Hi there,
My name is Richard and this is a meditation for transitions.
I guess over the years I've found it a little bit tough in transitions,
Whether it be the changing seasons from summer to fall or autumn or whether it be moving around or changing jobs or when something has ended that's made me upset.
And it's at this time or these times when our nervous system can become dysregulated,
Activated and also when we are at our most vulnerable.
So it's so important at these times to drop back into ourselves and place self-care at the top of our agenda.
I've found that meditation has been a really good tool for me in navigating these changes.
So wherever you are right now,
If you can take a seat or lie down and just get as comfortable as possible.
You know the most important thing during these turbulent times is really to ground ourselves,
To maybe cultivate a sense of stability,
Cultivate a sense of rootedness.
So yeah,
Just getting comfortable,
Letting the shoulders drop and letting tension fall away if we can.
Just imagine it leaving the body.
And sometimes what helps us to ground is to come back to this breath.
So maybe just taking or making space for maybe two or three deep in breaths and slow smooth out breaths.
Each in breath nourishing this body.
And just checking into the landscape of the body now.
Just noticing sensations and perhaps even dropping into this idea of gravity holding us.
Perhaps letting our intention for this practice to be,
To ride the waves,
But in a stable,
Rooted,
Grounded way.
The monk and guru Bhimisodran often said that we are the blue sky and everything else is the weather.
So perhaps that can align with our intention.
While everything else is changing around us,
Moving,
We are strong and stable.
So sitting here or lying here or even standing here with strong backs and soft fronts.
And I know the mind might be busy right now and that's okay,
That's what minds do.
They worry or catastrophize or try to find ways out.
Just if we can,
Just bring it back to this sense of groundedness or rootedness and stability,
Being held by gravity.
And also using this breath.
We can use or return to phrases that might help us right now like,
I'm okay,
And this is okay,
I'm safe.
Because the fact of the matter is that you are safe,
You are okay,
You are protected in this moment and the next and the next.
And if you're sitting or lying,
One might help in this practice is to maybe hold ourselves.
So perhaps bringing the hand to the chest,
Placing it on the chest or on the tummy.
We have this ability to hold ourselves and hug ourselves.
Again regulating our nervous system,
Bringing peace and calm and serenity in difficult moments.
Maybe we can check in with the breath in the body and see how it moves.
Feel the hands moving with the body and the torso and the chest.
And again returning back to our phrases of,
I'm okay,
I'm safe and I'm protected.
Just sitting here while everything changing,
We're rock solid and stable,
Grounded and rooted,
Letting all the tension sift away,
Nourishing ourselves with each breath.
Just breathing naturally,
Riding these waves.
And before we end this practice,
Perhaps offering ourselves some kindness,
So repeating after me,
May I be safe,
May my spirit be strong,
May I be protected and may I be filled with deep healing.
So when you're ready just taking two or three deep in breaths and slow smooth out breaths.
Knowing that all is okay and all will be just fine.
Thank you.
