From Shampinyada,
I'm Colleen Thomas.
This is Everyday Magic for Ukraine.
Today we embrace the flow of uncertainty.
Welcome to The Circle.
Welcome to Everyday Magic for Ukraine,
Where we honor Ukraine and we also practice self-care to stay strong as allies.
If you're new here,
Welcome.
I'm so glad you've joined us today.
And if you're returning,
Welcome back.
So the only item we need today is a hand to hold.
This can be your own hand.
This can be the hand of a friend.
If holding hands is not accessible to you,
Then just find a way with your body to create connection either with yourself or with someone else.
So as we land together in circle today,
I'm going to invite you to find your seat,
To find your space.
And why don't we take a minute to ground just to figure out where is the earth?
What would it feel like to connect down with her right now?
See if you can feel what you are sitting,
Standing or lying on.
See if you can allow your weight to drop a little more effortlessly down into whatever's holding you.
And through that thing,
See if you can feel down,
Trace the path down till you get to the earth.
And when you've reached the crust of the earth with your awareness,
See if you can drop beneath it.
See if you can drop into the earth,
Into the mother who holds us.
And when you feel like you've established your connection down with the earth,
Down deep into the earth,
Just really begin to kind of luxuriate in that feeling.
This is something I think is always accessible to us,
But we don't always remember to really embrace and feel and luxuriate in.
So I invite you for the rest of our meditation to experiment with staying grounded,
Staying aware of your deep connection with the earth.
So we're going to be drawing on that connection as we go forward in our meditation.
So our intention today is to embrace the flow of uncertainty.
And I invite you to notice,
What do you feel when you consider that concept of uncertainty?
And I really want to honor wherever you are today with uncertainty.
So much is happening in the world from day to day that touches on uncertainty,
That calls us to connect with our faith,
Our hope,
Our trust,
Our groundedness.
So deep breath,
Right?
So wherever uncertainty is showing up for you in your world,
And this might be something along the lines of not being sure where our relationship is going or a job prospect is It might be something really much more immediate,
Like dealing with a country at war,
Dealing with a country going through big changes in the government.
There's a lot of uncertainty right now,
And I want to honor however you're experiencing it.
And I want to invite you to join into this meditation at whatever level feels good to you.
So let's embrace and greet uncertainty.
And let's maybe give uncertainty a color,
Whatever color comes to you.
And what I would love to invite you to join me in doing is see yourself grounded,
Feel yourself grounded,
Know yourself to be grounded.
And from this place,
Meet uncertainty,
Experience uncertainty and see it as that color.
And notice how it approaches you,
What it looks like,
How much of it there is.
Is it like a mist,
A very thin mist or a very thin little bit of color someplace?
Is it a whirlwind?
Like how do you experience uncertainty right now?
Just get curious.
How is uncertainty showing up for you?
What do you see in your mind's eye when you imagine experiencing the flow of uncertainty?
Maybe just let it do its thing and kind of observe it from your very grounded,
Very calm place.
Allow it to move around you,
Allow it to maybe give you some information.
See what it has to tell you.
And see what you have to say to it.
What would you like to say to uncertainty?
Do you have requests of it?
Do you have things you want to say to it?
Just allow yourself to very gently interact with this uncertainty.
This might be the concept of uncertainty or it might be something in your world that is creating uncertainty.
And for all of our connection to the earth and the richness that our grounding can bring us,
We are social creatures and we need to be in connection with one another.
And this is where the holding of the hand comes in.
And this hand you are holding or this person who is supporting you in this way,
Know that their message to you is you're okay.
Yes,
There is uncertainty and it is doing its thing.
But I'm here with you.
I love you.
I care about you.
You're not alone with this.
And notice how it feels to be with the uncertainty with this support.
So you have the support of the earth and you have the support of this hand while you are facing this uncertainty.
And take a second now to just kind of reflect on what you've learned in this session with us.
What it's been like to play with grounding and play with being in the flow of uncertainty and to have some companionship or some love coming to you in the same space.
You're welcome to continue holding on to this hand and we're going to begin to let go of the uncertainty,
Allow it to go back from whence it came.
You're also welcome to stay grounded as long as you'd like to.
And to remember,
Kind of anchor in this feeling of being grounded.
So perhaps it's more readily available to you to notice as you go through your day.
I know that whatever uncertainty is in your world,
You can handle.
I believe in you.
And I'm so glad you're part of our circle.
May we remember the incredible strength we can find in connecting to others and grounding as we go through life.
May it be so.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
Your presence,
Your energy and your heart make all the difference in healing our world.
Remember to breathe today,
Breathe and expand.
And I hope you join us again next time.
Please consider inviting a friend.
