Hi there.
With this meditation,
I want to take a look at the root chakra.
I've been noticing in myself a tendency to hold my energy just out of it,
To clench my abs,
Or to hold my breath so that the energy isn't flowing all the way down.
And I'm noticing how much stronger I can feel when I allow that flow of energy.
So let's just start with a few deep breaths.
And just settle,
Settle however you're sitting.
Let your weight fully,
Fully fall down.
Let gravity support you and move you.
And breathe deep,
Deep into your stomach.
Really taking time now to settle in your chair or in your seat.
However you may be sitting.
Really letting your body relax where you're sitting.
Noticing if your legs are tight,
If your spine is tight.
If your abs are tight.
If you're not breathing all the way down.
And really put your focus on your abdomen right now.
Notice how it's behaving.
Notice if it changes its behavior at all when you put your focus on it,
Your attention on it.
Not needing to change it.
Not needing to unclench it or clench it or move it or anything like that.
Just keeping your attention on it,
Around it.
As if your awareness was a fog that just rolled through your abdomen,
Feeling outside of it and inside of it.
And keeping your breaths going.
Deep,
Deep into that abdomen.
And feeling down your spine.
You can start at the top of your head.
Just lightly move your awareness down the back of your head.
Down your spine in between your shoulders.
Through the middle of your back.
And just bringing it down right to the bottom.
Right to the root of your spine.
And from this place,
Noticing if you're holding any tensions.
In your legs,
In your butt,
In your back.
And if naturally you relax,
That's great.
Keeping your awareness there after it relaxes and noticing if it tenses up again.
Letting it tense up.
Be with it.
Be with the tenseness.
Don't try resisting it.
Our bodies react in the ways they do for a reason.
Maybe that it's trying to protect us or.
.
.
It's always a subconscious decision that was made for our benefit,
Even if it's not benefiting us now.
So just watching it with gratitude.
You can say thank you to these tense,
Tense places.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for being tense.
I love you for trying to protect me the only way you know how.
You can remain tense as long as you want.
I'll be here.
And hold space for you.
As long as you need to be tense.
Just saying that to the tensions.
And just letting your breath out.
With the relaxation.
Each breath out.
Make sure you're relaxing a little bit more.
Not forcing any relaxation,
But just.
.
.
Naturally breathing out.
Letting yourself settle.
Settle downwards a little more.
And just breathing into the base of your spine.
Putting your awareness right there.
Where the root chakra is.
Feeling any sensations you might be feeling there.
Very often our tensions protect us from even being able to feel these sensations.
Sometimes we're afraid of feeling them.
Sometimes we're afraid of letting them go.
Sometimes they help us.
And we don't even know.
So now if you're able to move past the tensions right into your chakra sensations,
Just sit with that.
Whatever that might feel like for you.
And if you start tensing up,
That's great.
That's totally,
Totally perfect for you.
Being with your tensions and thinking them again.
It might not feel like it,
But on some level we want them there.
Still breathing out,
Relaxing and feeling our sensations.
And if you feel nothing,
Just move your awareness to the root of your spine and see if you can feel from there.
And then you can kind of explore that area.
Move your awareness forward,
Around,
Back.
Try to feel the whole space all at once.
Notice if you're holding any tensions in there even.
If your kegel muscles are flexed,
If your abs become tight again.
These tensions become more and more subtle.
Just staying with them with compassion,
Gratitude.
Keeping our breath going.
You might notice when we're just watching these sensations in silence that certain thoughts might come up.
It might be distracting thoughts or they might be triggering thoughts.
And if they do,
Just turn your attention to them for a moment.
Acknowledge them.
Think them.
Think the words that come up or think the pictures that come up.
As if you called them up.
And then turn your attention back,
Back into the sensation in your root chakra area,
In your core.
The bottom of your body,
The root of your spine.
Making the space that you're feeling there as big as possible.
As relaxed as possible.
Notice also if you're holding tensions in other parts of your body.
For example,
My eyes often tense up.
It makes it difficult to stay with this sensation even if I'm not aware.
So just relax in your face,
Your shoulders,
Your arms,
Your chest,
Your feet,
And your legs.
Just periodically as you feel that core sensation.
The longer you can stay in this space,
The more healing will happen.
The more thoughts that come up that you acknowledge,
The deeper you'll be able to feel your sensations.
The deeper you'll be able to breathe on a regular basis.
The more relaxed you'll feel.
The more at peace you'll feel.
Thank you for listening.
I'm going to step away,
But if you want to just stay,
Stay feeling,
Stay in this space.
Stay as long as you like.
Have a beautiful time.
Thank you.
