This is a healing meditation from secret number two,
Honor your instincts and meditation secrets for women.
This meditation is for whenever you feel that your life force is low,
When you feel tired,
Depleted,
Or ill in any way.
It is a time to give over to the instincts for healing,
For resting,
For nesting,
So that you can deeply regenerate.
First establish your meditation nest,
Any place that you can curl up and let go,
Where you can give over to this healing meditation and let the world take care of itself for a while.
Find a position where you feel most safe and comfortable.
It may be lying down or sitting comfortably with cushions and a blanket,
Or perhaps even outside in some warm spot that you love.
Just as an animal might stretch first before curling up to sleep,
Allow yourself to stretch,
Reach,
And maybe exhale deeply a few times.
Then let your body find the most cozy and comfortable position.
Now begin to give over to the sensations of fatigue.
Rather than feeling that you need to change them in any way,
Just give over to the tiredness.
No need to hold yourself up right now.
Let your body fall into the ground.
Gently softening and letting go.
Your muscles hanging heavy and relaxed.
With each exhalation,
You can feel that sense of releasing into gravity.
With each little sensation of letting go and releasing downward,
You feel that sense of the hug from the earth,
The support from her broad,
Massive,
Strong body beneath you.
Releasing,
Relaxing.
Letting yourself be held by the earth right here,
Right now,
Beneath you as support.
Now gently become aware of the air all around you.
You may sense the air like a soft caress on your skin,
Or simply be aware that the space above and around you is filled with these life-giving nutrients that feed your breath.
Imagine in your own way that the air is saturated with the healing power.
Know this as the benevolent,
Loving atmosphere of Earth's breath as it surrounds and permeates us always,
Whether we are aware of it or not.
You can rest in this healing presence.
You can let go.
Let yourself be bathed in this healing atmosphere,
Nurtured in this healing atmosphere.
With each inhalation,
Gently draw from that nourishing presence.
Feel how each breath effortlessly carries that healing quality into your lungs,
Into each cell of your body.
By the body of the Earth,
Supported by the body of the Earth.
The breath of the earth nourishing,
Healing.
You are surrounded by that loving presence.
Permeated,
Nourished,
Sustained,
Bathed in this healing atmosphere,
Nurtured in this healing atmosphere,
Each breath gently and effortlessly flowing.
Gently and effortlessly,
Breathing in,
Receiving.
Receiving deep into your body,
Every cell of your body nourished.
Healing,
Regenerating your entire being,
Your entire body.
Permeated,
Sustained,
Each healing breath flowing everywhere within you.
Nourishing,
Making its way everywhere,
Flowing,
Healing,
Finding its way into every secret place in your heart.
As you breathe in from the air that surrounds you.
You can infuse the air in every breath.
The particular quality of healing.
Of sustenance,
Of nourishment that you need right now.
Breathing it in and letting it suffuse every part of yourself.
Any place that is aching,
Any place that is longing for healing.
With each breath,
Letting go more and more deeply.
With each breath,
Allowing yourself to receive more and more deeply.
Resting.
Receiving.
Healing.
Releasing.
Softening.
When you feel like you are ready to make a transition.
Give yourself plenty of time to reorient to the outside world.
Savor the feelings of relaxation.
Become aware of your whole body.
Gently become aware of your environment.
Wherever you are.
Perhaps take a big breath,
Maybe shift your weight a little bit.
Feel free to stretch,
To yawn,
Or do anything else to transition slowly to a more ordinary state of awareness.
