Becoming The Butterfly: Chrysalis Meditation

The second in the series of meditations guides the listener through visualizations of the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle as a metaphor for personal growth and transformation. This track creates an inner "chrysalis" to transform shadow aspects through unconditional love and support. The meditation asks us to meet the shadow self compassionately, untangling stories and weaving them into a cloak of empowerment.

Transcript

Welcome to your chrysalis phase.

To begin,

Simply allow yourself to land here in this present moment with the fullness of your present reality.

And by present reality,

I don't mean go looking for something in the past.

What is currently impacting you today that feels like a shadow aspect,

That feels like something out of alignment,

Something you're working with that does not feel like an aligned energy in your life,

Something you're holding onto that you'd like to release and alchemize.

And as you determine,

You identify something today that you'd like to release and alchemize,

Just begin to breathe with it.

Breathe with this inner belief,

This thought,

This energy that you've recognized is no longer in your highest good.

Invite it to be there with you.

With this energy,

This shadow piece,

Your attention,

Your love,

Your care,

Just breathe with this part of you,

Inhaling in your own way and allowing the exhales to be long and deep as you hold space for this part of you,

This shadow part of you that is ready to transform.

This shadow part of you has experienced so many things that have made them feel not enough,

Less than,

Ashamed,

Afraid,

Disappointed.

The shadow part of you holds those memories,

The stories of what it was like to live,

Live with this history,

Live with this belief.

So as we breathe with this part,

We're just going to begin to create space in our bodies for this part.

Our body vessel,

Our temple,

Will become the chrysalis for this part of us,

And I'd love for you to just breathe from heart space to root,

Breathing through the whole center of your body,

Beginning to create a cocoon of light there from heart space all the way down to the root of your spine,

And just taking a few mindful breaths with this part of you and with these parts of your body,

Just beginning to fill this cocoon-shaped space from your heart down to the root of your spine.

Begin to see this light fortifying the walls of your inner chrysalis,

Each breath beginning to strengthen those walls with the power of your unconditional love.

You have access to the power of unconditional love.

There's that feeling now through remembering,

If you need to,

A memory with a loved one,

A pet,

A child,

Nature,

Anything that you can feel unconditional love for.

Fortify these walls with that light,

The power of overflowing compassion,

Openness,

Trust,

Safety,

Fortifying these walls with your light.

Just like the pupa spins a chrysalis,

We've now created a nest for this shadow part of you to go within,

To be metamorphosized.

Invite that shadow part of you to come into this womb space,

This cocoon,

This chrysalis of light and unconditional love.

With a few gentle breaths,

Just allowing this part to merge with you,

Becoming safely nestled cocoon and become aware of the darkness that now is there within this space,

Within this shadow aspect of yourself.

Begin to orient now to the shadow within,

Held within the safety of your inner chrysalis.

Become aware of the dark dropping like a stone deep down into your body.

Become aware of the dark.

Become aware of the shadows that are here to greet you.

Become aware of your guides.

Become aware of higher powers that are here to greet you,

To hold you in safety,

Love and support.

Call in those angels,

Ancestors,

Guardians,

Guides,

Higher powers,

Higher self.

Call in any support that you need to create this container where your shadows can unravel,

Can be revealed for the gifts that they are as you feel yourself surrounded by this incredible team of guides,

By all loving support nestled deep within the dark cocoon.

Anchor in to your higher self and invite the shadow part of you to begin to show you the tangled mess,

The tangled threads of all of the stories,

The negative beliefs,

The energy leaks,

The lack of boundaries,

All these threads like a giant ball of yarn that has become so tangled,

So tangled it's hard to see through the knots where the beautiful yarn finds its true thread,

Its true place in a weave.

Allow yourself to take in the sight of this untidy mess of misaligned threads of stories,

Misaligned lessons,

Lessons you applied in a way that weren't actually in your highest good but kept you small.

Begin to see these threads so clearly that you can reach out and begin to untangle them.

You are unraveling the threads of yourself,

You are unraveling the threads of your stories,

Laying them out one at a time to see them,

To see them more clearly as just a story or just a memory or a lesson I needed to learn or a gift in disguise,

An opportunity for growth.

Begin to see these unpleasant threads as not so unpleasant when they become clear,

When they're smoothed out before you.

Be with this shadow part of yourself as you unravel,

Untangle energetically.

You can weave a new story.

You can weave a new story as a cloak,

A mantle of empowerment.

How has this shadow aspect actually gifted you something incredible?

What have you learned that empowers you to make even stronger,

More aligned decisions in the future?

Feel how your energy,

With just a little more alignment,

Could open you into something even greater,

More beautiful than you ever expected before.

Work with this shadow part of you to weave this new cloak,

To see each of these story threads,

Each of these beliefs smoothed out,

Able to be woven into a new picture.

What is the empowered picture that you want to walk away with?

What are you releasing and alchemizing?

What are you bringing in in its place?

What will you see when you look at this tapestry you've woven?

What will it tell you about yourself?

As you weave this cloak of empowerment and prepare to put it on,

Take in each of these affirmations as a new thread you are weaving in.

I am fully resourced.

I have everything that I need within me.

The answers that I seek are always within me.

I know when it's time to look outside for help.

I know when it's time to go within.

I know how to protect my energy.

I am aligned in the highest good for myself.

I know that everything is happening for me.

I know that at any point I can change my mind.

I know that at any point I can make myself in a new image.

I know that stories are just stories.

I know that at my core I am perfect.

I know that I have the tools in my toolkit that I need to take care of myself.

I make it a priority to use those tools so that I can keep on my path.

I am here to take care of myself and to see the gift in my shadows.

I choose to be with my shadows rather than run from them.

I thank my shadows for the gifts that they give me and the opportunity to release and alchemize.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to be even more in alignment with myself.

I am so grateful to be able to go into the dark with myself.

I am so grateful for my heart.

I am so grateful for my roots.

I am so grateful for the beautiful things that are coming to me and will be mine as I grow my wings.

I am always growing my wings.

Now just come back to this weaving of the cloak.

See it finished in your hands and allow that shadow part of you to fuse with you,

To go take a rest,

Or to be the one to put the mantle on this new cloak of empowerment.

Either way,

Feel the way this new cloak settles down around your energy,

Becoming infused as a shield like your own walking chrysalis.

Feel this energy cloak protecting you,

Holding space for you,

A symbol of gratitude for releasing,

A picture of empowerment.

And these feelings of gratitude are truly the wings that will help you step into your dreams further,

You step into your alignment further,

In every moment of your life as you move forward.

So just as this energy cloak is your metaphysical wings now,

The energetic wings that you will need moving forward is the gratitude for every step of your journey,

For your full self.

So as you are on the tail end of this transformation now,

With wings still damp,

Not quite ready to fully emerge,

Let's take the first step towards cracking open this chrysalis.

The first step towards flight,

Which is gratitude.

Gratitude for yourself,

Gratitude for the practice,

Gratitude for life's lessons,

Gratitude for the shadows,

Gratitude for the light,

Gratitude for how complex and beautiful this dance of life is,

And gratitude for knowing that this butterfly journey will continue again and again and again.

Just take a moment to acknowledge the chrysalis within you from heart space to root,

Feel the energy wings on your physical back,

And just allow this experience to diffuse,

To dissolve the energy into every single edge of your body,

Your light body,

Just allowing that inner chrysalis to dissolve,

To fill you from head to toe with that original light,

The light of unconditional love.

Feel it radiate that energy through the tips of your fingers and toes as you gently wiggle.

Take a nice deep breath and gently open the eyes to orient to the space if you've not already done so.

And whatever you have taken from today,

This moment of alchemy,

Just be in gratitude with it,

That is the key.

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