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Surrender On A River Journey

by Sara Shirley

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This meditation is from a women's circle I led called surrender. I lead you on a guided journey floating along a river and guide you to keep opening, softening and letting go. Surrender is equivalent to trust. It helps us accept what is and not try to control or change things that are beyond our capacity. It's a beautiful divine feminine energy that opens us to allow what is and find more flow in our lives. Music: I release control by Alexa Sunshine Rose Enjoy

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Transcript

You can close your eyes,

Make sure you're in a comfortable position.

And begin to take some nice deep breaths into your body.

With each inhale,

Drawing in white light into your body.

And with each exhale,

Feeling yourself soften and let go.

And just taking a moment right now to tune into,

What is it that you want to surrender to in your life right now?

What aspect of your life could use a little bit more of the medicine of surrender?

What aspect of your life could use a little bit more of the medicine of surrender?

Surrender.

Breathing into your body,

Continuing to breathe in this white light.

Just taking a moment to call in your team of light into the space with you.

Any angels or archangels,

Spirit guides,

Animal guides,

Ascended masters,

Ancestors.

Calling in your higher self to support you in this experience.

Taking a moment to give thanks to each of them for being here with you,

For protecting you energetically.

And just visualize this beautiful sphere of silver light all around you,

Protecting you on all levels.

Mental,

Emotional,

Physical,

And spiritual.

And begin to imagine yourself alongside a river.

Just feel yourself standing on the earth at the edge of a river.

Take a moment to drop into all your senses in this space.

Feeling what you feel here.

What do you smell here?

What do you smell here?

What do you see around you?

What do you hear?

And even tuning into what do you taste?

And sensing lots of bird energy.

Just noticing which birds are flying around here in the scene in front of you.

Listening to their songs.

And just noticing which birds are flying around here in the scene in front of you.

Listening to their songs.

And witnessing them as they glide through the sky so free.

You can begin by sitting down by the water's edge now and placing your toes in the water.

Feeling the coolness of the water on your skin.

And just feeling the coolness of the water on your skin.

And immersing your feet in now.

The water has this beautiful quality of cleansing.

And begin to make your way further into the water so that you can stand at the edge.

Just knowing that you are safe and held in this experience.

Allowing the water to purify you as you go deeper and right towards the center of this river.

And beginning to lift your feet off the ground now that you can float in the water.

And allowing yourself to just soften completely as you let go.

Feeling your body relax and release.

Any energies of control.

Any energies of needing to know what's going to happen next.

And allowing yourself to begin to drift in the water.

Letting the river guide you.

As you just slowly float very gently on the surface of this water.

Allowing it to run through all your veins.

Using your breath to soften any parts of your body where it feels like there might be some ice.

And allowing that ice to melt.

And letting it run through your veins.

And allowing yourself to relax as you move through this journey.

And just noticing where you're carrying tightness or tension in your body the most.

Where is kind of making itself very known to you right now.

Where is the tension?

And use your intention to surrender to what's here.

Allowing anything to melt away into the water.

As you continue to float down this river softly and gently.

And just noticing what it feels like to let go.

And encouraging yourself that you can let go even more.

And just letting go of yourself.

And encouraging yourself that you can let go even more.

And as you do this you make space for more beauty to come to you.

You make space to magnetize the things that you desire into your life.

The things that are for your highest good.

To come into your life as you let go of control.

As you let go of needing things to be done in a certain way.

Or thinking that things need to happen.

This thing needs to happen first and then that will happen and then this will happen.

Just let that go and melt away into the water.

Keep allowing this purification to happen.

As you release.

Asking the water for support to help you continue to open.

And as you're here in the water you can open your eyes and look up at the sky.

Maybe there are clouds here in the shape of something.

What kind of gift is here for you in the sky?

What do you see,

Sense,

Or feel?

Keep flowing.

And remembering what it is that you wanted to surrender to the most as we started this journey.

Just noticing where that's being stored in your body.

And allowing that to just release into the water.

And allowing that to just release into the water.

We get to choose what we carry.

And so the old stories,

The old beliefs,

Whatever is ready to go.

Allow it to to leave your body now.

Just take a moment to listen in now or tune in to any guidance that's here for you for your path ahead.

It's open to receive the guidance from spirit.

And as you continue to float through this water,

Really breathing the frequency of trust.

Trust that everything is unfolding for you exactly the way it's meant to.

Even the hardships,

Even the uncomfortable emotions,

The challenges and relationships,

The work life.

They're all happening so that you can learn more about yourself.

So that you can continue to open this life to open to yourself,

To your light,

To the gift that you carry.

And to all the abundance that is here for you.

And so I want you to continue floating as you listen to this song.

And allow yourself to keep opening and opening to receive.

Surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

Breathing in the frequency of trust.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

You are exactly where you're meant to be.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

And feeling yourself begin to rise inside the water.

Noticing how you've shifted since you first entered the water.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

I release control and surrender to the flow of love that will heal me.

Giving thanks to the water for helping you open more the flow of life.

Making your way back up onto the land once again.

Feeling your bare feet on the earth.

And putting on some new dry clothes as you start this next chapter in your existence.

This next chapter of deeper trust,

Of deeper surrender,

And of taking inspired action on the things that light up your soul.

Starting to make your way out of this space and back into your body.

Starting to take some nice deep breaths into your body as you bring in more awareness into your physical vessel.

And start to move your body however feels good for you.

Facing your hands,

Maybe on your belly,

Or your hips or thighs.

Going back to this space.

And opening your eyes whenever you're ready.

Meet your Teacher

Sara ShirleyChelsea, QC, Canada

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