Welcome to My Aligned Life.
This meditation is a return,
Not to who you were,
But to who you're becoming.
There's no need to rush.
You don't need to know anything.
You just need to be here.
Begin by finding stillness.
Allow your body to settle like sand at the bottom of water.
Let your breath slow.
Inhale gently.
Exhale fully.
There's nothing here to fix,
Nothing to figure out.
This is the space between letting go and what comes next.
And it's okay if you don't know what to do with that.
You spent a lifetime doing.
This is a place for being.
Allow yourself to feel what's here for you,
Whether that be the ache of release,
The uncertainty of what's ahead,
The quiet stretch of becoming.
Repeat in your mind's eye,
I am allowed to not know.
I am allowed to be in between.
Visualize yourself in a wide open field just before sunrise.
The light hasn't arrived,
But the dark has softened.
It's quiet,
Sacred,
And still.
You're barefoot in the dew-soaked grass and the horizon holds promise,
Not pressure.
Let the field become a mirror.
Let yourself be breathed.
Let yourself be held by this moment,
No striving,
No grasping,
Just presence.
Feel the hum of life beneath the stillness,
The quiet rhythm that continues even when you pause,
Even when you don't know the way forward.
You're not separate from this moment.
You are the moment made visible.
Breathe into your body as if it were the landscape,
Vast and unrushed and timeless.
And as you release,
Dissolve even further.
Feel the edges of your body blur into this space.
Let the stories,
The timelines,
The self-imposed deadlines melt into the soil.
What if this was the point?
Not the breakthrough,
Not the next version,
But this sacred undoing,
This divine pause,
This quiet awareness.
Begin to notice who you are here.
Not in relationship to what you do or who you serve,
But in your stillness,
Your breath,
Your essence.
Maybe,
Just maybe,
You can hear a whisper,
A truth that you haven't had time to hear until now.
Let it speak.
This is a space that gives life to clarity,
Not because you force it,
But because you make room for it.
Repeat in your mind's eye,
I trust this space to shape me.
I trust myself to stay here long enough to hear what matters.
Now,
Let your breath deepen.
Prepare yourself to return,
Not rushed,
But renewed,
Knowing you don't need to leap forward.
You don't need to go back.
You just need to honor the space you're in.
When you're ready,
Slowly begin to come back.
Wiggle your fingers,
Roll your shoulders,
Stretch your body in a way that feels like a yes.
Feel your breath anchor you here in this moment.
Taking in one more inhale for presence.
One long exhale for trust.
And remember,
Becoming isn't a moment.
It's a sacred unfolding.
Carry this stillness with you.
Let it shape how you move,
How you speak,
And how you lead.
Remembering you are not behind.
You are right on time.
This is Laura Southall from My Aligned Life.
Thank you for letting me walk beside you today.
