Nurturing The Seed Of Self - A Call To Action

The time is now to plant yourself firmly into the earth and work with the powers of earth and sky so that you may not only stretch yourself open in awareness, but also create space to be in your own power and authenticity so that others may do the same.

This is a 25 minute guided meditation to help you relax, expand and step into your power through the visualization of growing like a seed.

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Transcript

Let's begin. Wherever you are, Let's close our eyes gently allowing eyelids to rest softly together. Coming in, Inviting in a sense of ease. Let's begin by taking a deep breath in through the nose. And then breathing back out through the nose. Breathing in, Feeling the cool air passing through your nostrils. Breathing out, Feeling the warm air exiting your body. Breathing in, Cool. Breathing out, Warm. Breathing in, Peace. Breathing out, Calm. Just allow your body to settle into that sense of calm, Peace, That rhythm. Letting your breath flow in and out of you without effort, Without thought. A slow and steady, Nourishing breath. Let's bring our awareness now to the top of the head. And feeling into that space just at the top of the head at the scalp. I invite you to begin to imagine that you are letting go. Whatever it is that you feel that you're letting go of in this space, Be it tension, Worry, Or thought form energy. Just allow yourself to feel a release in this head space, The top of the head, The forehead, Through the back of the head. Feel a lightening, A loosening of energy here. Let's bring the awareness through the back of the head and the neck, Down through the jaw and the mouth. Becoming this feeling of release, Like letting go, Like flushing away. You can imagine any tension or stress flooding downward, Draining down into the earth. Allowing the tension from your shoulders, The backs of the shoulders, And through the tops of the arms. Feel this release, This undoing, This letting go. It might feel like loosening a shoe that's been tied too tightly, Like breaking out. Allow yourself to let go of these layers of tension through the arms, Through the hands, Down through the hips and the thighs. I was feeling this full body flush, All the way down through the knees, The calves, The ankles and the feet. Beginning to feel now an energetic pull as you connect to the earth's energy, Allowing tension to flood downward. Almost as though you've pulled a plug, You allow yourself to drain any vibration, Any energy that isn't serving you in this moment, Just allow it to wash into the ground. Energetically the earth is prepared to take our energy. The earth absorbs this energy and transmutes it into life force energy. We are part of this energetic circle. Feeling into your body now as if though you've been freed from tight bonds, Feeling the relief in your physical form and in your energetic form. Noticing in your body what it feels like to be free from this tension. What if you could remain free from tension, From worry, From busy thought form energy? I invite you now to bring your awareness into your heart space, The space in the center of your chest. Let's bring some breath into the heart space, Imagining breathing in through the back of the heart, Pausing and then breathing out through the front of the heart. Breathing in through the back, Breathing out through the front. Let's do one more in through the back and out through the front. Keeping your awareness in the heart space, Let's go a little deeper. Zero in deep down in the central point along our energy line, The central seed of soul. And this central seed is compassion and loving energy and understanding. This seed contains your life force energy in this lifetime and in all lifetimes. I invite you to bring your awareness to the energy line again that exists along your spine from the top of your head to the tip of your tailbone. And imagine yourself directing this seed that is you downward down along the energy line, Down into the soil beneath you. In this seed is all of your wisdom, All of your creativity, Contains all of your potential. And this tiny little seed is everything that you are and everything that you will be. Keeping your awareness in this seed, I invite you to begin to feel yourself planted. Feeling the warmth of the soil, The nurturing water. For a long time we've existed as little seeds buried in the earth, Hiding an unknown. Through this practice I invite you to begin to imagine yourself opening up. The time is now for you to begin to expand from your seed shell. Feel yourself in this tiny seed straining against the shell. And eventually when the shell cannot contain you, You feel yourself bursting forth, Slowly extending roots below you. Slowly sending tiny shoots upward, Up toward the warmth. In this moment as you focus your attention on moving upward and downward, Notice in your body a pull through the crown and through the root chakra. The energy of the sky and the earth are working with you in seed and body form. Starting now your plant self has broken out, Out of the earth, Out into the air. You feel yourself rooted firmly to the ground and now you feel the cool breeze. These tiny shoots we are vulnerable to the world, We are fragile. We hope that we remain unnoticed by anyone. We protect ourselves. We focus on expanding. I invite you to continue to focus your energy on reaching upward. Reaching upward with your body, Reaching upward from the ground, From the soil. Feeling the sun's energy nurturing you, The water supporting you and the earth providing you with nutrients. Feeling safe and supported, Growing taller. And as you grow taller your plant body begins to accept the sun's invitation. Feel yourself extending leaves outward, Gathering energy. Feeling how much more energy we can collect as we extend our leaves outward. Perhaps if we are growing into strong and tall trees we grow wide canopies. Feel yourself growing high and tall and strong with wide branches. You can imagine the leaves rustling in the wind. Feeling your connection with the earth and the sky. This tree body is our body. This is our being. We are like the tree. We are the tree. The time is now to extend ourselves outward. To open up full foliage. To show ourselves for who we are. To stand proudly in the energy we occupy. The time of hiding underground has passed. And so we encourage others to grow. We provide a safe harbor for those who are passing through. And we remain rooted. Steady and proud. Allow yourself to take this tree energy and superimpose it onto your human being. Letting your energy feel rich with those branches and leaves extending outward. Feeling the space below you filled with roots strong and deep that hold you firm. And I invite you to repeat to yourself. I am ready. If this mantra resonates with you, You may wish to repeat it to yourself as you dwell in this tree energy. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. You are assuring yourself, Your higher self, That you are ready. You are ready for whatever the universe asks of you. That you are ready to shine your light. That you are ready to reach out and let yourself be seen. That you are ready to stand tall and proud. And that you will remain connected and rooted to the ground. Steady and strong. I am ready. Reminding a deep breath into the body. And letting it go. Begin to invite some movement into your hands, Fingers, Toes. Perhaps shifting or stretching the body. Just allow yourself to ease its way back into the room. Namaste.