Hello,
This is Sarah,
The long-haul yogi,
And in this visualisation practice,
We're going to be meeting with the goddess of health and healing,
Soulus.
The ancient British called on and visited Soulus at her spa shrine in Bath for health and for healing.
Her waters there were said to be miraculous in their ability to effect cures.
Soulus is Celtic for sun and eye,
So she's thought to be a sun goddess.
Imagine her swimming through her healing waters into the light of the sun in her flowing white gown with vibrant long red hair,
Surrounded by seaweed and other life in the water.
She represents the depths all people must plumb in their journey to light,
Health and wholeness.
Soulus has come to tell you it's time to embrace the depths of wellness.
Make time for yourself and nourish the energy that you have.
It's time to let go of everything and make you the priority.
It's time to ask for what you need and let it in.
Give yourself permission to seek support and assistance for your healing process.
Illness is our bodies call for time off,
Time out or just plain simple rest.
Illness is a way for us to come face to face with what is no longer working for us,
What is no longer serving us and make the changes.
Have you been ignoring your own deep body requests for more time,
More space,
More attention?
Perhaps you've been too busy attending to everyone else's needs,
Always putting yourself last.
Ask yourself,
Do you experience any resistance to being in the depths of wellness?
Is there any blame there?
Regardless of what brought you to this dance,
You're here and need to put everything aside that doesn't nourish and support your healing.
The way to wholeness for you now lies in recognising your own needs,
Putting yourself first,
Nourishing your energy and allowing new ways of being of yourself that support health and vitality.
Soulis says that the way to manage your energy can mean the difference between illness and wellness.
Illness is the time to direct the flow of energy inward,
Wellness is the time for energy to be focused outward.
Before we start our visualisation practice,
Let's first hear from Soulis.
It is all one,
Being ill,
Being well.
It is all energy,
Energy in constant motion,
Energy in constant flux,
Restless energy that is never still,
Ruthless energy that acts like a steamroller,
Boundless energy that brings possibilities,
Sparkling energy that tickles and sings,
Stored energy that waits for release.
The healing waters at my shrine regenerated,
Revitalised,
Brought clarity,
Mended holes,
Opened vision,
Allowed for flow.
With energy flowing,
The dance of life resumes.
Illness and wellness all one,
All energy,
All flow.
Get into a comfortable position,
You can either be seated or lying down,
Ensuring that your spine is straight.
Take the time now to get comfortable,
And then gently close your eyes.
Take a deep breath and release it with a hum.
Take another deep breath and release it with a ahhhh.
That's good.
Take a third deep breath and as you release it,
Begin to visualise a tree in your mind's eye.
It can be a tree you're familiar with,
Or a tree that's brand new,
Completely invented.
Take another deep breath and stand in front of the tree.
Feel its tree scent,
Feel the bark.
Sense everything around you deepening the reality of this tree,
This being in front of you.
When you notice there's a large opening in the trunk of the tree,
You enter it and go down,
Down,
Down,
Deeper and deeper and deeper.
Down,
Down,
Down.
The tree's root is comfortable and warm,
And you feel pleasantly relaxed.
You're going down deeper and deeper and deeper,
Until you see a faint light at the end.
You reach the end of the root structure,
Stepping out onto a beautiful path made of shiny,
Colourful stones,
All the colours of the rainbow,
Glistening and vibrant.
Alongside the path are green plants.
As you walk down the path of stones,
Sensing their coolness underneath your feet,
You find yourself drawn to one particular plant.
You stop and come down to the plant's level,
Asking it for its name.
It tells you and says that it is your plant ally and will help you in your dance of illness and wellness.
You thank the plant and continue along the path of stones.
Gradually the path takes you to a large temple,
The Atlantean Healing Temple.
It's vividly blue,
Glistening and glowing.
You enter through the temple door.
Right in the centre you see a large emerald healing slab,
And decide to lie down upon it.
The stone conforms gently to your body's contours and temperature,
Is so comfortable and relaxing.
You notice a movement to your right hand side.
Slowly Souless Goddess of Wellness appears,
Vibrant red hair,
Curly and long,
In a beautiful loose white gown,
Trailing along the floor.
She appears and says that she's here to assist you in your healing journey.
She tells you that your body is comprised of energy fibres and that you've overspent your energy,
Giving it out to people,
Work,
Situations,
Outmoded thought forms that are no longer serving you.
It's now time,
She says,
To recall those energies that are sapping your vitality,
Keeping you from wellness.
Consider for a moment,
Which situations have you been overspending your energy in the past?
As you listen to Souless,
You feel the energy fibres of your body,
As individual orange strands extending out across your body into the world.
They root deep down in your pelvic centre,
You feel weight tugging at them,
Like an airborne kite on a windy day.
As you take hold of one energy strand,
Sensing its sensation between your fingertips,
You begin to pull on it and notice your vitality slowly begins to rise,
You feel yourself reabsorbing all the energy that you've been giving away.
One by one,
Feel each individual energy strand extending out from you,
You feel yourself reabsorbing all this energy.
Continue pulling the energy back into yourself until all the energy fibres are back and you have reabsorbed all your energy.
And stop at a point where you feel you are done,
What's appropriate for you today.
When you're finished,
You gently rise off the beautiful emerald healing slab,
Hold hands with Souless and together you leave the Elantan Healing Temple.
Moving hand in hand along the multicoloured stone path which is now glistening and glowing and vibrating beneath your feet,
Souless guides your hand and instantly you're transformed to her bath,
Her shrine,
Her bath in England.
She leads you slowly and carefully into her thermal healing waters,
You feel the perfect warm temperature,
You're so vibrantly healing and cleansing.
You slowly submerge yourself,
She leaves you soaking in the healing waters,
She continues walking into the waters until she's completely merged with the water.
You float joyfully in this abundant,
Buoyant,
Warming and healing water,
Taking in the deeply healing heat and sensing all of Souless' love for you coming into you.
As you absorb the healing of these waters,
Your energy fibres begin to tingle and glow a deep,
Vibrant orange.
Take your time,
Remain soaking in the waters as long as is appropriate for you and slowly you begin to step out,
Feeling refreshed,
Recharged and revitalised.
Say goodbye to the water containing the soul and spirit of Souless and thank her for this wonderful healing moment.
Then you slowly walk back on the path of multicoloured stones and towards the root of the tree.
You enter the root and begin coming up,
Up,
Up through the warmth and comfort of the root,
Up,
Up,
Up into the tree feeling relaxed and strong,
Feeling vital,
Whole and awake.
Step out of the tree to the fresh air,
Taking a deep,
Cleansing breath.
As you slowly exhale,
You return into your body.
Make your hands into fists,
Wiggle your toes,
Shrug your shoulders,
Taking a lovely,
Deep stretch.
Take one more final,
Deep,
Cleansing breath and as you exhale,
If ready,
Open up your eyes.
Welcome back.
