Wherever you are on your cancer journey,
Welcome.
Please make yourself as comfortable as you can,
Either sitting or lying down.
We're going to relax and take a journey beyond any story of cancer so that you may discover greater wholeness,
Healing and respite,
No matter what experiences you are currently dealing with.
So just beginning with a gentle cleansing breath,
In through your nose and out through your mouth.
Inviting your body and mind into this moment and into stillness.
And letting the muscles of your neck and shoulders soften and relax.
Releasing any tightness in your jaw and any tension across your forehead.
And with each breath you take,
Just allowing the feeling of relaxation to grow.
Inviting a sense of peace to move freely throughout your whole body.
Deepening into ease and relaxation.
And now finding yourself in a sacred forest.
The air feels fresh,
Lightly scented with sap.
The tree branches dance lazily in the breeze.
And the sound of birdsong accompanies you,
As you begin to follow a path through the trees until you come to a clearing.
In the center is a soft bed of moss,
Surrounded by a circle of smooth river stones.
You make your way into the circle and sit comfortably on the ground.
Something about this place feels familiar.
It carries the energy of home.
The earth is warm beneath you.
And a golden healing energy rises up from the center of the earth,
Flooding your heart space with well-being.
At the same time,
Golden sunlight from above streams down through the top of your head,
So that the energy of the earth and the energy of the sky blend harmoniously within your body,
Infusing your cells with light.
In this moment,
You are safe.
You are deeply connected to life,
And all is well.
And as you relax more and more deeply,
The healing energy of this sacred forest journey surrounds and indwells you.
You might feel it as tingling in your body,
Or a sense of lightness.
And here in this sacred forest,
Your relationship to the condition known as cancer,
And even the word itself,
Begins to shift.
You are not your cancer.
And as you embody this realization,
You notice a gray cloud draped around your shoulders like a cloak.
It symbolizes the mental,
Physical,
And emotional burden you've carried on this cancer journey.
Every care and concern,
Every challenging emotion or physical sensation,
Every worry or doubt.
Written across this cloud cloak is the word cancer.
It's just a label to represent your journey up until this moment.
You notice it,
But you're not attached to it,
And somehow you're not triggered by it either.
And as you release your next out-breath,
The gray cloud cloak loosens away from your body.
And with this separation,
You begin to notice a release.
Any trauma,
Fear,
Or anxiety you've experienced in relation to your cancer journey is being released from your body,
Vacuumed up by the cloud.
The cloud lifts above your body now and begins to float upwards into the sky.
And as your body continues to release anything unhelpful,
You begin to feel lighter.
The cloud floats further upwards until you can only just make out the word cancer written on it.
Now the breeze carries the cloud further and further away from you,
And the word cancer becomes smaller and smaller.
Eventually you watch it evaporate into nothingness,
Leaving a clear blue sky and a deep knowing in your heart.
You are not your diagnosis.
You are not your treatment.
You are not your cancer.
And arising within you is a fresh sense of knowing and clear sight.
It's as if the word cancer means something new for you.
Cancer is your path to greater wholeness.
It's your invitation to live the life you came here to live more fully,
With greater love and beyond previous limitations.
Cancer is in service to your unfolding in your most unique,
Beautiful,
Soulful way.
And you open now to a vision of your next right step in life or steps from a place of trust and deep knowing,
Whether those are steps you take on your path of healing,
Truths you choose to share,
Something you desire to create,
Or moments with loved ones or in nature that you choose to enjoy.
Allow yourself now the space to vision and dream.
You are right on track.
Your true self has never been touched by cancer and never can be.
As you prepare to leave the sacred forest,
An animal helper appears before you,
Offering you a gift to support your healing and well-being.
Whatever the animal,
Whatever the gift,
Trust your knowing,
Trust your imagination.
Give thanks to the forest for any wisdom or insights that may have arisen.
And now gently bring your awareness back to ordinary reality by taking a cleansing breath,
Just preparing to move back into whatever calls to you next this day.
Know that any time you need to clear confusion on your journey and come deeply home to yourself,
This guided journey and the sacred forest await.
