Finding True Love: Beach Meditation

This meditation is a peaceful walk along a secluded tropical beach. The guidance provides some thoughts and steps to take for finding true love in your life. If you surrender to the description it becomes a peaceful journey, an escape with profound messages about love. Come and take a walk in the serenity of our inner selves, our place of peace where all information can be accessed.

Transcript

Hello,

Welcome,

Welcome.

Today I'm going to take you on another journey.

But first,

Let's settle into our choice position for meditating.

Something that is comfortable,

You can breathe easily,

And you aren't going to tire or get sore in that position.

I invite you now to close your eyes and take a few long,

Deep breaths.

Fill your lungs right up,

And exhale fully.

And do that a few more times.

Meditation in this way brings us right into our body in the present moment.

Alright,

So let's imagine we're going to do some astral traveling,

If you will.

We're going to go to the ocean side,

To the beach.

Just follow my words and create a picture in your mind's eye of your surroundings.

Right now in the palm of my hand I have a beautiful clear quartz crystal terminated on one end with a very nice six faceted point.

You see the dark spiky things in it?

That's tourmaline.

So they call this tourmalinated quartz.

Both quartz and tourmaline are purported to help with astral travel.

Let's give it a go and see what happens.

As I'm holding out the crystal in my hand,

It is laying flat across my palm.

Gently place your hand on top and let's begin our journey.

Continue to breathe evenly and purposefully.

Do you hear that?

I think we may have landed on the bluff just above my favorite beach.

We are standing in a kind of gravelly sand and there are low shrubs bent from the wind and tall swaying bright green beach grass.

Let's take this path down.

The air is warm and the path feels warm to our bare feet as we walk.

But there is a marine mist that is shrouding our view.

Let's continue our way down the bluff to the beach.

Ah,

I hear the waves.

Look,

The mist is clearing.

It's gorgeous.

Look how blue the water is.

The window of the water is warm.

The sun on our skin feels beautiful.

In this place we will never burn from staying out in the sun too long.

As the water from the crashing waves makes its way up to our feet,

It feels refreshing as it washes over them.

Isn't it funny how as the water rushes back down the sand,

It so quickly erodes the firm sand under our feet.

It felt so firm before the wave that we need to adjust our footing.

Okay,

We need to walk to our left.

I want to take you down the beach to Palm Grove.

There are a couple of hammocks strung between the palms and we can relax there and watch the surf.

I just love walking at the water's edge by the ocean.

The sand is so nice and firm underfoot in that damp zone between the dry loose sand and water.

As the water recedes,

Everything glistens in the sun like thousands of diamonds.

So today's theme,

How to find true love.

The answer is actually quite simple to state,

Yet it really evades most of us.

Once we know the answer,

It is very difficult to put into practice it seems.

So how to find true love?

Learn within and you will find it inside yourself.

It may only be a small flicker of true love at the moment,

But there are things we can do to make it grow.

And once it grows big enough,

It starts pouring out of us.

And then love from the outside is drawn to us.

The problem is,

So many of us,

Like myself,

Have spent a lifetime self-loathing as opposed to self-loving for a variety of reasons.

It had truly never occurred to me that self-love was even a thing.

Maybe because it sounds selfish or that you are self-absorbed.

The problem is that if we don't or can't love ourselves,

No amount of love from anyone else will fill the void within us that we created.

We will always want more and it will never feel like enough.

But all we are lacking is our own love.

We have told ourselves stories about who we are and we believed it.

We believed our thoughts and it became our identity.

Yet they were only thoughts.

And we have become so attached to the thoughts and the stories that we have made up.

It is difficult to give up the stories now because it is who we are.

Or so we think.

See?

Thoughts.

Scott Turow,

An American author,

Has this quote,

Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and believe?

If you consider that for a moment,

It's absolutely right.

Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and believe?

Another good one by American author Robert Fulgham is,

Don't believe everything you think.

Beautiful.

Ever made a mistake on something and said to yourself,

Oh you dumbass or something similar?

You think it and somewhere deep inside you start to believe it if you keep repeating it.

It becomes part of your identity.

We end up with an internal monologue about ourselves running on a loop.

We feel less than deserving of love from others,

Let alone even ourselves.

That's why any self-deprecating thoughts or statements are so bad.

Our subconscious hears it and believes what we are saying.

I am is such an incredibly powerful statement.

What you follow those two words with will make all the difference in who you are.

To overcome the negative monologue,

Create some positive affirmations and start repeating them.

And shoot for the stars,

Why not?

You may have said to yourself in the past,

I'm such a stupid person.

Self deprecation is not good.

So why not say I'm an amazing person?

I am funny.

I am lovable.

I am loved.

I am creative.

I am abundant.

You get the idea.

It is telling ourselves a new story.

Throw out the old chapters of your book.

You don't need to re-read your old story.

Turn the page.

Start fresh.

Just over there is the palm grove.

Just look at those groovy hammocks gently swaying in the breeze.

Before we go over and climb in them,

Let's just stand here for a few moments looking out over the water.

The crashing surf further out.

The outcropping of rocks over there.

The big billowy clouds that never seem to get in front of the sun.

Isn't it just beautiful?

Let's give thanks for the ability to create this wonderful place in our minds and hearts.

Okay,

Now to the hammocks.

Here you can have that one.

It's angled better to see the waves.

How does it get any better than this?

How?

Just imagine it and create it.

But I digress.

Are you comfy?

You can reach down for extra pillows if you need.

Okay,

Back to what we were talking about.

We can start small and incrementally change ourselves.

Back with gratitude,

Being thankful,

Another wonderful place to practice self-love.

Express gratitude for what you have in your life no matter how small.

Even the little things that make your life a bit easier.

Express thanks.

The more you express gratitude,

The more you will have to be grateful for.

I'm grateful to that stranger for picking up my glove.

I'm grateful for the smile the cashier gave me.

I'm grateful for the bus ride to the mall.

I'm grateful for my home.

Then turn your gratitude inward.

Express gratitude to yourself for positive things.

I am grateful that I am a kind and compassionate person.

I am grateful I was able to solve that problem yesterday.

I am grateful I thought to pick up milk before the store closed.

I am grateful that I can forgive myself my mistakes and accept who I am in this moment and know that I will continue to improve.

Next time you come out of the shower,

Take a moment and look at yourself in the mirror.

This can be quite difficult.

See yourself exactly as you are in this moment.

And look at yourself in the eyes and say,

I love you.

Say it a few times.

You know,

The first time I tried that,

I looked away when I said I love you.

And I choked on my words as I said it.

If we can get to that point within where we can really love ourselves exactly as we are and enjoy that feeling,

Nobody can ever take that feeling away from us.

People can come and go from our lives,

But we will always have that love for ourselves.

Sure,

Negative comments and rejections from others will hurt,

But if we breathe through it and remember that we are our own best lovers,

We can rejoice in that.

Nobody on the outside can stop us from loving ourselves.

From authentic self-love comes confidence,

A higher vibration.

You will draw to you like-minded people on the same vibration.

People who are critical of you will drop away.

They will wonder what the heck happened to you.

You will seem so alive and vibrant.

So the secret to finding true love is finding it in yourself first and foremost.

Take the time and feel the pain of transformation as you do the work to love yourself.

It is worth it.

You are worth it.

You are so worthy of your own love,

Exactly as you are,

Right here,

Right now,

In this very moment.

Let's take a couple of minutes as we gently sway in the hammock to ponder all this and imagine what small steps we might take in loving ourselves exactly as we are.

Let's take a couple of minutes as we gently sway in the hammock to ponder all this and imagine what small steps we might take in loving ourselves exactly as we are.

Let's take a couple of minutes as we gently sway in the hammock to ponder all this and imagine what small steps we might take in loving ourselves exactly as we are.

Wow,

It's just so beautiful.

I don't want to leave our little palm grove by the beach.

Giving yourself this time to ponder some of these ideas and just relax in meditation is a form of self-love.

You have given yourself the gift of relaxation at the very least.

And if you take away any ideas for deepening your self-love,

It just becomes a win-win.

Come my friend,

Let's walk back up to the beach to where we started.

This has been a beautiful time.

I absolutely love coming to the beach,

Feeling the sun on my face,

The wind blowing against me,

The smell of salt in the air,

And the waves that just keep coming.

So peaceful.

See,

The sun is getting lower in the sky.

I bet it's going to be a beautiful sunset tonight.

The shadows have changed on that outcropping of rocks there.

The tide has moved out a bit,

So I've got a bit further to walk to get to that wet zone.

I hope you've enjoyed your time at the beach.

I've enjoyed my time with you.

It's good to hang out with a like-minded soul.

So there's the bluff.

Let's make our way back up.

Good thing it's not so steep.

I'm so relaxed after sitting in the hammock for so long.

Okay,

Here we are at the top.

Different view now without the marine mist that we had earlier.

Ah,

You can see so much further out on the horizon.

So my friend,

Once again I have the terminated quartz crystal in my hand.

Gently place your hand on top and we will return to our homes.

Let the beach fade and recede.

But remember,

You're welcome back anytime.

And also remember,

You are so worthy of your own love in abundance.

Peace to you dear soul.

For the first time in history,

I Thank you.

Reviews

🌊 That was beautiful. Thank you

I love being in my hammock so it was very easy to visualise one at the beach with you. I’m grateful that I love & accept myself, and pray I always do
Sending you much love and encouragement for your own self love journey, I hope you own it now

Few have hit so close to home. A definite repeat listen.

I was right there, my toes in the clear water, my heart bursting full of love and my soul soaring like a free spirit…. 💫🌊 absolutely breathtaking. Thank you. 💗🙏🏼

So very relaxing yet expansive n creative...many thanks..🙏💕

This was beautiful by the sea, and definitely did what I wanted – put me out and into some soothing, beautiful dreams

What a stunning meditation and visualisation made my whole body calm yet excited about loving me more deeply. Smiles inside and outside during the whole meditation. Thank you 🙏🏻 stay blessed.

I love you being on the beach with you! Thank you for the walk!

Thank you for the most peaceful meditation this morning! So much gratitude! Have a miraculous day!

Soothing and relaxing. This helped me a lot to calm down.

Thank you so much for this peaceful meditation.love and peace to you dear soul.🙏❤🕉🕊

Amazing!!! Your voice is very soothing. This will be a regular trip to the beach for me. Thank you for the gift of your talent and kindness.

Great visualization that transported me yo uour beach! And lovely meditation overall for bringing love in!

Absolutely beautiful. By far one of my favorite meditation ☺️💖 Thank you 🙏🏻

I am grateful for this beautiful love journey on the beach!

So descriptive, really brought me to the beach 🙏🏼

I love this and all your meditations. So soothing and calming and I love being transported to your favourite beach. Thank you. ❤️🙏

I was transported to a place of true bliss and wonder, another magical meditation - I am addicted to this soothing and peaceful energy🤩 Thank You Henry 😇💫🪶🍃🌝🌞

Thank you Henry for this wonderful meditation - one of the best on IT so powerful and I love the imagery. Please more meditations like this! 🙏

I love this so much....have played it so many times. ABOUT TIME I said THANKYOU 🙏💜x

Thank you 🙏