As we move more deeply in our recovery journey,
Our very perceptions of self can begin to change.
We see our lives in addiction more clearly,
While at the same time,
We begin to understand what a life awakened into sobriety can mean.
This is a meditation for self-awareness and understanding.
Much of our time will be spent in simple mindfulness of body and breath.
As we approach the end,
I'll begin to ask a question,
The same question,
Perhaps as many as ten times.
And with each asking,
Tell yourself the answer.
Without overthinking it,
Just allow an answer to come and be with whatever comes with curiosity and acceptance.
Before we begin,
Find your meditation posture.
Let your back be straight but not rigid,
Upright.
Take a moment to scan through the muscles of your face,
Your jaw,
The root of your tongue,
And take several deep breaths.
Let that tension begin to melt.
Feel yourself root deeply into your mind.
Feel yourself root deeply into your meditation posture.
Allow a sense of mindfulness to begin to develop.
Feel it come into being like a spark.
Nourish it.
Feel it grow.
Greet it like an old friend.
And as your mindfulness deepens,
Bring it to your breath.
Come to know the nature of your breathing.
Feel the shape and texture of each inhalation and each exhalation.
And know it as your own.
And now let your awareness begin to extend out into your body.
Feel your whole body in space.
Present in this time,
This place.
Feel your diaphragm expanding with each inhalation.
And contracting again with the exhalation.
Let this awareness create a union of breath and body.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And as you become aware that your mind has wandered,
Simply bring your mindfulness back to your breath.
Without hesitation,
Without judgment.
Find yourself again in your breathing.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
Who are you?
Who are you?
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Who are you?
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Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
And bow in recognition of yourself and with gratitude for the life that we share.
And now let your awareness begin to expand into your body.
