This is a guided meditation from Aquinnah
In Martha's Vineyard.
This is being recorded on March 3rd and
The days are starting to get a little
Longer and so I welcome you to join me
Here at this beautiful beach with no one
Else in sight.
It's just you and this exquisite nature
To nurture you.
In this guided meditation where we'll be
Connecting with our bodies,
We'll be
Connecting with the support of the
Earth,
And we'll be connecting with our
Breath.
So find a comfortable seated position or
Maybe you're inclined to lie down,
Let
Yourself rest,
Get yourself as comfortable as possible.
And I invite you to really set the
Intention to allow your imagination to
Enliven in this session.
Really see,
Sense,
And feel yourself in this
Nurturing nature wherever you are.
There's something so incredibly powerful
About our imaginative faculty and most
Of us it's very underutilized and yet
This is a muscle that we can develop
Just like any other muscle and so right
Now
We're just exploring this muscle of
Presence.
So we begin
On this beautiful beach.
You're sitting and gazing out at this
Exquisite golden sun and watching the
Ocean waves pumping wave after wave.
Continuously cleansing and renewing
Herself with such force,
Such power that
Emerges all on its own.
And you feel the warmth of the sun on
Your skin.
It starts to soften the joints of your
Body
And as you breathe in and out starting
To breathe this warmth from the sun into
The bones,
Into the marrow of your
Structure of your vessel.
And seated on this beach there's a
Beautiful stone warm from the sun that's
Supporting you and holding such an
Elegant lift in your spine.
Feeling the warmth and the strength and
The sturdiness of this stone supporting
Your back
And bringing your attention to your root.
To the very base of the tailbone
And allowing the legs to get heavy as
The firm moist sand beneath you
Pulls the body down like a magnet
Tethering you like seagrass deep beneath
The body.
Extending the roots from the tip of the
Tailbone down in through the sand
And pausing around eight inches beneath
The body.
Holding all your awareness here
In this soul star chakra.
Connecting with our deep primal origin.
And with the ripples of generations that
We carry in our bones and blood.
Breathing into this space
And allowing the spine allowing the
Space beneath the heart to find a sense
Of buoyancy and levity.
As we continue to travel and send that
Tail down.
Down through layers and layers of the
Earth's crust.
Traveling through.
Reaching all the way to the center core.
Feeling,
Sensing that root locking in
With the heartbeat
Of our great mother.
And sense,
Feel imagining this line of
Connection from the very heart of the
Earth.
Starting to travel up through the root
And into the belly into the pelvic bowl
As you breathe and soften the breath.
Sensing,
Feeling this connection in the
Bones and the marrow and the tissue and
The organs.
Traveling up into the second chakra.
Space slightly beneath the navel,
Our
Creative center.
Starting to deepen the breath as we
Breathe in and out through the belly and
With this glow of the sun,
This golden
Glow of the sun on the horizon.
Starting to access that golden glow of
The sun in the low belly.
Gazing out upon the sea,
Starting to
Sense,
Taste the fresh salt air.
The air is so sweet and so pure,
It's
Like every breath in experiencing a
Rebirth,
Every exhale allowing the tides
To carry away that which no longer
Serves and allowing this nurturing nature
Of the ocean,
Of the earth,
Of the sun,
Of the sky above to start to cleanse and
Purify all of the organs.
All of the joints and the low body and
The hips,
The knees,
The ankles.
Allowing the breath to deepen,
Traveling
Up into the solar plexus,
That golden
Glow of the sun.
Starting to build this pillar of light
Through the body or perhaps just clearing
The path for that which already exists.
But rooted,
Grounded,
Connected with the
Earth mother.
Sensing,
Feeling,
Imagining this glowing
Sensation through the root,
Through the
Low belly,
Through the solar plexus.
Creating the sense of buoyancy underneath
The heart,
Cradling behind the shoulder
Blades.
Feeling,
Sensing the warmth of the solid,
Steady boulder behind your back.
Supporting the back of the heart as the
Front of the heart receives this golden
Radiance of the sun.
And as the colors on the horizon start
To dance,
Noticing how these golden beams
Of light dance across these aqua blues
And whites and deep dark blues.
This abyss of color with lime green on
The horizon,
This lime green around the
Heart center.
Sensing,
Feeling this swirling of this
Green through the heart,
The upper heart,
The space directly beneath the collar bones,
The clavicle,
The high heart.
Breathing,
Sensing,
Allowing this life
Force from the earth traveling up through
The body.
Breathing in and out,
Tasting this sweet
Clean air.
Purifying every thought,
Every feeling.
Allowing yourself to be held in this
Grace,
This power of the elementals.
Water,
Wind,
Air,
The sun.
And with this glowing sunlight that
Shines upon you,
Far westward on the
Horizon,
Allowing the sun right into the
Center of your throat.
Breathing in and out of this space as the
Soft wind gently caresses your skin.
Warmth of the sun,
The taste of the salt
Kissing the tongue.
Sensing into the back of the throat where
The back of the skull and the back of
The throat meet,
Holding your attention
There and just breathe.
Now cradling up through the jaw bone.
Allowing this healing,
Nurturing prana to
Cradle around through the back of the
Head,
Allow the tongue to get soft,
Allow
The jaw to get slack.
The space behind the eye sockets.
The left eye socket and the right eye socket.
The left inner ear and the right inner ear.
In the middle of the mind drawing this
Radiant golden light that's just starting
To kiss the edge of the horizon.
And it's as though with every breath in
These beautiful golden rays of the sun,
You can actually sense and feel them
Traveling in through the eyes,
In through
The heart,
In through the solar plexus,
In
Through the womb.
Drawing in this life force and with every
Exhale radiating this life force back out,
Plugged into the earth,
Connected with
This greater geometry,
This greater
Cosmology.
Bringing your awareness to the crown of
Your head.
Allowing the muscles in the scalp to
Soften.
As this golden light shines down upon
The crown of the head.
Sending out your receptors from the
Crown of the head to draw in this
Vitality,
This life force.
And cycling through a few rounds of
Breath here,
Come back to the heart for
A moment and just breathe.
Let your beautiful mind just rest for a
Moment or two on this heart and just
Breathe in and out of this space.
And here on this sacred land,
The glow
Of the sun just starting to find its way
Down through the horizon line,
Above and
Below simultaneously.
Just breathing in and out of that heart
Space,
Connecting with your deepest
Intentions for your connection,
Your
Inner connection and your remembering of
Your interconnectivity,
Your belonging
To this earth.
And with these solid stones at your
Back,
We gaze and we watch this radiant
Sun starting to dip its way down through
The horizon line as the golden light
Continues to dance across these waves
That just continuously flow in and out,
Carrying away all that no longer serves.
Continuously inviting the sense of
Regeneration and renewal.
For a few rounds of breath,
Let's just
Explore and really connect with the
Aroma,
The quality of air,
This freshness
And aliveness and prana from the sea,
Drinking it in with every breath.
We'll explore a few rounds of box
Breathing with just a simple inhale for
Four.
We'll pause for a count of four.
We'll exhale for a count of four.
And we'll pause for a count of four.
And I invite you as we explore this
Breath to really draw your senses into
This experience.
Allow yourself to sense,
Feel,
Imagine this life force that's
Flowing through you now.
And these
Healing regenerative qualities of nature
That are here with you,
Within you now.
As this glow of sun turns to this
Slight little sliver just dancing at the
Edge of the horizon,
We breathe in for
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
And pause.
Hold the breath.
Three,
Four.
Exhale all the way out.
And hold.
Two,
Three,
Four.
Breathing in.
And pause.
Hold the breath.
Just feel that
Prana.
Exhale.
Two,
Three,
Four.
And pause.
Hold the breath.
Very good.
Breathing in.
And pause.
Exhale.
And pause.
Good.
A few more rounds.
Let your belly soften on the inhale.
Three.
Good.
And pause.
Just feel that
Life force swirling around.
And exhale.
Empty,
Empty,
Empty.
Empty it out.
And pause.
Breathing in from the sea,
The earth.
Pause.
Exhale.
Good.
And pause.
Keep going here.
A few more rounds.
Beautiful.
Just returning back to normal breathing as
We hold this last little sliver of golden
Light just skimming across the surface of
This horizon.
And oh,
How the colors of
The sky have shifted and changed and the
Ever-pervading movement of these seas
Continuously rebirthing,
Ebbing and
Flowing.
Water our emotional body.
Constantly changing.
And yet this steadiness,
This rootedness,
This solidity of the earth beneath you
And these boulders still warm from the sun
Supporting you at your back.
Perhaps sensing into all the support,
The
Invisible support,
The unseen support that
Has your back.
Now bring your awareness into the central
Channel of your body,
Of your spine.
Beginning again with the root,
The tip of
The tailbone.
Again sensing that feeling,
That magnetic
Connection with the earth beneath you,
The support from Mother Gaia.
Traveling up through the tailbone,
Through
The pelvis,
Allowing all the inner organs
To be replenished,
Nurtured,
Held and loved,
Revitalized.
Infusing each vertebra of the spine with
Prana,
With life force as we travel through
The low belly and up through the solar
Plexus.
Up into the heart space and just reveling
In this nurturing nature.
Feeling a sense of a rolling back of the
Shoulder blades,
Allowing the blades to
Just glide down the back of the body.
Coming back to that sense of a buoyancy
Beneath the heart,
Almost as though unseen
Hands are holding gently,
Supporting,
Lifting that bottom in the back of the
Heart up,
Up towards the throat,
The center
Of your expression,
Your truth.
Traveling from the throat up to the back
Of the throat where it meets the skull.
Breathing in and out,
Feeling your own
Aliveness.
Yeah,
And now traveling up through the
Middle of the mind,
Up through the crown
Of the head and now rooted,
Connected
With the earth,
Sending your antenna up
About eight inches above the head.
Connecting with that higher self and
Just hovering here and breathing,
Open,
Soften,
Breathe,
Relax,
Breathing in these
Mystical mists of the sea.
The freshness,
The sweetness,
The salt
Taste of the air,
Freshly oxygenated air
And just hovering here in this high
Altitude space,
About eight inches above
The body,
Above the crown of the head.
Your intimate connection with your
Higher self.
Noticing what feeling sensations,
What
Colors,
What patterns might be emerging.
Just noticing,
Noticing the one that's
Noticing.
Noticing the one that's breathing the
Breath.
Noticing the one that's hearing the sea.
Seeing within.
And then traveling the awareness up
Higher,
Up higher,
Reaching up into,
Up
Into the sky as we start to notice the
Very first glimmers of starlight,
Making
Its glory visible as we're in that
Liminal space of the shifting from
Daytime into the evening.
As we connect up with the stars,
Sending
The energy up higher,
Maybe there's a
Favorite star or a favorite planet.
Perhaps traveling all up to the great
Central sun.
Rooted and anchored and traveling,
Ascending higher and higher.
Allowing that antenna to reach up.
And then allowing this golden,
Healing
Celestial light of the stars to start
Pouring down,
Pouring down through the
Crown of the head,
Pouring down behind
The eyes,
Pouring down into the jaw,
Into
The tongue,
Into the throat,
Into the back
Of the throat,
Pouring down into the
Shoulder joints.
Pouring down celestial starlight down
Behind the shoulder blades.
And bringing the starlight down into the
Earth and sending it out into the sea as
We draw it all the way down through the
Heart,
Through the solar plexus,
Through
The womb,
And out through the tail,
Sending the light of the stars down into
The earth and feeling that circuit of
Reciprocity with earth nurturing you
From below.
And the stars nurturing you from above.
And you as this channel of reciprocity
That's sending and receiving information
And nourishment and healing from your
Higher self,
From the earth,
Giving and
Receiving this toroidal field that's
Constantly in motion and yet when we
Place our attention upon it,
When we
Experience ourselves within it,
What is
It that emerges?
And just exploring a few rounds of
Breath of this deep connection with the
Stars,
With the sea,
With the earth
Beneath you.
That steady support behind you and this
Infinite vastness in front of you.
Cycling through a few more rounds of the
Box breathing.
Drawing in a breath for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And pause.
Feel the swirling around.
Good.
Exhale.
Two,
Three,
Four,
And pause.
Good.
Drawing in prana,
Vitality,
Starlight.
And pause.
Three,
Four.
Exhale.
Empty it all out and pause.
A few more rounds just on your own.
Let's go for a few minutes.
This beautiful land,
Very sacred to the
Wampanoag people,
The first people of
This land.
The energy has such a gentle,
Nurturing
Quality and such an aliveness of the
Elements.
And such generous creativity for all
Those who are seeking to connect more
Deeply with their creative center.
And with divine inspiration,
This land
Holds that frequency in such abundance.
And in the three journeys that I have
Experienced in this land in the last few
Months,
The question that continues to
Emerge is,
What if it were less about
Coming up with inspiration and more
About showing up for it?
How might I live my life differently?
Or what would need to happen in thought,
Feeling,
And action?
To live in such a way where I'm showing
Up for creative inspiration.
To create a sanctuary within myself
That inspiration wants to visit.
And how many different faces does
Inspiration wear?
In every ripple of the sea,
In every
Stone that belongs here on this beach.
In the birds,
In the beautiful trees
That softly hold this land.
The beautiful cliffs.
We're right out at the edge,
The most
Westward edge of this island.
These beautiful cliffs made of clay of
Red and white and yellow and black.
Clay that's been so purified by the land.
It's so soft and silky and it's the
Great creator's creation.
So as our time together in this
Nurturing nature comes to a close,
I really invite you to hold this
Frequency that you find yourself within
In this moment.
Allow it to infuse into your bones,
Into your blood,
Into your being and
Return to it or any other place,
Either
Physically in nature or for whatever
Reason,
We need to go there in our
Imagination as well.
Just really inviting this frequency to
Be felt and known and remembered in
Every cell of the body.
And in so doing,
Really activating this
Animism,
This sense of reciprocity,
This
Sense of interconnectivity,
Not only
With our great earth mother but also
With the greater cosmos.
So breathing in and breathing out as we
Begin to bring our experience in this
Moment to a place of closure.
Perhaps placing a hand on your heart
And a hand on your belly.
And just offering acknowledgement for
Taking this time to slow down and get
Curious,
To simply allow an openness and
Receptivity to this shared experience of
Connecting in nature's nurturing wonder
And magnetism and power.
And any final exhales,
Just offering
Anything that we don't need to carry or
Shoulder on our own anymore,
Just
Offering it to the sea.
And thanking the earth for holding us
With such generosity and for nurturing us
With such care.
And may any benefit,
May any merit that
We've generated in this practice
Together,
May it be of benefit to her.
May it be of benefit to the evolution of
Consciousness on this planet.
And as we join our hearts together
Across space,
Time,
And dimensions,
And as
We bring our energy into the heart space
Together,
Beyond the boundaries of time
And space,
Just here breathing now in the
Heart,
Gazing out across the sea.
I invite you to send any offerings in
Your heart,
Anything that perhaps you
Have tapped into within yourself in this
Experience,
Offering it out to the sea.
Offering it out to the earth,
Whether
It's something that you need support in
Holding,
Or perhaps you're feeling full,
Perhaps there's love within you that we
Can offer to the sea,
Offer to the ocean,
Offer to this planet,
And offer out into
The greater cosmos.
Allowing these ripples of love across
Space and time to ascend the
Consciousness of the collective.
One breath at a time,
One moment of
Remembering at a time.
And with hand on my heart,
I thank you
So much for joining me in this
Incredibly sacred space.
May you be at peace,
May all beings be at
Peace,
And may all beings know the divine
Creativity that flows to us and through
Us,
And may we all be conduits and
Channels of this divine inspiration.
May
We live our lives in accordance with
Showing up for it,
Rather than trying to
Come up with it,
And just allowing that
Creative inspiration to flow
From all directions,
Across space and
Time.
Thank you for joining me in this
Practice.
Take care.
Namaste.
