Soft Opening: A Meditation For Trust & Receptivity

This gentle meditation guides you into a state of safety, softness, and ease. Through slow breath and soothing imagery of a lotus resting on still water, you are invited to release effort, soften the body, and remember that opening happens naturally when we feel supported.

This practice supports nervous system regulation, trust, and receptivity—reminding you that you are allowed to receive without striving, forcing, or reaching. Return to this meditation whenever you need to slow down, feel held, and open in your own time.

Music: Veil of Bliss 432Hz by Higher Mind Royalty Free Music

Transcript

Begin by settling into your body.

Let the ground receive you.

There's nothing you need to fix,

Nothing you need to achieve.

Just notice that you are here.

Take a slow breath in through the nose and release it softly through the mouth.

Again,

Inhale and let the exhale be unhurried.

Imagine now that you are resting beside still water.

The air is warm.

There's no urgency here.

Floating on the surface of the water is a lotus flower.

Closed.

Complete exactly as it is.

This lotus has never rushed its opening and has never questioned when.

It opens only when it feels safe to.

As you breathe,

Feel yourself becoming like the water beneath it.

Steady,

Supportive,

Present.

With each breath,

One petal of the lotus begins to soften.

Not forced,

Not pried open,

Just responding to safety.

Feel that same softening in your body now,

In the jaw.

You are not opening to effort.

You are opening to support.

Another petal unfurls.

Light gathers at the center of the flower,

Soft,

Iridescent,

Alive.

This light is trust.

Not trust that demands proof,

But trust that exists simply because you are held by life.

Let yourself receive that light.

Let it move gently into your chest,

Your womb,

Your breath.

You are allowed to open softly.

You are allowed to receive without reaching.

The lotus continues to bloom,

Petal by petal,

Until it is fully open,

Radiant,

Grounded,

Unafraid.

Nothing was taken from it to make this happen.

Nothing was earned.

It simply remembered how to open.

Rest here for a few breaths.

Let yourself be held by the softness.

Know that you can return to this opening anytime,

With one breath,

With one pause.

When you're ready,

Gently bring awareness back to your body.

Carry the softness with you.

Trust knows how to bloom.

Reviews

Love this timely and relevant meditation for people who typically are doling out the “help,” as a reminder to also receive 🫶🏾
Thank you 🙏🏾