Becoming The Butterfly: Butterfly Meditation

The third in a series of meditations, that guide the listener through visualizations of the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle as a metaphor for personal growth and transformation. This meditation envisions taking flight towards dreams and goals with newly grown "wings" of gratitude for the transformation that you have accomplished.

Transcript

Welcome to becoming your butterfly self. As you land here in this present moment become gently aware of the fullness of your being from head to toe and take a moment to go within to the inner place of dark to the inner chrysalis where within your dreams are taking form and as you breathe here just become gently aware of your dream of something that you are working toward and looking forward to in the present of your life being aware of something that you could take steps toward today that you could take steps toward even in the next moments after you finish this visualization don't reach for a dream that is so far out that it seems impossible but that seems very possible if only you could stretch your wings and be willing to fly and as you come into touch with that dream just breathing with it and allowing it to begin to take form in your mind's eye or your inner senses what life will be like you on the other side of this dream with it already having come true who are you with this dream achieved what emotions do you feel what body sensations just allowing yourself to get that sense of what this would look like feel like and then going back within back into the inner darkness the inner chrysalis and feel this dream taking on the final qualities of solidity the final details needed in order for you to take your next steps for you to take flight with this dream and you might begin to imagine from within this chrysalis that you are beginning the process of cracking open opening your shell to begin to crawl out the you the new you capable of fulfilling your deepest most passionate dreams and as you begin to emerge begin to feel who this new you is what are your wings made of what are the qualities that allow you to take flight towards the dream that you're currently working on do you need to be brave creative compassionate bold do you need to take in calm and peace what builds your wings what qualities allow you to take flight and as you emerge from within your chrysalis beginning to allow your damp wings to unfold how can you be tender with yourself to give yourself time to really settle into this new way of being to allow your wings to strengthen how do you need to be with yourself take care of yourself allow these qualities to bathe down on your wings like sunlight and feel yourself beginning to grow more capable of taking flight we can be tempted to take flight immediately upon emerging with our dream but we need to lay some groundwork as you shakily look toward this future this future you or your dreams have all come true you might feel a little uneasy it might feel impossible but look back and see that you have grown wings even if they're still unfolding you've done the work you have gone within the shadows to retrieve the wisdom and you've used them to create the building blocks of your beautiful wings can you offer some gratitude to yourself here in this moment for all that you have done already on the journey of moving towards these dreams you have done work on your stories you have done work on your inner attitudes you've identified what's no longer right for you to consume you've done so much already on this journey of meeting with your dreams now allow yourself to feel yourself beginning to feel this new life to feel this new state of being where anything is possible for you and you coming into contact with your dreams is more straightforward than ever before you're more capable than ever before you have a whole new layer to your being that you can take advantage of imagine the wings beginning to fully unfurl drying in the sunlight feel yourself testing flexing getting ready to try and flutter away feel yourself moving closer and closer to that dream what is changing in your life what are you doing that's allowing this dream to get even closer and now allow the first little flutters feel your wings beginning to shift to the energy around you reminding you that you can reach heights you've never believed possible before and then fly allow yourself to fly and feel what it is to be free you are free allow these affirmations to fuel and be the wind beneath your wings as you fly straight toward the fulfillment of your dreams here on earth you are empowered you can go wherever you need to go everything is happening for you and you are becoming infused with each flap of your wings with vibrant energy leading you guiding you forward on your purpose you are filled with gratitude for all that has come before you give gratitude to the shadows and the light you know you are not alone in this journey and that there are others just like you who have gone through the same uncomfortable process of growing their wings you are free you are free to live the life that is right for you you are free to pursue your dreams your passions your desires you are surrounded with love and energy you are surrounded with the voice of the divine you are surrounded by a community of souls that is here to uplift you you are here to fly and to heal and to grow breathing in the light breathing in peace breathing in your ultimate self-love remembering that you can go through this journey of becoming and flying towards your dreams again and again and again find yourself landing somewhere softly allow yourself to settle into this new way of being this new empowerment and look down look down from your vantage point and see all that you've overcome how far you've gotten on this journey and be proud of all that you've accomplished in the name of your highest self and just allowing yourself to really tune back into your physical heart space seeing this inner butterfly shrinking nestling themselves gently in that heart center you might wish to bring hands to heart center and just thank that dream for being alive for being willing to take flight and then beginning to reorient gently wiggling the fingers and toes perhaps opening the eyes and beginning to take in the space as you just breathe with your beautiful self knowing that you can take this energy with you wherever you go and that you can tune into your energy wings anytime thanking yourself once again as you go about your day