Take a few moments to get comfortable.
Allow your posture to express a soft curiosity.
As you welcome the possibility.
Of discovering something beautiful within yourself.
Today,
We'll begin a little differently.
Wrap your loving arms around yourself,
Giving yourself a warm embrace.
Feel the goodness of your own company,
Your own kindness.
Perhaps even smile.
Slowly release your arms and let both hands rest gently on your legs with your palms facing up in a gesture of receiving.
Softly close your eyes.
Take a deep breath in through your nose.
Exhale slowly through your mouth.
With a gentle ha sound.
As though you were fogging a mirror.
As you breathe out.
Invite your body to release any tension.
You no longer need to care.
Again,
Breathe in deeply.
Breathe out slowly.
Allowing heaviness to soften.
And once more,
Just like that,
A full,
Nourishing breath in.
And a long,
Gentle breath out.
Releasing effort.
Now allow your breath to return to a natural rhythm.
Remembering here that our body knows how to breathe.
There's nothing we need to do.
We simply receive each inhalation.
And we soften into each exhalation.
With every breath.
Sends a little more space within you.
How you're settling more deeply.
Into the present moment.
Every time we choose to meet ourselves where we are.
We contribute to the healing of humanity.
Because the more love that flows in,
The more love flows out.
Into everyone and everything around us.
As you linger here,
Notice the quality of gentleness.
Growing from within.
The feeling of being cared for by your own loving presence.
There are moments on our path when hope fades.
This isn't a sign that something's gone wrong.
Rather,
This is an invitation.
To deepen in trust.
That moment.
Where we notice that we're losing faith.
Is off in the very moment.
When everything begins to change for us.
Because awareness is the key.
Ushers us back into flow.
Not through force.
Through allowing.
Like clouds drifting effortlessly.
Across a wide blue sky.
The clouds never struggle to move.
They simply allow themselves to be cared for.
Our heart knows this rhythm too.
With each gentle inhalation.
Invite softening.
With each slow exhalation.
Releasing the need to have every answer.
When life feels uncertain.
Or when something feels painful.
Or is difficult to understand.
The mind wants to fix it.
Solve it.
Control it.
Yet the heart asks us to pause,
To breathe,
To listen.
Take another slow breath in.
As you exhale,
Imagine yourself settling from your mind into your heart.
Again,
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Resting a little deeper within yourself.
The heart holds a wisdom that does not rush.
It is patient and kind.
So very loving.
Now bring your awareness to your sacred heart.
Located at the center of your chest.
Place your left hand gently over this space.
Softly tap your heart with your fingertips in a light and loving rhythm.
As you tap.
Silently repeat.
I open to compassion.
I soften.
Into love.
Continue to breathe gently.
Now let your hand once again rest on your lap.
Turn both palms to face up and let your thumbs and index fingers lightly touch.
Rest here in stillness for a few moments.
Imagine a beautiful golden locket resting over your heart.
It has always been here.
With great tenderness.
Imagine opening the locket.
As it opens,
A soft rose pink light.
Begins to emerge.
This is the light of compassion.
Gentle.
Warm.
Without judgment.
Like the soft glow of rose quartz.
See this beautiful light flowing through your heart.
Into your chest,
Your shoulders,
Your arms,
Hands,
Belly,
Hips,
Legs.
Until your entire body.
Is bay.
In compassionate light.
Allow this light to embrace every part of you.
That has been tired.
Afraid.
Uncertain.
Or simply doing its best.
There's nothing to fix,
Only being and breathing.
Take a slow,
Easy breath in.
And as you breathe out.
Allow yourself to soften even more deeply.
Into this compassionate embrace.
As you continue to rest in this beautiful field of compassion.
Softly notice what is ever-present.
Trust.
Without asking your permission.
Your heart has been faithfully beating since before you were born.
With every beat.
It sends blood through every part of your body.
Nourishing each cell.
With incredible intelligence.
We don't have to remember to breathe.
We don't have to tell our body.
How to digest the food we eat.
It just knows.
Every moment.
Your body is working in harmony to support you.
Now,
Widen your awareness.
Feel the earth beneath you.
This beautiful planet is suspended in the vastness of space.
It spins through the universe at extraordinary speed.
Yet you are held effortlessly.
The sun rises.
Seasons change.
The oceans move with the moon.
Flowers bloom in their own perfect time.
Life unfolds according to a wisdom far greater than our understanding.
Take a slow breath.
Receiving this truth.
And breathe out gently.
Releasing the need to control.
Again,
Breathe in,
Receiving.
Breathe out,
Trusting.
Nothing to do.
Simply remembering.
Now.
From the very center of the rose pink light of compassion.
A second light begins to emerge.
A calm,
Radiant sapphire blue.
The light of trust.
Trust rises naturally from compassion because as we soften,
Trust has the space to emerge.
With your next inhalation.
Allow this blue light to fill your heart.
With your exhalation.
Feel it expanding throughout.
Moving through your chest.
Your throat.
Your mind.
Your shoulders.
Arms,
Belly,
Hips,
Legs,
Feet.
Until your whole being is surrounded in peaceful blue light.
Breathing in trust.
Breathing out,
Surrender.
Again,
Breathing in trust.
Breathing out,
Letting go.
This blue light reminds us that we don't have to carry everything alone.
Trust studies our path.
Reminding us there is greater wisdom guiding all.
Even when we can't yet see the whole path.
Trust doesn't require certainty.
It simply asks for one gentle breath.
One loving step.
One open heart.
Now.
See the rose pink light of compassion.
And the sapphire blue light of trust.
Gently blending together.
As one.
Pink and blue becoming one radiant field.
As you.
Compassion and trust,
Softness and strength.
Love and faith.
Feel yourself resting within both.
Held,
Supported,
And loved.
Exactly as you are.
Take one more slow,
Nourishing breath in.
And sigh it out,
Smiling.
Fold your hands in prayer in front of your heart.
And gently bow your head in gratitude.
Grateful for the quiet wisdom.
This golden locket that's always with you.
And as life feels heavy.
And hope feels distant.
And you wish to remember.
Simply return to your heart.
Open the locket.
Allow compassion to flow.
Allow trust to rise.
To remember.
Your deepest essence.
Is love.
Thank you so much for practicing with me.
Namaste.
