Something has brought you to this meditation.
Welcome to Anaphlo,
Meditation in motion.
I invite you to find a comfortable,
Creative and non-distracting space for yourself.
Let this be a time you are giving to yourself to come fully into your body.
Make yourself comfortable and sit or lie down in a relaxed and easy way.
Take a deep,
Long breath.
Let yourself sink deeper into your body,
Allowing yourself to become a physical being.
Just like the trees and the birds,
Let yourself become a part of life.
Come into the space of your body and breathe into deeper relaxation within your being,
Within the home of yourself.
Let your spine be long,
Your breath be easy like water,
Flowing in and out,
In and out.
Let's begin to look at the topic of our meditation today.
A brave surrender.
We are going to practice a surrender of strength,
A surrender of vulnerability,
Knowing that therein lies great peace.
Imagine this surrender as an open surrender,
Imagining yourself standing in front of yourself with your arms wide open,
Your palms outstretched,
Your fingers stretched wide,
Your heart is lifted,
Your chest is lifted open.
This is the surrender that we're practicing today.
What in your life do you feel as a barrier?
What in your life brings you to a border?
What in your life is pulling you and pushing you away from yourself?
What in your life are you ready to surrender to?
Let this challenge come fully into your consciousness,
Knowing that it has chosen you to bring you growth and understanding.
Trust its tricky ways.
Trust its darkness and get to know it with familiarity.
Feeling deeper into the texture of this challenge.
Feeling deeper into its tone.
Feeling deeper into the way it sneaks into your body.
This time with your full noticing.
You are strong enough to feel its everything.
You are strong enough to begin the journey of its surrender.
This surrender is not one of collapsing or curling in.
This surrender is not one of giving up or becoming smaller as we give in.
However this surrender is an active surrender.
In this surrender we see our vulnerability as our greatest strength.
In this surrender our hearts are open.
Our arms are out wide.
We are ready to feel.
This surrender is one of bravery.
This surrender is one of active,
Intentional opening.
This surrender is one of active,
Intentional opening.
Beginning to come into your body,
Into your heart center.
Feel the beating of your heart alive and dancing within you.
Feel the movement of your heart bringing you this wealth of life.
This abundance of ability to feel.
You may want to place one or both hands over your heart center.
And releasing your hands when you're ready.
But keeping this focus right at your heart center as you breathe in feeling your heart even deeper within you.
And as you exhale feeling your heart even deeper within you.
Inhaling,
Connecting to your heart.
Exhale,
Connecting to your heart.
Inhaling and exhaling.
And now we let this challenge come into our heart center.
We feel it melting within the walls of our body.
Coming into the beautiful aliveness of our hearts.
We are ready for transformation.
You are ready to begin.
As you take your next inhale,
Bring the awareness of this challenge in as you breathe in.
Exhale,
Bringing it further into your awareness.
And on your next inhale,
Bring this challenge into your heart center.
Letting it flood from your heart through your whole body.
Actively surrendering as you open your body to this challenge.
And as you exhale,
Breathe out space.
Inhale bringing this challenge into your body.
Letting it flood your body fully coming in through your heart center.
Exhale,
Feeling space.
Continuing,
Inhale,
Letting this challenge move in through your heart.
Exhale,
Feeling space becoming lighter.
Inhaling,
Knowing you can carry this challenge from your fingertips to your toes letting it become your whole body.
Exhale,
Breathing out into the space.
The lightness of possibility.
Continuing at your own pace.
Enjoying this transformation that you are creating with each breath in and each breath out.
And on your next inhale,
Make fists with your hands.
Squeeze your muscles and breathe in this challenge.
Breathing in every last bit of energy that this challenge brings to you.
Exhale,
Release the fists of your hands.
Release your muscles,
Feel this new fresh space.
Again,
Inhale making fists,
Squeezing your muscles,
Squeezing your face,
Your eyes,
Breathing in this challenge,
Letting it become you.
Exhale,
Release your fists,
Release your muscles,
Feel this space.
One last time,
Making fists with your hands,
Sipping in every last bit of energy of this challenge,
Squeezing your muscles,
Breathing in,
Holding your breath.
Exhale,
Release your breath,
Release the tension within your body.
Feel this lightness of space.
Take a sweet,
Simple breath in.
A sweet,
Simple breath out.
Coming back to a normal flow of breath,
You have transformed this challenge into infinite space.
You are light.
You are the surrender that you have chosen.
You are the surrender of your challenge.
You are going to breathe in the light.
You are going to breathe out the light.
You are going to breathe out the light.
You are going to breathe out the light.
