Welcome to a Soulodge guided journey with Owl.
Shamanic journeys are like dreams,
Except that we can direct a little bit and recall more detail because we're mostly awake.
That being said,
You will descend deeply within in order to arrive at the gateway to the underworld where you'll travel one level deeper than usual.
Smudge your space and pause this audio now if you need to make time for that.
It'll enhance your experience to shed anything you're carrying which isn't your energy,
Anything that's perched atop your own energy field or got stuck on you out in the world.
Name whatever it is you're letting go of,
And let the smoke or spray dissipate that energy and open you up for your journey inward.
Have your journal and a pen near you,
As well as a glass of water.
You can do this meditation seated or lying down in journey pose if you like.
Lie on your back,
Palms facing up,
Head in alignment,
Or seated upright,
Legs folded,
And hands open in receptive pose.
Feel your bones fully engaged with the earth.
With a deep breath and a relaxed,
Straight spine,
Fill your belly with air.
Let the ocean breath rise and fall while you imagine the breath of the forest expanding and contracting,
The trees literally inhaling and exhaling as one body,
The lungs of the earth,
In and out.
Keep this breath going in a slow rhythm.
Feel the pulse of your own heartbeat.
Imagine yourself in a very safe place in nature.
Maybe it was a place you played as a child,
Where you were free to run wild with the wind in your hair and dirt under your fingernails.
Meet your totem or guide at a portal.
Maybe it's a rabbit hole or a hollowed out tree trunk.
Maybe it's a dock on the water,
Any place that will lead you in and down.
Your animal guide will know the way.
Slide gently into the lower world via this portal Ride the roots of that tree or the earthen sides of the rabbit hole or dive into the waters of life and sense the depths all around you as you descend.
Emerge slowly into the lower world,
Taking soft notice of the landscape that surrounds you now.
Feel the pulse of your own heartbeat.
Ride gently into the lower world,
Taking soft notice of the landscape that surrounds you now.
Begin to make your way slowly through this landscape.
Make your way deeper into the environment.
Allow yourself to be curious,
And fearless,
Wandering deeper into the landscape with your guide.
Allow your guide to lead the way with full trust that it knows where the gateway to the underworld is.
Notice any details around you now.
Imagine yourself approaching a gateway.
There's a closure over a portal,
And owl is sitting atop a post in front of it.
Introduce yourself respectfully to owl.
Tell her your purpose is to come and retrieve a message from the underworld.
Ask her to take you down to the underworld.
Ask her to take you down so that you can see what rests,
And what is restless,
In the land below the land.
When you're ready,
Extend your arm,
And ask her to be your eyes in the dark.
The guide who came with you will await your safe return at the portal entrance.
A fierce owl spreads her wings and hops to your arm,
And the portal opens.
Creaking like an ancient door,
It slides away.
Peer into the darkness,
And check in with your senses now.
Overlap yourself with crippled memory and Empirics with your soul.
Feel your way with Owl,
To guide you down,
Down,
Down.
What do you hear?
What do you smell?
Begin to glide through the landscape,
Moving with the energy of owl now.
Spirit messengers are beginning to appear.
Who do you recognize?
Who do you hear?
Who do you stare clear of?
Who do you hear?
Who do you hear?
Who has a message for you to take back to ordinary reality?
Who do you hear?
Who do you hear?
Who do you hear?
Who do you hear?
