Settling in allowing your breath to become the sole object of your attention.
Just observe the breath.
As it enters the body.
And observe the breath as it exits.
Notice if it feels shallow or deep.
Fast or slow.
Just notice.
Whatever you discover.
Is perfect.
Let it be.
Just by allowing the breath to be as it is.
You may notice ever so subtly.
A deepening.
A slowing.
And expansion.
As you exhale,
You may begin to notice that the breath takes with it.
All that isn't serving you.
If you simply let it.
You may wish to say silently or aloud,
I permit my breath to release now.
All that isn't serving my highest good.
My greatest happiness.
Breath.
Permission granted.
I release.
Inhale now for a count of four.
Hold gently for a count of six.
And exhale for a count of eight.
And we'll do that one more time.
Just to assist us in getting out all the gunk.
Any residue of fear.
Let's do it again.
Inhale as slow and deeply as feels comfortable.
Permitting your breath.
To call forth all that isn't serving your highest good.
And when you can't breathe in anymore,
Hold that precious breath.
The gift of all that human being.
And when you are ready,
As slowly and gently as you can,
Release that breath.
Knowing this exhale.
Has the power to set you free.
Right now.
And just breathe now in whatever way is most easeful,
Most natural.
Observe the breath as it expands from the center of your being on every inhale.
And gently radiates outward on every exhale.
Notice this breath of light expanding so far and wide it mingles with the air around you.
It descends deep,
Deep into the earth below you.
It ascends out through the sky and into the heart of the source of your highest consciousness,
Your lightest light.
From your own heart center.
Become aware of a light.
Illuminating a river flowing before you.
As you breathe,
You observe the light dancing on the slow moving crystal clear river.
A large sacred leaf flows into view.
Pauses at the river's edge,
Just in front of you.
It's large enough and strong enough to hold the weight of your whole being.
As you climb onto the sacred leaf.
The river gently and slowly carries you downstream.
Notice the beauty all around you on either side of the river.
The colors and quality of light.
The scents,
The sounds.
The levity of this gentle flow that carries you effortlessly.
Observe the beings of this space.
Perhaps you notice butterflies.
Flowers.
Bumblebees.
Moths,
Ancient trees.
Birds,
Grasses.
Ladybugs.
Grasshoppers.
Perhaps you sense the presence of holy beings.
Ancestors.
Loving guides and friends,
Seen and unseen.
Just notice all the love and beauty on either side of the flowing stream.
As your sacred leaf carries you gently down the river.
Allow yourself to become aware of anything you would like to release,
A thought or worry,
A belief or fear.
What are you most eager to surrender and be free of?
Begin with whatever first arises.
Does it have a name?
As you name it.
A pebble pops from your heart into your hand.
Feel it in your hands.
When you are truly ready to be free of this burden of negativity and fear.
Toss it over the side into the crystal clear river.
See it instantly find its way to the bottom of the river as you on your sacred leaf travel safely away from it.
Continue to breathe with ease.
Is there another thought or fear ready to be freed?
Allow it to arise.
Amen.
And as you do.
A pebble releases from your heart into your hands.
Feel the weight of the pebble.
And when you are truly ready to be free of this burden.
Of thought,
This negativity or fear,
Toss it over the side into the crystal clear river.
See it instantly find its way to the bottom of the river as you on your sacred leaf travel safely downriver away from it.
For the next few minutes,
Be carried by the sacred river.
Permitting one at a time any worries,
Fears,
Negative thoughts.
To pop from your heart into your hand a pebble.
And when you are ready.
Release the pebble with ease.
Perhaps even bless and thank the pebble as it falls to the bottom of the stream.
And you float gently forward with ease.
Take your time,
I'll let you know when we are almost at the sea.
As we flow on our river of light.
We are just moments away.
From becoming the ocean.
Is there anything else you want to release?
If nothing comes,
You are ready.
If you are unsure,
You may wish to stay.
I am now ready.
To release.
Anything and everything.
That is keeping me.
From living in harmony.
With the light.
And love.
And freedom and peace that I am.
Now and forevermore.
Feel that last holy pebble that encompasses all that no longer serves you.
Slip out of your heart.
And into your hands.
And when you are ready.
Toss it into the crystal clear river.
As we see it settle at the bottom.
And we turn.
To look before us.
We notice a slight bend in the river.
As we round the bend,
We can hear the gentle crashing of waves.
And as the river speeds up,
Curving with the contours of the earth,
The waves get louder.
They are calling you home.
Notice,
Beneath you,
The leaf has dissolved.
Your body has dissolved and yet you are still flowing.
You are the river.
You are the flow of the river.
As chills of ecstasy flood your being.
You can no longer feel the containment of the riverbank.
You have merged into the sea.
You feel how deep you are.
And help for us.
How light.
And how powerful.
How ancient.
How wise.
Allow this feeling of vastness,
Of limitless freedom,
To awaken in every cell of your being.
Rest here as long as you wish.
And whenever you are ready.
Feel the watery molecules of your being.
Illuminate your form.
The ocean.
Inside a body.
For the rest of time.
Free.
And vast as the sea.
