Reclaim your joy.
Experience the truth of your inherent belonging by connecting to the essential elements of the earth and remembering that we're all made of the same stuff.
We're not separate from anyone or anything.
We're nature too and we all belong to all of it.
This meditation is by Sabinay Selassie from her book,
You Belong,
A Call for Connection.
Let's start by getting grounded in the body with love and compassion.
Find a comfortable position whether you're standing,
Sitting,
Or lying down.
I invite you to close your eyes or you can just keep your gaze soft.
Check in and notice what do you feel?
Ask yourself,
What's happening in my body right now?
Bring your attention to your heart area and notice any sensations there.
Whatever arises,
Ask yourself,
Can I meet this with kindness?
Can I meet this with love?
You can also bring a hand to your heart to feel more deeply that sense of connection,
That sense of kindness and care.
Just explore this sense of groundedness and love for a few minutes.
Just noticing that sense of kindness and care.
A little curate.
And as you settle in,
Begin to notice the weight of your body here.
Solidity of your body is the earth element.
This element is heavy.
It's stable.
As you connect to that sense of solidity,
Allow your body to soften and rest deeply into the ground,
Into the floor,
Feeling the density of the body,
Your bones,
Your flesh,
The fat of your body,
All that is solid and dense.
This is the earth element.
As you feel the stability of the earth within you and around you,
You can know that it's connected to all of the earth around us.
The ground,
The trees,
The rocks,
The mountains,
All that is solid and stable.
The earth element in you is connected to the earth element all around you.
Explore what it feels like to know this connection to the earth.
Now begin to notice the temperature in your body.
Fire is heat,
Warmth,
Vibration.
Where do you feel your internal heat?
Sometimes you can connect to the fire element in the belly,
The heart area,
Anywhere that feels warm and hot.
Know that this fire element in you is connected to the fire element all around you.
The sun is the epitome of the fire element in nature,
Keeping the planet warm and alive.
Know that the fire element,
The warmth and heat within you,
Is connected to the fire element all around you.
Explore what it feels like to know that connection we all have with fire.
Where is the fire within you?
Water is smooth and flowing.
Most of your body is water.
Perhaps you can sense the water element in the moistness of your eyes,
In your mouth,
In the blood cursing through you,
In all that's fluid and flowing through your body.
As you feel this water within you,
Perhaps you can sense that this water is in balance with the water that covers our planet.
Our planet is also mostly water,
Just like us,
The oceans,
Rivers,
Lakes,
Rain,
Mist,
Clouds and the dew.
Know that this water element in you is connected to the water all around you.
Water is life.
Explore what it feels like to truly know this connection that we all have with water.
Seeing this water within you.
Air is movable and changeable.
It's light and ephemeral.
Of course in our bodies,
The air element is the breath.
Notice the air as you breathe in and out.
It's connecting us to lightness and changeability.
Your breath,
Your air is connected to the air all around you,
To the sky,
To the wind,
To the air that circulates around our planet.
It's breathed in and out by many,
Many beings.
Rest your awareness on the breath for a few moments as we finish this meditation.
Explore what it feels like to know that you are connected to all of nature through the air you breathe.
You are connected to nature through all of the elements.
And as you come back to the present moment in this space around you,
Remember that you belong.
You belong in every moment,
Just like the trees,
The sun,
The ocean,
And the air.
Nature is always right here,
Connecting you and me and everything else on our planet.
We all belong.
We belong,
As did you.
