Nuance In Contrast

I feel so grateful to begin a new year of Stillwater Meditation! Stillwater 2026 offers 40 meditations from January - December. This is our guided meditation #1, created on the spot for a group of meditators online. We surrender to the body, feel the vitality within, and allow this life energy to reach the mind. Within the mind, we imagine and explore contrast. How does contrast influence you, and how would you like to influence the contrast you witness? We all have the opportunity to share our gifts with the world.

Transcript

Surrender to your body.

Have the courage to feel your body.

Notice whatever there is to notice about your physical form.

Surrender.

This body is your vehicle through this world.

You were born with it.

You were born,

You will live this beautiful,

Amazing life.

And one day you will pass from this body.

Surrender to your body.

Feel the vitality within,

The life force that lives through you.

There's nothing you need to do to have vitality.

You are alive.

You are vital.

You are filled with life energy.

I welcome you to feel your vitality.

Feel where it is in your body,

How it spreads out,

How it moves.

If there is a place where vitality is not,

Take this all as information.

Simply notice vitality.

Allow the vitality in your body to reach your mind.

Allow your mind to begin to imagine contrast.

A dark night sky.

With bright stars.

A bright clear day while you hold a small black pebble.

A black and white dog like a dalmatian.

Imagine any form of contrast.

Imagine a yin yang symbol.

How the black and white swirl together.

Remember how there is darkness in the light and light in the darkness.

Now begin to consider how you feel influenced by the contrast in this world.

If there is darkness near you,

How are you influenced by it?

If there is light near you,

How are you influenced by it?

And if there is the contrast of both,

How does that contrast touch you?

What does it tell you?

What does the contrast inspire within you?

Now consider how you would like to influence the contrast you notice.

What is the gift you want to give to the world?

Allow there to be no judgment here.

Darkness often brings depth and light often brings levity.

There is no right or wrong,

Just contrast.

And what is the influence you would like to bestow upon the contrast you see?

Thank you for listening.