Welcome to the oceanic calm,
A journey into deep stillness through the rhythm of the sea.
This meditation will help you release tension and drift you off into a place of serenity,
Like a wave melting back into the shore.
Let's begin by lying down if that's most comfortable for you.
And if you have a magnetic bowl,
You can place that on top of yourself right now.
Now let's take a deep breath in and out.
On the next round of breath,
We are going to hit the bowl and notice for the moment that the bowl stops,
Holding and exhale,
Noticing how the sound ripples through you like a wave Feel how it rises,
Expands,
And then fades into the quiet,
Just like the tide pulling back into the sea.
One more time,
Let's take a deep breath in and holding at the top,
And exhale.
Feel the vibration echo through your body,
A gentle tide of sound washing over your nervous system.
And when the sound disappears,
Rest in the stillness that it leaves behind.
Now bring your awareness to your breath.
Imagine that your breath is the ocean.
Inhale as the tide flows in,
And exhale as the tide flows out.
Inhale as the tide flows in,
And exhale as the tide flows out.
Each breath is a wave.
Inhale,
Drawing in the cool,
Fresh energy of the sea,
And exhale,
Releasing everything that doesn't serve.
And now witnessing what does the ocean represent for you?
Pure,
Unadulterated nature,
Freedom,
All the beings in the sea being provided for.
The fun that's available,
Riding the waves,
And discovering our beautiful earth.
Allow your breath to slow naturally,
Becoming soft and smooth like the gentle waves under the moonlight.
Now let's merge with the water.
Imagine you are floating on top of the ocean.
You may want to visualize yourself on something comfortable,
Or maybe you would like to visualize yourself simply as a leaf,
Floating effortlessly.
The water here is warm,
The sky above soft with stars,
And you are being completely held,
Supported by the water,
Supported by Mother Earth.
And now each time you hear the bowl,
Feel a wave of calm moving through your body,
Melting,
Drifting away.
No resistance,
Just floating on top of the water,
Wherever it takes you.
You are not separate from the ocean.
You are the ocean.
You are one with it.
You are boundless,
Deep,
And eternal.
Now we will hit the bowl once again,
And listen as the wave and the bowl slowly disappears together.
Let's take a breath in,
And exhale.
The moment when the sound becomes silence,
That is where peace lives.
We will continue to return there.
Let that peace pull you inwards,
Like gravity sucking you in to its peaceful flow.
Let it open up the space inside of you.
You can stay right here,
Floating in the quiet ocean,
In this peaceful place where you ebb and flow,
Divinely surrendered with the orchestra of the ocean's waves.
Let the rhythm of your breath rock you gently.
Let the waves soothe your mind.
