Welcome to our Nurture Nest Meditation.
Find a comfortable position where you can rest for these moments.
Undistracted,
Relaxed.
Feel your body find its comfortable space wherever you can sit or lie.
Gently close your eyes and spend a moment with me in your imagination.
Imagine yourself taking a peaceful walk through a beautiful forest.
You can hear the morning song of the birds as they greet the day.
And as you step into a clearing,
That morning sun is warm and bright.
Heating up your back.
Turn your face to the sun and let it warm your face,
Feeling its glow over you.
You're in this special place because someone special is coming.
You need to prepare for this special visitor.
This is a magical place where all that you want is at hand and manifests before you.
Let's set about creating a wonderful space to welcome our special visitor to.
What would you like this warm and safe space to look like?
Would you like to create a big nest full of feathers and fluffiness?
Would you like there to be a big bed covered with cushions and blankets?
Perhaps there is a hammock stretched across between the trees.
Maybe you're going to build a forest shelter out of sticks and leaves.
Creating an inviting space.
Perhaps you are setting up a tent.
Or forming a teepee.
Beautiful space erecting out before you.
And as the midday sun beats down upon you,
You look around and you give a nod to yourself for this work that you've done.
Now it's time to think of what nourishment you would like to give to your special guest.
You begin to prepare a meal of yummy foods for your invited special someone.
Perhaps there are platters of all sorts of different salads made up of fruits and vegetables of a beautiful range of colours.
Perhaps you are preparing a hearty soup or stew.
Or are you cooking a roast dinner with all the trimmings?
You work hard to create a feast.
It's now spread out on the table as the sun moves lower in the sky.
How else can you treat this guest well?
Perhaps you would like to prepare a warm bath surrounded by candles and filled with fragrant oils and rose petals.
Perhaps you are prepared to give a massage or lead a meditation or have music ready to play.
Perhaps you have prepared a big fire to sit beside and watch the flames dance.
As the sun sets and dusk arrives,
The birds sing their goodnight songs and the night insects begin to chirp.
And you are satisfied with all that you've done.
Ready to welcome your special guest.
Now you have a moment to sit and close your eyes,
Waiting expectantly for this special someone to arrive.
In your imagination now,
You open your eyes and you look down at yourself and you find that you are dressed in a beautiful robe with all your favourite colours.
Your hair is shining and your face radiates with a positive energy.
Your guest has arrived.
It is you.
You are worthy of such nourishment,
Such preparation,
Such self-care.
You are enough.
You are deserving and you are grateful.
Take the time to enjoy this nurture nest,
This special space you've prepared.
Know that you are deserving of creating this space in your real life.
Even if that just means that you revisit this moment in your imagination.
And that's enough.
I invite you to bring stillness back into your body.
Focus on your breathing,
Moving in and out.
And as you feel that air breathing in to your lungs and out again,
Let it bring with it that loving kindness that you so deserve.
What space of nurturing can you bring to your daily life?
Make that little space of me time part of a regular habit and nurture yourself.
Thank you for sharing this moment with me.
And give gratitude to yourself for giving yourself this space and time.
