Namaste and welcome to this meditation on moving from me to we.
Please find yourself in a comfortable seated position.
You can have your feet on the floor if you're on a chair or legs crossed.
Just wherever you find yourself,
Aim to find an evenness between the right and left sides,
The two hip bones evenly on the earth or on the chair.
And then you can even move the body a little forward and back to find a centered place so that the spine feels tall and long.
You can release the hands down onto the thighs.
Gently draw the elbows back a bit here so that you feel the elbows underneath the shoulders.
There's a sense of heaviness in the elbows and in that opposition of the heaviness of the elbows,
The crown of the head can lift.
Your eyes may close or you can have a soft gaze.
Right away let's draw the attention to the heart space and start to breathe in and out through the nose.
I'd like you to focus here on really feeling that the heart space is moving in three directions or three dimensions as you breathe.
So there's the movement forward and back as well as movement to the side,
The ribcage is completely expanding out like a balloon and then with the exhale shrinking,
Softening.
Blowing up on the inhale and relaxing on the exhale.
Continue to feel this movement through the heart space expanding in all directions.
Noticing if the ribcage wants to move in a specific direction.
Maybe you find it really hard to feel the expansion into the back body or maybe you don't really feel a front of the chest moving at all.
Just noticing which direction and how your body wants to move with your breath.
And the heart chakra,
This fourth chakra,
It's all about our connection to others.
Right after we've done all of our inner work,
Understanding ourselves,
Our creativity,
Our ego,
Our sense of power,
In the center of the fourth chakra we see ourselves in communion with others.
Moving from that me space to that we space.
Not all about ourselves but it is about the collective as well.
And there are times where our meditation practice can feel really selfish or isolating.
Basically close the door,
You know,
Maybe putting on earphones or doing whatever you need to do to separate yourself from people around you.
And then finding these moments by ourselves.
But perhaps you've also noticed how having a meditation practice and taking this time for self reflection,
For self care,
Helps you show up in a kinder,
More connected,
More emotionally available place.
And thus this practice that can feel so me is actually serving the we.
Taking a moment to acknowledge that that this time,
Even if you have to say no to other people or other things in order to spend time on your meditation,
That it does ultimately serve both you and other.
And perhaps you are someone that gives a lot.
Some might even say gives too much.
You know how that feels when you are running on fumes and have been putting out giving,
Sharing so much,
Denying all of the self preservation,
The self care.
Knowing that and acknowledging how in those moments,
The giving is hurt by the fact that you have not given to yourself first.
Being willing to give ourselves the same that we give to others.
Or perhaps there has been so much happening in your world.
And you are doing everything you can simply to stay afloat.
And actually,
You've been so me focused that you haven't shown up for we for friends,
Family,
Your community in the way that you wish you had.
Maybe it even feels scary to move some attention away from yourself to other.
Just notice those feelings,
Whatever it is that shows up for you.
You think about doing quote unquote more,
Giving more.
Perhaps in this moment,
Seeing how as you move some attention away from yourself to give to others,
It doesn't take away from what you have.
And maybe there is 1%,
2% to give.
Knowing that your generosity could simply be a smile.
Your generosity could be listening deeply without and putting your cell phone away.
Understanding these simple ways that we can give that do not take away from what we have.
All the attention back to the heart,
Feel the expansion in all directions.
Knowing you can call upon these mindful breaths whenever you need that reminder,
Whether the reminder is to support me or to support we feel the rib cage expand back into the back body if you need that reminder of supporting yourself,
Of supporting me.
Or feel the rib cage expand forward and the softness of the front of the heart if you need to move into more support for the we,
For the collective.
Supporting me and we one in the same completely connected when we support one we support the other.
Draw a deep inhale through the nose.
Exhale through the mouth.
Inhale.
And exhale through the mouth.
As you are ready you can slowly open the eyes in the softness,
The body softness of the space around you.
Thank you so much for practicing with me here today.
The light in me very only bows that same light in each one of you.
Namaste.
