Thank you for joining me today.
As we begin this meditation,
I invite you to first find your most comfortable position,
Whether that be lying down or seated.
Ensure that wherever you end up,
You feel supported and held,
Grounded by the surface beneath you.
And once you are settled in,
See if you can be even 2% more comfortable.
If so,
Let your body naturally take the shape it's calling for.
And begin all breathing through the nose,
Inhaling even and slow,
Filling the belly wide like a balloon,
Hugging the lung with fresh air.
And as you exhale,
Let the belly button rest towards the spine,
A gentle hug to your internal organs.
Repeating this process,
Letting the air ebb and flow throughout the chest and belly cavity.
All sensation is focused,
All thoughts are focused on the simple movement of breath in your body.
Inviting the peace and stillness that exists around you into your heart so that it can transform into the peace and stillness within you.
Inhale through the nostrils.
Exhale through the nostrils.
Exhale through the nostrils.
And exhale through the nostrils.
Now with the eyes closed and the mind calm,
Imagine you are standing at the base of a pathway,
Perhaps a street or a trail.
Can you feel the sun on your skin?
Feel as the air kisses your cheeks in a cool embrace,
Supported and held by Mother Nature all around.
You should think of something you would like to let go of,
Something that is no longer serving you.
Then the first thing to come to mind is coming from your intuition.
But if you need a moment to think,
That's okay too.
And then as effortlessly as we begin this practice,
Take a step forward on this path.
And imagine the thing you are trying to let go of is a heavy weight on your back,
Like a backpack weighing you down.
As you walk forward,
You notice the suffering and sensation mentally,
Emotionally and physically.
Without judgment,
Without worry,
Just simple acknowledgement,
Just simple observance of what this extra weight is doing to you.
No response,
No reaction,
You continue along.
And as you continue down this path,
You soon realize that up ahead,
You can hear rumbling.
It's soft and graceful.
As you come closer,
You begin to notice that rumbling is a grand waterfall,
Sparkling with gold,
Silver and fresh energy.
It takes everything in you to hold back and not jump in.
You walk a little closer and as you do,
You hear a soft,
Beautiful angel voice singing.
And she is saying,
You have made it.
You are safe here.
It is now time to release what is hurting and burdening your heart.
She is so happy to see you.
Your mind and body begins to glisten with relief.
The angel comes near and grabs your hand and a gentle embrace,
She leads you into the waterfall.
The water is cool,
Gentle and silky on your skin.
As the healing water gently showers you from above,
You feel the white glistening light,
Washing away the pain and resistance to let go.
On the top of your head,
The cool water works its way down to the bottoms of your feet.
And you see the gold shining and sparkling,
The light emanating from the waterfall engulfs you,
Your body and all your worries melt away.
The angel smiles at you and then simply says,
My love,
There is no reason to be holding on anymore.
And as her words drift over your body and into your heart,
The backpack of great heaviness leaves.
It floats down and away into the distance until the heaviness is no longer in sight,
No longer a burden of your own.
The empty space that was left is now filled with the beautiful shining light from the waterfall,
Full of love,
Peace and understanding.
The angel then hugs you and leads you back outside of the waterfall,
Feeling refreshed,
Renewed and completely whole.
And there's something inside you that whispers,
You've done it,
You've let it go,
Now it is free,
The mind is whole.
The angel then parts and leaves on her way,
She calls back to you,
I'll be here for the next time you meet and know that on your journey forward,
You are lighter,
You are the light.
You take a moment here before your next step for just a couple deep breaths.
Breathing in and breathing out.
And then you begin your journey forward with a new sense of support,
A new sense of freedom.
What once was holding you back no longer exists.
You leave the clearing,
Without the burden you feel weightless,
Almost as if dancing is the most accurate representation for how you feel.
The path hardly touches your feet as you float and glide back.
As you reach the place where you began,
You find a comfortable seat under a beautiful blooming tree.
You take a moment to smell in the fresh and beautiful air.
And then you lie back.
Now become one with your physical body here in this moment.
Inhaling and exhaling here,
Feel the surface underneath your body,
Feel the air on your skin and the sounds around you,
Fully aware and awake with a new beginning at hand and old habits and burdens now cleansed from the mind,
Body and spirit.
One more deep and complete cleansing inhalation and a freeing exhalation here.
Much gratitude to you.
Namaste.
Namaste.
Namaste.
Namaste.
