaneously being animated by the sun's rays.
The sun is a mirror for our inner light.
As you continue to send your awareness deeper and deeper inside your inner world.
The invitation is to feel the areas of the body that feel warm.
Sensing your heartbeat.
Noticing the pulse of vitality,
Vibration,
Spirit,
Prana,
Or life force that enlivens you and makes you,
You.
In your mind's eye,
Visualize a bright golden light at your core center.
With every conscious breath,
A beam of light illuminates the length of your spine.
You can sense this beam of light grounding you downward.
Through the root of your spine,
As the warmth of the Earth's core reaches upward to connect with yours.
This beam of light continues to expand skyward,
Up through the crown of your head,
As the sun's rays travel earthbound to meet yours.
The entire length of your spine is now illuminated with sunbeams,
In reciprocity with earth and sky.
Invigorating the Shashumna or central column of energy down your spine.
Your inner light now grows and expands throughout your entire body.
Visualizing this golden bright light at the crown of your head.
Illuminating down through the face and head.
Lighting up through the throat and neck.
Down the length of the arms,
Resting at the hands.
This golden light now illuminating the torso,
Through the chest and abdomen.
The upper back,
Mid back,
And low back.
Shining through the pelvic floor and hips.
Down the length of the legs,
Through the upper leg,
The knees,
The lower leg.
Resting at the feet.
This bloom of golden light illuminating the front body the back body.
The side body.
Shining all the way through the toes and out the fingertips.
Illuminating each cell of your body.
Bringing more vitality to the organs.
Dusting off the cobwebs of your spirit.
With the morning sun.
Extending in all directions.
Creating this beautiful aura of bubbling golden light around you.
The invitation is to now bask in these beams of light for a few more breaths.
Soaping the man.
As you move through the day,
May you carry this light within you.
Letting it gently illuminate your path.
And in its own quiet way help others remember the radiance of their own inner sun.
Now invite subtle movement back into the body like a cat stretches into a warm patch of daylight.
We'll close this practice with a final cleansing breath.
May you remember,
Together we shine brighter.
Thank you to this new day.
I can't wait to practice together again soon.
