And let's start with three deep breaths,
Breathing in through our nose and out through our mouth.
Let's go ahead and start to feel that familiar tug of gravity on our arms,
On our sit bones,
In our legs.
And if it's in your practice to set a grounding connection,
Let's do that.
So a grounding connection is a visual that connects your body to the earth.
So it might be a set of tree roots,
A waterfall,
Or just simply a beam of light.
And now with each exhale,
You're just simply going to allow anything that's not serving you today,
Any old programming,
Any external conditioning that doesn't align with your spirit.
With each exhale,
You're just allowing that to drop down through your body and out into the earth.
The earth is so much wiser and grander,
Older than any of our petty concerns or aches and pains.
Just allow your body and your spirit to be gently,
Effortlessly cleaned out.
And as that happens,
There's a natural process of creating a little bit of an emptiness.
It's almost like a vacuum.
It wants to pull up nourishment as it empties out anything that doesn't serve.
And just allow that space that's been created to gently be nourished by the air,
By the soil.
I like to imagine myself in a really beautiful,
Healthy place in nature,
Someplace that would feel so nourishing to me today.
So I invite you to also take this journey.
Go somewhere on planet earth that would feel deeply relaxing and nourishing to your system.
And just allowing your body to go there.
You can lie down in this place.
If there's water,
You can be floating in the water.
And just let your body and your spirit start to recalibrate.
You're allowing yourself to relax into the pace of nature.
Are there any sounds that you notice in this place?
Is there a color or color palette?
Just allow yourself to be deeply nourished.
It's like Mother Earth knows the perfect elixir,
The perfect smoothie for you.
It has everything your body desires and needs in this moment.
So in your in-breath,
You're just breathing in the nourishment and the energy of that place.
And then in your out-breath,
You're allowing anything that doesn't serve just wash off you back into the earth.
We are a creation of the earth,
Just like all the plants and birds and animals.
And we are nourished by the earth in the same ways.
Now if you're having a really delightful time in that place in nature,
I invite you to stay there.
And I invite you to look up.
And if it's nighttime,
You may see a sky full of stars.
If it's daytime,
You may just see the sky.
I invite you now to connect with the heavens,
Just like we connected with the earth.
So we've created a beautiful circuit of inhale and exhale with the earth energy.
And in a similar fashion,
We're going to allow ourselves to be nourished by heavenly energy,
Cosmic chi.
And so to do this,
I just open my crown chakra,
Which is my chakra at the top of my head,
Right on the crown.
And I just have the gentle intention that I'm opening my crown to allow unconditional love and guidance from the heavens to come in through my crown.
And perhaps you feel something strongly,
And perhaps it's more subtle.
But just know that there's heavenly energy coming in through your crown.
It's aligned with unconditional love.
And it's just raining down on you like a cosmic shower.
Comes in through your crown,
Down over your head and torso,
Down through your arms,
Down into your organs and your belly,
All the way down into your pelvis and your groin,
And out your legs and your feet.
I like to give the light that's coming in a color.
So you can think of starlight shining down in through your crown.
Maybe it's blue or gold,
Violet.
Now see if you can become aware of both of these energies circulating in your body.
So with the in-breath,
You're breathing in the nourishment of that special place in nature,
And releasing anything that doesn't serve.
And you're also gently allowing your crown to be open to receiving heavenly guidance,
Giving yourself and your spirit permission to be exactly who you are today in this world.
Maybe those colors start to mix in your body.
Maybe there's a color of the nature and a color of the starlight.
Whatever your experience,
Just allow it to be gentle and nourishing.
Let's gently bring our awareness into our heart and into our heart chakra,
Which is just the energetic center around the heart.
If it feels comfortable for you,
Feel free to gently place your hands on top of your heart.
And let's just start with some gentle kindness,
Some metta to ourselves.
Just acknowledging,
Just being a tender witness to the fact that we're human on planet earth.
May I be well.
May I be happy.
May I know love.
May I know peace.
Let's also gently acknowledge sorrow and suffering in our life,
The presence of loss,
Presence of grief,
Our humanness,
That there's pain in our world.
Let's gently acknowledge the joy and the laughter and the goodness that also makes up our heart and our lives.
And finally,
Let's acknowledge that the world is as it is.
We cannot change the world.
All beings are the owners of their own karma.
We ourselves can own our own thoughts,
Sentiments,
And actions,
But can't change others.
Thank you for practicing with me today.
