Welcome to this meditation where we explore the water elements.
Now before we start I invite you to find a comfortable seated posture.
Perhaps you'd like to sit on the floor or a chair.
And as you find your seat really find your anchor point.
So let your tailbone drop.
Allow yourself to become heavy and really own that seat.
Sitting with a straight spine connected down towards the earth,
Anchored in your seat.
Positioning yourself between the sky and the earth.
And then take a deep breath in and a long smooth breath out.
Allow your eyes to close.
And take this moment to turn inwards.
Draw your attention into your physical body first.
Into your seat,
Your pelvic area.
Simply rest your awareness there.
And then should focus on the pelvic area,
The place where our second chakra,
This energy point is located.
Swadhisthana chakra.
As you rest your awareness there you may start to notice this very subtle rising and falling sensation with every breath.
You may note that this breath is ever flowing.
Just like waves of the ocean rising and falling.
It's almost as if the breath is like a wave that's building.
That's becoming bigger and bigger.
And as you arrive at the top of the inhalation that's where the waves break.
And start to descend with your exhale as you completely empty out.
And then it starts again,
The wave is building as you breathe in.
Arriving at the top to break and descend.
As you follow this breath and its constant flow,
Perhaps that mind travels away from the breath.
Perhaps thoughts arise,
Emotions or feelings may come up to the surface.
Can you simply acknowledge that?
Let thoughts be thoughts.
Know that they will pass.
It's like you're walking past a river.
And in the river there's a lot of leaves,
Grass,
Plants perhaps.
The river picked up all these little pieces of nature.
And they all pass with the stream of the river.
Some stay a little longer.
Some leaves pass by quickly.
Imagine your thoughts and all the stuff that comes up to the surface.
Imagine those are the little pieces that are floating in the river.
And as you're staring into the water,
You see how they pass by.
It's just like that.
Thoughts come up.
They may stay a little longer.
Until the current of the river is strong enough to take them away.
So they're just visiting for a moment.
And then it's time to go.
Now let go of witnessing your thoughts and return your attention to your pelvic area.
Now we are going to work with the Bijan Mantra Vam.
First we'll find Apas Mudra,
The mudra that's connected to the water element.
This hand gesture where you will bring your thumb and your little finger together.
So the thumb and the little finger find a touch.
And you're going to place your hands with the thumb and little finger touching near your pelvic area.
So near your pubic bone,
Right arm.
And then as you breathe in,
Feel the rising sensation in the lower belly.
And as you breathe out,
You mentally repeat the mantra vam.
So breathing in deeply.
Breathe out,
Vam.
Inhaling.
Exhale,
Vam.
And continue to repeat this mantra.
Keeping the awareness near the pelvis.
And after repeating this mantra vam a few times.
You may let go of the mantra.
And simply observe your body and your mind,
The breath and the sensation of the breath.
The breath that's always creating this subtle movement in the body from within.
And the breath that's always creating this subtle movement in the body from within.
Now visualize your favorite type of water.
So perhaps it's a lake,
Maybe it's rain falling.
Maybe it's the ocean and it's wild waves.
As you visualize your favorite shape of water.
Be aware of how water is present in all life.
How it covers most of our planet with oceans and rivers and lakes.
How it's in the soil of the earth.
It's in plants,
Animals and human beings.
It's this vital element and even within us it is responsible for creation.
It keeps things running,
It binds things together to a whole.
It's like it's keeping the whole planet together including all life on this planet.
And that way it connects us all.
It's like the glue of life.
Now connect the bombs together in front of your heart.
Taking another deep breath in and a long breath out.
Slowly bringing awareness back to the space that you're in,
To the sounds around you.
You may marinate a little longer in this feeling of connectedness.
And perhaps you're ready to open your eyes and return back to everyday life.
