Connecting To The Healing Presence Within You

Welcome.

I invite you to begin by getting comfortable.

Maybe that is finding a comfortable seat,

Laying down,

Maybe finding pillows,

Blankets,

Whatever you need to feel fully supported.

When you're ready,

I invite you to close the eyes if that feels comfortable,

Or just finding a soft gaze.

Noticing the muscles around your eyes,

Allowing the eyeballs to soften into their sockets.

Relaxing the jaw,

Softening the brow.

I invite you to take a deep breath in,

Filling up,

Pausing at the top.

Open the mouth,

Sighing out the breath.

Let's do that one more time.

Deep breath in.

Open the mouth.

Letting the weight of your body to release towards the earth.

Now beginning to let your breath relax.

Just a gentle in and out.

And see if as your breath goes in and out,

Inhale and exhale.

Is it possible to soften just a bit on every single exhale?

As we soften and as we make space,

As we breathe,

We can begin to feel a kind of flow within.

Almost like gentle waves.

The rise and fall of your chest,

Your belly.

A sense of subtle movement in the body and through the body.

Relaxing any tension you might be holding and with each exhale,

Allowing that tension to relax,

Even if just slightly.

Almost as if each exhale were a wave washing through the body.

Feeling any holding,

Any gripping.

As you begin to soften,

Relax.

I invite you to begin to imagine that you're standing beside a body of water.

It's a beautiful body of water that brings you a gentle peace.

Perhaps somewhere you've been before or maybe someplace imagined.

You take in this body of water,

Giving yourself a moment to experience the beauty and the power of this place with all of your senses.

Feeling the breeze on your skin,

Smelling the earth,

The air,

The water,

Taking in the sounds around you.

And as you take in this place,

You begin to move towards the water.

As you approach the edge of the water,

It calms,

Inviting you towards it.

The surface is perfectly still,

Like crystal.

Knowing that in this moment,

The water is fully safe.

You begin to enter it.

Maybe wading in slowly or diving right in.

And you begin to dip right below the surface of the water.

You feel the crystal blue water expand around you.

You see the sunlight streaming through the surface of the water.

This pure light bounding off the bottom beneath you.

Everything,

Everywhere is sparkling.

And as you dip below the surface,

You begin to feel an overwhelming sense of calmness wash over you.

You start to feel into the flow within you and around you.

And you notice that breath is miraculously available to you,

Even underwater.

As if you had sprouted gills or become some sort of a sea creature,

Moving with ease under the surface of the water.

You can see all that you need to see.

Very little effort is required to move.

As you float and swim about,

Taking in all there is to experience in this place.

You notice that the water is calm down here,

Perfectly still.

Maybe all you see is simply clear water and the sand or dirt beneath you.

Or maybe you notice beautiful little fish,

Rock formations.

And you grow curious and you start to explore swimming around.

And taking in the sights,

Marveling at the beauty of this underwater paradise.

As you swim around,

You begin to see a path emerge in front of you.

It's calling you to flow with it.

In your own time,

You begin to swim along this path,

Noticing your surroundings as you go.

Anything that may appear to you.

You're gradually descending as you swim along,

Moving down,

Down,

Deeper and deeper into the water.

And as you swim,

You eventually find yourself in an open space,

Completely still and calm.

You gaze in wonder at this expansive space.

You didn't even realize existed just below the surface.

And you can feel the magic of this place.

And you're bathed in its beauty and its magic,

Absorbing it into you through your pores.

And waiting for you here,

Emerging from this water is a healing presence.

Perhaps it takes on a form,

A shape,

Maybe even a human form.

Someone who you know or someone you've never met.

This presence floating there in front of you.

You notice its shape,

Its quality,

And how it radiates a peaceful,

Soft,

Healing energy.

And as you look upon this healing presence,

It begins to speak.

Welcome,

It says.

I have been waiting for you.

And as you connect with this healing presence,

You feel its energy washing in you,

Out of you,

Around you,

Filling you with this deep,

Grounded sense of peace and ease.

And as you face this healing energy,

You get this sense that it has something to share.

And so you ask it.

What part of me needs attention?

What part of me needs my healing attention?

And you listen,

Knowing that the answer may come as a feeling,

A sensation,

Image,

A deep knowing.

What part of me needs attention?

As you receive this message,

You receive it deeply and wholeheartedly.

Taking in all that this healing presence has to offer,

You ask another.

What will help my healing?

What will help my healing?

When you receive this message,

Taking it in,

In whatever form it may arrive.

As you remain in this healing presence,

Taking in its energy,

You ask one more question.

Is there anything else I need to know?

Is there anything else I need to know?

I'm listening.

You receive whatever it is that this presence has to share,

Fully welcoming it into your entire being.

When the experience feels complete,

You express your deep gratitude to this healing presence.

Taking it from your depths,

Knowing that you can always return to this place to seek guidance at any time for anything.

Because this presence itself is steady and exists within you.

This healing presence exists within.

Saying goodbye for now,

You turn to swim away.

Making your way back through this underwater wonderland.

Swimming up and up,

Up and up until your head eventually breaks the surface of the water.

Taking in a full breath of fresh air.

Filling up your lungs.

You begin to swim slowly to the edge of the body of water.

Making your way up onto the land where you lay down the earth at your back,

Gazing up at the sky above you.

Feeling this healing presence still within you,

Radiant and soft.

Allowing this feeling of healing to remain within.

And invite you to bring one or both hands to rest somewhere on the body,

Anywhere this healing energy might reside.

Begin to more consciously invite breath back into the body.

Feeling your hands,

Filling the lungs.

As you're ready and only as you're ready.

Beginning to return to this space.

Whatever space you're in.

Slowly coming back.