Hi,
Insight Timer,
This is Shannon,
And this practice,
Short,
Sweet,
Potent practice,
Is called the elements of now.
Right now.
Everything that came before you and everything that is yet to come,
It always hinges on this powerful,
Potent moment of now.
We ride the wave of nowness,
This ever unfolding continuum.
And so we wanna learn how to fully be here.
And we're gonna engage now with the five elements,
Earth,
Water,
Fire,
Air,
And space as doorways into being here.
Now as fully as we can possibly be in this moment.
So go ahead and close your eyes,
Tune inward.
And find your breath and your body in this moment.
In whatever way feels best and most accessible to you.
We'll connect first to the element of earth by just feeling the support of what is underneath.
The body.
Feeling the ground underneath you,
Perhaps your meditation cushion or the chair that you're resting in or the bed.
The floor under your feet if you're standing.
Feeling the element of earth,
Strong,
Stable foundation,
Secure.
Also attuning to the earth of the body,
The skin,
The bones,
The muscles,
The tissues,
The cells,
The matter of the earth that holds your energy.
Thank you,
Earth.
Now bringing the awareness to.
.
.
The element of water.
Perhaps feeling or sensing that 76% of the body that is made up of water,
That we are water.
Attuning to the emotional landscape,
The emotions.
That come and go as quickly as waves of the ocean.
Feeling the power of water to cleanse,
To flow.
To restore and renew.
Bringing the awareness to the element of fire.
Fire as an invitation to attend to now.
Maybe noticing the solar plexus,
This internal heating system that regulates the temperature of the body,
This internal,
Eternal flame.
Sensing the fire of heat within the body right now.
Bringing the awareness to the element of air.
Connecting to the breath.
The breath,
The oxygen that comes in and fills the lungs that surround the heart.
And the breath that goes out that expires,
Expiration,
Releases,
And lets go.
What wants to be let go.
What is ready to be released so that A new inhale.
New air,
New winds can come into the body.
Sensing the purifying flow.
The refreshing quality of moving air throughout the body.
And now bring the awareness to the center of the brain,
The mind,
The head.
And the space above the head connecting to the element of space,
The ether,
Higher thought.
The ability to connect to perhaps a higher power or a wise self.
Capacity of the human mind.
To see.
From a higher perspective,
From different perspectives.
Taking a few moments to be with the nowness of space.
And spaciousness.
And then we'll bring the hands to prayer.
That feels comfortable for you just to integrate earth,
Water,
Fire,
Air and space and remembering that each moment that we connect to these portals these doorways of the elements,
We can enhance the power and potency of our inner aliveness.
May we remember.
How alive we are always right here.
Thank you for practicing with me.
I'll see you again here soon on Insight Timer.
Have a beautiful day.
