You are listening to the Motherhood Unstressed Podcast and I'm your host,
Liz Carlisle.
Thank you so much for joining me for another guided meditation.
To be still and connect with who you really are,
Who you've always been,
And the person that you're evolving into now and into the future.
As much as our personalities can change,
Our interests,
Our locations,
Deep within remains that same essence.
And right now in this quiet space,
Actively connect to that essence,
That connection to source,
The universe,
And internal knowing that's always been there waiting for you to remember.
So let's start by getting comfortable.
You can sit cross-legged with your hands gently resting on your knees or lying flat on your back in Shavasana.
Whichever position you choose,
Let it be the right one for you.
Don't feel like you have to force yourself into a pose that you've seen others do.
How do you best connect to yourself,
To your heart?
To your internal essence?
And once you've found a comfortable position,
I want you to bring your attention to your breath.
Start bringing in more air through your nose,
Expanding your lungs,
Lengthening your shoulders away from your ears,
And sipping in just one more sip of air before you release.
And that first release should feel really good because so often we hold on to so much tension and anxiety and we hold our breath and we don't even realize we're doing it.
So keep elongating your breath cycles,
Keeping it in the nose and out the nose,
Expanding your lungs,
Letting your body know that it's safe and secure,
That you're not going anywhere.
You're here to witness anything that comes up and that that's okay.
This is your time to feel your emotions,
To feel and acknowledge anything that you might be suppressing.
Anything that you might be suppressing or avoiding or even just ignoring.
Giving yourself the space to be present,
To breathe,
To breathe deeply.
Let your body know that it's okay and that it can leave fight or flight and go into rest and restore.
And whether you do this in the morning or at night,
The benefits are immense and will be with you until the next time you sit down.
Keep breathing and we can scan our body which is another great way to bring yourself into the present.
So with a deep breath,
Bring your attention to the crown of your head and ever so slowly dripping your awareness down inch by inch through your body,
Relaxing as you go and not just relaxing but sending loving energy to every inch and becoming aware of what it feels like in your shoulders,
In your arms,
Your elbows,
Trickling down to your fingertips.
The more you pay attention,
The more you're able to be aware of the life force within you.
That intelligence I talked about earlier,
You can feel the blood moving,
You can feel something,
Something energetic not only within you but surrounding you,
Your life force.
Bringing your attention down lower into your hips,
Down your legs,
Past your knees,
Down your shins and calves,
Releasing tension in your ankles,
Down your feet to the tips of your toes.
Relax and breathe.
Enjoy the sensations that are arising now that you've given your body the space to explore and feel itself,
This perfect harmony,
Divine intelligence keeping you alive and alert in this creation of life.
Take the next minute or two to settle in,
To connect.
Be mindful of your breathing,
Keeping it ever so slightly exaggerated.
You can even become audible if you like your jai breath where it sounds like waves hitting the shore and if you fall asleep that's okay.
But try to be aware and let your breath guide you into an even deeper state of wellness and awareness and love,
Not just for yourself.
And love not just for yourself but for every other living being with the same life force that you're feeling in your own body.
It connects us all and when we tune in it only raises a collective vibration of earth and beyond.
When it's time to come out I'll let you know.
So so so take one more deep breath in and this time let it out through your mouth.
If you'd like to stay in shavasana or your seated position for longer please do.
If you're ready to begin your day or drift off to sleep you can do some gentle neck rolls,
Some wrist rolls,
Maybe get into tabletop and do some cat cows where you're elongating your spine and matching each shifted movement with your breath.
Especially if it's in the morning it's really good to do some stretches and grab some water.
Hydrate.
Thank you so much for joining me.
I hope it helped you connect to the divine presence within you.
Until next week,
Namaste.
You
