Welcome to this journey to the home within.
Begin by finding a comfortable position.
You can remain seated or lay down if that feels good.
I encourage you to bring over any items that will make you feel nice and cozy.
Make use of blankets,
Pillows,
Cushions,
Whatever you have available to you in your space right now.
Once you find your position and set yourself up,
I want you to ask yourself,
What would make me even more comfortable in this moment?
And then please make any adjustments you need to in order to achieve that.
You may close your eyes if that works for you in the space you're in right now,
Or you can find a fixed point to gaze upon.
Just let your eyelids be soft.
As we begin,
I invite you to place a hand over your heart space.
If that doesn't feel good to do in this moment,
Simply bring your awareness to the heart.
Today we will take care of and honor this space.
We will take care of our home within,
The emotions and the stories we hold there.
With your hand on your heart or with your awareness there now,
Begin to observe your breath.
On the inhale,
Feel the rise of your chest,
And on the exhale,
It gently floats down.
Inhale,
Imagine your heart rising upward.
Exhale it gently rests back into the body.
Sit with your heart for a couple of breaths at your own pace.
Imagine now that there is a glowing light at the center of your heart.
This light takes on any color or colors you choose that you associate with your heart center.
With each inhale,
This light rises.
With each exhale,
It expands.
Inhale the light rises.
Exhale,
It spreads further out.
Begin to observe this movement of the light with your breath,
Eventually allowing that light to spread out beyond your body to the space around you.
Go ahead and release your hand from your heart now if you had it up,
And allow your arms to rest naturally.
Continue to stay with the light.
With this light from our hearts glowing ahead of us,
We begin our journey inward.
Picture now that you are standing in this light from your heart,
And you feel its warmth all around you.
Looking ahead,
You see this light is lighting up a path.
Feel this path beneath your feet.
Is it a perfectly paved path?
A dirt path?
Or maybe it is sand that's beneath your feet.
Maybe the path is lined with trees or plants or flowers.
Take in however this path appears to you.
Knowing that you are protected by this light,
Begin to walk forward on the path.
Notice anything along the way.
If there are trees,
What types of trees are they?
If there are flowers,
What kinds of flowers?
What colors do you see?
Ahead of you now,
You see a gate with a house just beyond it.
As you approach,
This gate begins to open,
Welcoming and calling you in.
There,
Waiting beyond this gate,
Is the home that you hold within your heart.
It is your place of refuge,
Your place of authenticity and peace.
What does this home within your heart,
Your inner home,
Look like?
Allow it to form in front of you now.
The colors,
The windows,
The front door.
Much like the front gate that opened for you,
The front door opens as you approach it.
Stepping through,
You feel a warmth surround you.
The space is truly yours and no one else's.
As you look around your home,
Take note of what is here.
What are the colors,
The objects,
The scents that make you feel and instinctually know this is home?
It may have been a while since you were last here.
Notice if any areas need tidying up.
Notice if there's any dust or clutter that needs to be cleared.
As you gaze upon it,
Clear anything that needs to be cleared now.
Make your way to the living room where you hear voices.
You sense the souls here are familiar to you and you enter.
Here you are greeted by your ancestors.
They motion to you to sit down with them and you head to the coziest chair in the room.
Take in the colors around you,
What textures you feel beneath your skin as you settle into this chair.
Who are the ancestors here that you know?
Who do you not know?
Sit with them for a moment,
Feeling the love and protection they send to you.
Tell your ancestors the story of where the world is now,
Where you are in your life right now and how you are feeling.
One of your ancestors rises and comes to sit next to you.
They wish to share a story from their own life that relates to how you are feeling about the world as it is now,
Your life as it is now.
Perhaps they speak words to you or you see images from their past or maybe it is simply a feeling they convey to you.
Allow them to share their story and message.
Sit with them and listen.
And ask this ancestor what they need you to know from this story.
Take their hand in yours.
Promise them you will heal together.
Release to them now any old or false story about yourself that you no longer wish to tell that you no longer believe.
Thank this ancestor for their beauty and wisdom for sharing their story with you.
As this ancestor steps away,
You hear the sound of children talking and playing in another corner of the room.
You turn to see familiar faces and voices.
As you get up and walk over to them,
You see these are younger versions of yourself.
What are these younger versions of yourself playing?
What are they doing together?
What ages are they?
Sit down with them on the ground.
Join them as they play and tell them the story of how you have grown.
One of these younger versions of you wishes to speak with you.
They have a story to share from a particular time in your life,
From the age that they appear to you now.
They wish to remind you of where you have been.
Allow them to share their story.
Listen and ask them what do they need you to know.
Take their hand in yours.
Promise this younger version of you that you will heal together.
Release to them any old story or belief that you no longer wish to hold that originates from that time in your life.
As you rise to return to your seat,
You see there is a presence already waiting there for you.
This presence itself emanates light and much like the earlier versions of yourself,
It feels very familiar to you.
This presence is your higher self.
Take a moment to simply be in the presence of your higher self.
Take in their visual appearance,
The feelings they bring to you.
How does your higher self appear in this moment?
Tell your higher self the story of your future,
Of the legacy you wish to leave.
Your higher self reflects to you the story of your potential,
Of all you are capable of in this lifetime.
The energy of this presence embraces you.
Release to them any false stories you've told yourself about who you will become.
In their embrace,
Your higher self ignites your own innate healing powers within you.
Your higher self releases you from their embrace and you are now surrounded by the love of your ancestors,
Earlier versions of yourself,
And your higher self,
Each of them with their own stories that contribute to yours.
They bring you back home to the story of who you are in this lifetime.
Thank them for their wisdom and their healing,
For the courage to share their stories with you.
Make a promise to care for yourself,
Your emotions,
And to return more frequently to the home within.
Make your way now to the front door,
Which opens and allows you to step outside.
Walk back out through the gate,
Finding your path back to the present moment,
Returning to that light that sits within your heart.
Slowly come back into awareness of your physical body,
Of the feeling of the surfaces beneath you now,
Of the textures of the clothes on your body.
You are welcome to bring your hand back to your heart if you feel so called.
Thank yourself for taking time to go on this journey today,
For having the courage to go on this journey.
Know and trust that even if the messages you received today weren't clear,
That simply by being present on this journey,
You received whatever it is you needed,
Even if it was just a moment to rest and be with yourself.
As we close our journey together,
My wish for us all is that we come to understand the magic of our soul stories,
The powerful magic they have to heal ourselves and others,
To remind us of our own strength,
And to show us who we really are.
With much love and gratitude for each and every one of our stories,
I close our practice today.
May we journey together again soon.
Thank you so much.
