I Am Mountain (Violin & Piano Improvisation)

Today, we are excited to share a guided meditation that invites you to find the feeling of the wilderness within your own heart. Where do you end and the mountain begin? Can you sense the connectedness of this life that we all share together? Can you feel how even the tiniest flower is as important as the tallest peak? We invite you to spend a few minutes looking inside yourself - you might be surprised that all of the things you have been searching for are already there.

Transcript

Find a comfortable place to be.

When and if it feels good to you,

Gently close your eyes.

Bring your attention to your breath.

Breathe like wind.

A cool breeze cleansing your body as each cell is invigorated with life.

Feel that you are grounded to the earth as if your roots run deep into the core of the planet.

Feel that the earth itself is holding you,

Supporting you,

Right here in this moment.

Allow yourself to sink into the feeling of being held.

Bring to mind the image of a mountain,

Vast and strong.

Now imagine that this mountain is you,

Strong and stable on the earth,

Even as the storms rage,

Even as the seasons change around you.

Look around at your view.

What does the air feel like?

What does the sky look like?

Slowly take a 360 degrees view of this moment.

See if you can feel the rocks and the trees and the wind and the glaciers.

See if you can sense the vastness of the wilderness in your heart.

See and feel.

See and feel that the whole earth is holding you,

The mountain.

As the earth holds the mountain,

The mountain also stretches its ridges to hold even the most delicate flower.

Hold this delicate flower in your mind's eye now and gently look at it.

See beyond the petals and into the life that it is.

You are like that,

Too.

A bloom of life.

Where does the flower end and the mountain begin?

The mountain holds the flower,

The earth holds the mountain,

And maybe the flower with its roots holds both of them,

Too.

Come back to the feeling of the earth beneath you and rediscover the feeling of your breath,

Cool like the mountain breeze.

Stay here as this mountain for a little bit longer.

It is seems too much for you.

Please play some calmly.

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Know that this feeling,

This place is always here for you.

When you are ready,

Gently open your eyes and come back into the room,

Bringing the wilderness of your inner landscape within you,

Wherever you may go.