Taking a nice few deep and slow breaths,
Quietening the body,
Deeply inhaling into the lower belly and gently sighing the air out.
Nice deep inhale and nice slow exhale.
Whether you're sitting up straight or lying down supported,
Gently close those eyes.
Setting the intention to relax the mind and body,
Softening the crown of the head,
The back of the head,
The neck,
The forehead.
More tension dissolving around the eyes,
The lids becoming heavier,
The cheeks soft,
The jaw free of any tension.
Really relaxing the jaw now,
Let the throat soften,
Whole head feeling completely relaxed.
Relaxation travelling over the collar bones and the shoulders,
The tops of the arms softening all the way through the elbow and that joint,
The forearms,
The wrists,
Arms and fingers all softening now.
The head and both arms completely relaxed,
As this relaxation travels all the way down from the top of your spine,
Softening,
Softening through the shoulder blades in the middle of the back,
Softening the lower back,
Relaxing the whole of the back now,
The chest is open,
The stomach soft.
Have a sense of this relaxing feeling travelling all the way through the pelvis area,
Softening the buttocks,
The thighs,
Knees,
Shins and calves,
Softening,
Unwinding.
All tension leaving the ankles and the tops of the feet relaxed,
The heels,
Soles,
Balls of the feet and each and every toe completely relaxed now.
Now in your minds eye,
I'm going to ask you to see before you the beautiful glow.
This cloak shimmers and shines as if it's made of some kind of stardust,
You touch it and it feels as soft as silk,
Yet there's power within it too.
In your mind you see yourself wrapping that cloak around you now,
As light as a feather but once it's on you,
Wrapped around your shoulders snugly,
You immediately feel strong,
Protected,
A real sense of security.
A sense of confidence and resilience spreading throughout every cell in your body.
For this is a cloak of protection,
Embedded with intention and the power of manifestation.
This cloak immediately brings a sense of calm and clarity,
Really soaking up the feeling of what it means to feel protected.
This shimmering,
Strong fabric really gives the impression that whatever was thrown your way would hit this cloak and immediately fall off and dissipate into the atmosphere.
And your mind might take you through different future possible situations,
Ones where historically that environment may have negatively affected you with its toxicity or negativity.
And maybe your mind can run through different people whose path you may be forced to cross,
Where you know,
Deeply know,
That having something like this in your toolkit to deal with that person,
Will really have such a wonderful effect on your life.
This cloak,
Sewn with love and compassion,
Only holds kindness and wisdom and protection within its thread.
No darkness or negativity can penetrate its silky walls,
Wrapped around you in this moment.
I invite you to think about the last time where you felt your boundaries were not respected,
Where you were on the receiving end of negativity,
Criticism,
Projection.
Another person's anger,
Recall how their energy impacted you,
How it may have brought your mood down or had you second guessing yourself,
Where it may have drained your energy.
Or in one way or another,
Pushed you off the track.
Imagine now this cloak and how it will help you next time you're in a similar situation or around the same sort of energy or person.
Imagine if you could prepare for seeing them.
And in settling your mind and find a quiet moment,
Taking a few deep breaths and visualising this beautiful cloak of protection wrapped around your shoulders and around your heart space.
Helping to contain your energy and indeed protect you from anyone else's.
You may struggle to go out into public without intense anxiety.
A perfect time to wear the invisible cloak.
You can hold your head high as you walk out onto the street,
Knowing that you are not vulnerable to others' energies or opinions.
Your straight spine,
Your relaxed and alert eye contact.
Your arms swinging easily side by side.
With each footstep,
A sense of confidence,
Calmness,
Determination.
You know who you are.
Remember you are loved.
This is not about making you smaller or hiding from the world.
This is about exposing yourself to step out into the world and into participation with confidence and calmness.
Just allow your mind to present to you the moments that you would most need to feel protected,
Supported,
Contained.
Protected.
Supported.
Contained.
You are protected.
You are supported.
You are contained.
Nothing can permeate that cloak wrapped snugly around your shoulders.
No negativity can enter into your heart space.
It is completely protected.
Have a sense of how relaxed and at ease your nervous system feels in this moment.
Feeling protected,
Supported and contained.
Your breath is slow and regular.
Your heartbeat soft and steady.
Embodying this idea,
This visualisation of being protected,
Supported and contained.
The power of our intention is not something easily studied,
Yet we have an innate knowledge that tells us it is oh so powerful.
For we know where attention goes,
Energy flows and right now a significant part of your energy is focused and flowing into that protective cloak wrapped snugly around you.
Shimmering.
Ethereal.
Some kind of divine love and light embedded in its fabric.
This feeling of being protected,
Supported and contained.
The more we expose ourselves from a place of feeling protected,
Supported and our energy contained,
The more likely we are of participation,
Interaction,
Getting ourselves out into the world where we belong.
In time you won't need to listen to this meditation guide.
You will simply be able to pull that cloak of protection out of your pocket with a few deep breaths and the power of visualisation.
I strongly encourage you,
If you think this is something you are going to use regularly,
To start playing around with the visuals and using your senses to really bring this cloak to life.
Thinking about how it feels on your skin,
The weight of it on your body and around your shoulders,
The colour,
The shape.
There might be a particular scent that goes with this cloak.
And where will you place this cloak in between using it?
Maybe you would like to journal some of the places or people who may inspire you to use this cloak in the future.
So in your mind's eye,
Alas,
When you're ready,
Just clocking whatever you're feeling right now within your body and your mind.
To see yourself taking off the cloak now.
You might like to carefully wrap it up or fold it up and pop it away.
Until you next feel it would be useful for you to pull it out again.
Wishing you peace.
