Hello and welcome!
This is Clea.
What I'm going to share in this recording may sound a bit unusual to some of you,
However I found it really helpful and this is why I want to share it because I think that some of you may also find it helpful too or you may find it a bit unusual and helpful at the same time.
So there are two types of meditations that I personally practice at least at this time.
Heart coherence and mindfulness somatic meditation.
Heart coherence has to do with connecting with your heart,
With the good feelings in your heart,
The love,
The gratitude and expanding those feelings and staying in those feelings.
While mindfulness,
Something between mindfulness and somatic meditation,
It's part of my practice,
It has to do with noticing your body and the sensations,
Letting thoughts go.
Especially when this is coupled with shadow work and visualization practices,
I find it to be really powerful and healing.
So in today's practice,
I was finding it a bit difficult to concentrate because of things that are going on in my life and those were coming up and it was being somehow hard to concentrate and to be in the present.
And as I was noticing the feelings and the sensations and what they mean or what they are trying to tell me,
What is their message,
Because every motion brings a message and there is an insight in every motion and even in the triggers and even in the things that keep coming in our minds,
There is something there that they are trying to tell us.
What happened is that there was a moment when I just noticed my brain going into alpha state and my body completely relaxing and I noticed that my mind and my attention was being on an octopus.
I was visualizing an octopus and the movement of his arms was according to my breath and in this moment and after that,
My breath had changed.
It was way more relaxed,
My body was fully relaxed and my mind was just focused in these movements that were in accordance with my breath.
And after that,
I just kept visualizing these movements and my breath according to them.
And after that,
In another meditation that I did today,
I just tried to practice this,
Bringing the attention to the movement and to my breath.
And it was really interesting because somehow it was giving the brain something to be focused on when it was difficult to focus in the breath itself.
So the brain was visualizing something while the body was relaxing into the sensation of deep and gentle breaths.
This is what I wanted to share that sometimes it may be helpful to focus on something else rather than your breath or when it is difficult to focus only in your breath,
Visuals that are in accordance with your breath can be really helpful.
And you can give this practice a try.
It doesn't have to be an animal octopus,
It may be something that feels interesting to you and genuine and fun,
Like an animated version or a spirit guide or something that feels in alignment with you and makes it easier to just relax in the present moment and concentrate in the present moment and in the breath and be centered in your own energy.
Or like a baby octopus.
This is what I was visualizing and I remember I have a fluff toy of an octopus that I used to keep it always near my bed because it was just so sweet with that smile.
It was really beautiful.
Every time that I see her it just makes me so happy and the color was so sweet and maybe this is the connection that came to my meditation today.
So give it a try and I'd really love to know your experience.
Let me know.
Sending you guys so much love.
Thank you so much for being here.
We will hear again in the next recording.
Bye for now.
