A Divine Journey Of Breath, Presence, And Sacred Elements

We always begin and end our meditation journey with three long,

Slow,

Deep breaths together.

And this is a time of bringing yourself fully present with each exhale,

Letting go of anything that's not of this moment.

With each inhale,

Celebrating your breath flooding to every cell of your body,

The top of your head,

The tips of your fingers,

The tips of your toes,

And just embracing the choice that you have made to be right here,

Right now,

In this present moment,

Choosing to be a part of this collective,

Choosing to open your heart and your mind to the messages of spirit,

Choosing to magnify and amplify,

Multiply your own love and energy,

And share that back out with the world.

All right.

First breath in.

Let that all the way out.

Next breath in and release.

Magical third breath in and release.

Listen to a natural and comfortable rate of breathing,

This conscious and deep and full,

And at the same time,

Relaxed and natural.

Staying connected to your breath,

Staying connected to your body.

Take just a moment to feel yourself connected to the earth,

Connected to your chair,

Whatever surface is supporting you.

If you're sitting,

You can feel the earth supporting your bottom.

If you're standing,

You can feel the magic of the earth touching your feet.

Just feel yourself for a moment wrapped in the warm embrace of Mother Earth.

You're so safe.

You're so grounded.

You are so much a part of this beautiful physical planet that you helped create,

That your body came from,

That your body will return to.

Just feel warmth flooding your body.

You're wrapped in the warm embrace of the original mother.

Now imagine that you are flooded from above with a beautiful,

Warm,

Golden light.

This light is so thick and rich that it's almost like warm honey.

It's completely joining the energy of the earth,

Bathing you in warmth and light,

Infinite wisdom and infinite intelligence.

You are so safe and so grounded and yet so powerful,

So untethered.

It's as if you are a planet in your own right.

Celebrate this duality for a moment,

That you can be of physical form.

You can be of the earth and at the same time,

You can be of spirit.

You never need sacrifice one for the other.

You can experience the joy and the wonder,

The miracle of the divine being that you are at the same time as you are fully embracing and relishing and reveling in the sensory experience of being a human.

In this journey today,

Take the opportunity to celebrate all of the things that you got right in the past two weeks.

The smallest things from the time that you chose to smile instead of scold,

And the time that you chose to think positive instead of dwelling on the negative,

The time that you stopped to smell a flower and embrace that beauty,

To the steps that you took to banish an old habit and embrace a new one,

Times that you had courage to face something that was unknown,

The times that you faced down fear and chose to embrace courage and faith.

Just imagine that you can reach right around and pat yourself on the back,

Give yourself a warm hug,

Feel the hug from the infinite from mother earth and embrace this feeling of accomplishment,

Of satisfaction,

Of watching the work that you're doing in the world grow and blossom.

I'd love to take you on a little journey of further integrating,

Of further recognizing and wielding the powerful tools that you have at your disposal for crafting and creating this life the way that you want,

For recognizing and choosing and setting out on the path that you choose.

Let's begin by imagining a forest.

You can see the sun dappling through the trees,

Casting beautiful,

Mysterious little flecks and sparks of dancing light on the forest floor,

Like a beam of light that shines on the path before you.

You start out onto this path that weaves into the forest.

You can only see to the next bend,

But as soon as you get to the next bend,

Walk through that curve,

You see the path moving on into the next curve.

You take each step exactly at the speed that you choose,

Feeling your feet connect to the soft,

Warm earth,

Feeling your body light and agile and free as you make your way down this path.

And very soon you come to a clearing.

This is a beautiful glade full of brilliant green grass and flowers of every type.

The path leads to the very center of this glade,

Of this field,

Where you see a bench,

A chair that you can sit on.

This bench can look like anything you want.

This is a beautiful,

Wonderful time to activate your imagination and decide if your chair is a throne or if it's a soft cushion of warm furs or a magical toadstool that molds to your body.

Whatever comes to your mind,

To your imagination,

This is your seat,

Chosen especially for you,

For you to sit and relax and do the work of embracing the tools that the universe has for you.

Now make your way to this seat,

Settle yourself in,

Give yourself a big smile of satisfaction.

Maybe you rub yourself,

Your hands together in anticipation of the beautiful work you're about to do.

Now right before you magically appears a table or a bench or a workstation of any kind.

Again,

You can use your imagination.

This can be a bench that's made of wood.

It can be made of stone.

It can be made of seashells.

It's a surface upon which you will gather the tools that you will use to craft this experience,

To prepare yourself to move into the waning phases of the moon,

To do the work of cutting away what doesn't serve you,

Of letting go of old habits and routines and embracing courage and faith and love and creativity as you move into the next phase of your life.

Now once this bench is clearly formed in your mind,

Imagine that you are presented with conjured from your own imagination,

A tool that represents the swords,

A tool that represents wind,

A tool that represents air or the intellect.

This can be anything that you want.

It can be a short sword,

Which is my favorite tool.

It's silver and it has a beautiful hilt that's encased in jewels and it fits very nicely on the belt at my side.

Your tool may be embracing the power of the wind of a powerful storm that swirls all around you that you conjure up with your imagination and with your power.

It could be the miracle of your breath that you celebrate as you breathe in the immortal,

Never born,

Never died air that exists in this beautiful,

Brilliant atmosphere.

Anything that your mind can bring to mind,

It could be a quill or a pen or a typewriter that represents your intellect and your powerful,

Powerful mind and your way of creating.

Take just a moment to bring forth this brilliant tool.

Once you've formed this tool in your imagination,

Pick it up and add it to your body in whatever way makes sense to you.

If it's a sword,

You can slide it into a beautiful sheath that's made just for your magical sword.

If it's a quill,

You can put it in a pouch that's attached to your side.

If it's an element of air,

Wind,

A soft breeze,

A storm that you conjured,

Imagine this just absorbing into your body and becoming a part of you,

Embodying every cell of your body so that you rise to the height of a goddess,

You rise to the height of a god.

You are the ruler of this kingdom over which you hold all dominion.

Embrace the power of this tool.

The second element for my reading today is the element of water,

The suit of cup,

Representing the Prince of Cups,

Which was our second card in our meditation and our drawing today.

So bring to mind any tool that represents for you the element of water.

This could be a giant bowl of water that you can see your reflection,

That you can lift into your hands and put over your head or over your body.

It could be a beautiful chalice that holds water that you can drink from,

That you can share with others.

You can imagine that there is a beautiful little stream at your feet that you can put your feet into,

Or that there's a waterfall that you've conjured beside you that falls at your command.

Any way that you can bring forth the element of water that feels aligned with your spirit,

Aligned with your imagination,

Bring this element forth.

Once you are fully in love with and fully envisioning the tool that you have conjured,

Which is the element of water,

Bring that to become a part of who you are in whatever way feels natural to you.

You might shrink the bowl of water down into a size that fits in your pouch or simply hold it in your lap.

You can lift your chalice and drink from it.

You can put your feet in the stream,

Put your hand in the waterfall,

Whatever your unique and brilliant mind and imagination brought forth to represent the beautiful element of water,

Let that become a part of you,

A weapon,

A tool,

A gift that you embody and bring with you on the next steps of your journey.

We have already embraced the element of earth as we combined our body with the surface that we are seated on.

We have already embraced the element of fire when we were bathed in the golden light.

So now we are fully representative of all the four elements,

Earth and air,

Water and fire.

We are gods and goddesses.

We hold all dominion over the world that we create.

We hold all power over every choice,

Every thought that we embrace or reject,

Every action that we choose or deny,

Every moment that we make the decision to move forth in courage and faith and love.

This is our power.

This is our gift.

This is the process that we use to strengthen and embody ourselves,

To fill ourselves up with love,

With care,

With devotion,

To embrace and embody all of the magic of the universe,

To magnify and multiply and add our own special,

Unique flavor to this beautiful energy and share it back out into the world,

Multiplied a thousand times over.

You are this goddess.

You are this god.

You are this brilliant,

Amazing,

Fully empowered human being,

Walking in divinity on this planet,

Choosing any path,

Knowing that whatever path you choose is the right one.

When it feels good to you,

Rise from your bench and wander back out through the forest along the winding path,

Back into your original seat here in your body,

Here on this earthly plane,

Here in this beautiful place that you've chosen to spend this sacred time,

In this sacred,

Beautiful collective.

Say hello to this magical seat,

This magical place,

This magical time.

We'll end this meditation with three long,

Slow,

Deep breaths in together.

With each breath in,

Allow yourself to embody this feeling.

Allow this magic to infuse every cell of your body,

Every fiber of your being,

Every ounce of the energy within this field that is yours.

Let your intentions become one with you,

Deep in your heart,

Deep in your belly,

Filling you with the confidence to be vulnerable,

The confidence to move forward in creativity and imagination,

Exploring and choosing each option before you,

Knowing that every step on your path leads you to greater joy,

Greater happiness,

Greater freedom,

Greater knowledge and wisdom and truth.

With first breath in,

Release.

Next breath in,

Release.

Magical third breath in.

And let that all the way out.

We vow to embrace and embody our own worthiness,

Our own power,

Our own ability to move forth with intention and love and courage and faith.

And together we say yes and thank you and so it is and namaste.