Find a seated position with your spine upright,
Either on the floor or in a chair.
Place your feet flat on the ground,
Hip width apart.
Rest your hands on your thighs,
Palms facing down.
Take three deep breaths.
With each exhale,
Let your awareness drop down,
Out of your head,
Into your body,
Into the earth beneath you.
Feel your sit bones connecting with whatever surface is beneath you.
Feel the weight of your body being held.
You are supported.
The earth has you.
Now bring your attention to your spine.
Feel it lengthening,
Stacking,
Rooted down into the ground like an ancient tree.
Your spine is your axis,
Your centre,
Your connection between earth and sky.
Take a breath and imagine roots growing from the base of your spine,
Down through the floor,
Deep into the earth.
These roots anchor you,
They draw strength from the ground.
You are not floating,
You are rooted.
This is the foundation of masculine energy.
Not aggressive,
Not performative,
But grounded,
Present,
Here.
We're going to work with the breath now,
Not just as a tool for relaxation,
But as a way to activate energy in your body.
Place one hand on your lower belly,
Just below your navel.
This is your power centre,
Your dantian,
Your hara.
In many spiritual traditions,
This is where life force energy is stored.
Breathe deeply into your belly.
Feeling it expand against your hand.
As you exhale,
Pull your navel back towards your spine with intention.
We're building energy here,
Let's do this together.
Slowly but deeply into the belly.
Exhale,
Pulling the navel in.
Again,
Inhale,
Filling the belly.
Exhale with control,
Two,
Three,
Four.
One more,
Inhale,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhale,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Now breathe naturally,
But keep your attention on your lower belly.
Notice any warmth,
Any tingling,
Any aliveness building there.
This is your vital force,
Your life,
Energy,
Your power.
You don't have to search for it outside yourself,
It's already here.
You're just waking it up.
Masculine energy isn't one thing,
It's a spectrum,
And within you,
You carry multiple archetypal forces,
Each one essential,
Each one a part of your wholeness.
Let's connect with four of them now,
The warrior,
The king,
The protector,
The sage.
The warrior is disciplined presence,
Focused action.
The part of you that shows up,
Does the work,
Faces a challenge without complaint.
The warrior doesn't fight everything,
He chooses his battles wisely,
He acts with precision and courage.
Take a breath and feel the warrior in you.
Where does he live in your body,
Your chest,
Your core,
Your shoulders?
Feel his readiness,
His clarity,
His strength.
The king is sovereign energy,
Authority without arrogance,
Leadership without domination.
The king doesn't need to prove himself,
He simply is.
He creates order,
Makes decisions,
Holds vision.
He blesses what is good and sets boundaries,
Against what is bad.
Feel the king in you now,
Maybe in your heart,
Maybe in your posture.
Feel the calm authority,
The responsibility,
The willingness to lead,
Not for ego,
But for service.
The protector is fierce compassion,
The part of you that stands between harm and what you love.
He doesn't protect through violence,
He protects through presence.
He says not on my watch,
He defends the vulnerable,
Including the tender parts of himself.
Feel the protector,
Maybe in your arms.
Your stance,
Your gaze.
Feel his vigilance,
His care,
His commitment to safeguarding what matters.
The sage is wisdom earned through experience.
He knows when to speak and when to listen.
He sees the bigger picture.
He doesn't react,
He responds.
He learns from every season,
Every hardship,
Every joy.
He trusts the process.
Feel the sage in you,
Maybe in your breath,
Your stillness,
Your knowing.
Feel his patience,
His depth,
His trust in what is unfolding.
You are all of these,
Warrior,
King,
Protector,
Sage,
Not separate,
But integrated.
This is embodied spiritual force.
Now,
I want you to imagine a column of light running through the center of your body,
From the crown of your head,
Down through your spine,
All the way to the base of your pelvis and head.
Then into the earth.
This is your energetic core,
Your spiritual backbone.
With each inhale,
Imagine pulling energy up from the earth,
Through your roots,
Up through this column of light,
Filling your body with grounded power.
With each exhale,
Imagine that energy radiating out from your core,
Into your chest,
Your arms,
Your presence in the world.
Breathe in,
Energy rising.
Breathe out,
Energy expanding.
Breathe in,
Drawing strength from the earth.
Breathe out,
Radiating presence into the world.
Feel yourself as a conduit,
Connected to the earth below,
Connected to the infinite above,
Anchored and expansive at the same time.
This is not ego,
This is alignment.
You are not creating power.
You are channeling it.
You are a vessel for something larger than yourself.
Take one more deep breath.
Feel the fullness of this energy in your body.
As we close,
I want you to ask yourself this question.
How do I want to use this energy?
What does my embodied spiritual force serve?
Masculine energy without purpose becomes destructive,
But when it's aligned with something greater,
With service,
With love,
With truth,
With creation,
It becomes sacred.
Maybe your purpose is to protect your family,
To lead with integrity,
To build something meaningful,
To show up with presence for the people who need you,
To heal yourself so you can help heal others.
Let the answer come.
Don't force it,
Just listen.
Now place both hands over your heart.
Feel your heartbeat.
Feel the life moving through you.
Say this silently or aloud.
I am a spiritual force in human form.
My power is grounded.
My presence is purposeful.
I serve what is sacred.
Let that settle in your bones.
Gently bring your awareness back to the room.
Wiggle your fingers and toes.
Roll your shoulders.
Feel yourself here,
Embodied,
Awake.
When you open your eyes,
Notice if you feel different.
Maybe taller.
Maybe steadier.
Maybe more connected to yourself.
Maybe just more here.
This is who you are when you're aligned.
Grounded power.
Conscious presence.
Embodied spiritual force.
You can return to this practice any time you need to remember.
Open your eyes when you're ready.
This work goes deeper in community and with support.
You don't have to heal alone.
Allow yourself time to integrate it in whatever way feels most supportive.
Trusting your own intuition.
