The seven steps of shedding your skin,
A poetic visualisation,
A somatic meditation,
A sensory exploration.
Settle in to the whispers of self,
Soul,
And sensations.
Summon your inner snake,
See it,
Sense it,
Transform with it.
This body,
This skin provides the path of your experience.
Accept and feel whatever is present with compassionate awareness.
Observe sensations as they flux and change.
Allow the sounds to hiss as you slither on through.
The time has come to transform yourself.
Relax into a cosy,
Comfy seat,
Free from disturbances.
Rest your bones.
Settle into an easeful position.
Close your eyes and sense within yourself.
Feel the breath rise and fall like the slow swell of an ocean.
This is your practice.
Authorise yourself.
Adjust as necessary.
We all shed our skins in exceptional and extraordinary ways.
The process begins.
The path of spiritual unfolding arises.
Step one.
Witness.
Sense with presence the state of your inner soil.
What songs are you singing?
What spiels are you spitting?
Spectate the stories sewn and sewing inside the tapestry of your existence.
Your skin is striking and spirited.
Experience the fullness of you.
Shapes,
Textures,
Colours,
Contours.
Profess.
I recognise and accept myself,
My cycles,
Seasons,
And phases.
Step two.
Discover.
Decipher the essences you wish to sustain or cease.
What serves your spirit?
What severs your soul?
Establish connection.
Notice sensations.
Seek balance.
Your skin is expanding and compressing.
Explore space,
Breath,
Breadth,
And capacity for growth.
Profess.
I stir up the shifts that behest my best health.
Step three.
Initiate.
Stimulate passion and purpose into action.
What's being fertilised?
See it flourish.
What's being composted?
See it diminish.
Concede release.
Embrace discomfort.
Arouse ambition.
Your skin is digesting and releasing.
Process the past and metabolise life's lessons.
Profess.
I receive,
Express,
And cleanse myself with sovereignty.
Step four.
Surrender.
Pause to smell the roses.
Inhale.
What's inspiring you?
Exhale.
What's depressing you?
Relinquish your grasp.
Unshackle the chains.
Your skin is realising and renouncing.
Snip the cords of attachment to find presence.
Profess.
I choose a state of grace and compassion.
Step five.
Listen.
Take yourself on a quest of authenticity.
What truths or toxins are your lips spilling?
What peace or poisons are your ears absorbing?
Explore the paradox.
Betwixt shadow and luminescence.
Your skin is adjusting and harmonising.
Practice what you preach.
Preach only what you practice.
Profess.
I rest into the silence.
But I shall not be silenced.
Step six.
Understand.
Close your eyes.
Spiral your sight inwards.
What patterns are resurfacing within self and surroundings?
How can you transcend your limitations and trust your intuition?
Authorise your inner seeing eye to access and transmit your deepest wisdom.
Your skin is rebirthing and blossoming.
Step into your wise,
Sage self.
Embrace absolution.
Profess.
I trust myself as my own sacred counsellor.
Step seven.
Synthesise.
Settle and sink into the earth beneath you.
Breathe yourself in.
Sigh yourself out.
Soften the body.
Release the soul.
Dissolve the ego.
Your skin is self-sourcing and sourcing self.
Bask within your sanctified sanctuary.
Profess.
I am spirited by self and source.
Presence.
Essence.
Purpose.
Grace.
Authenticity.
Wisdom.
All reside inside.
Skin shed.
Rebirthed.
The next mystery unravels.
