A warm welcome to The Daily Insight.
My name is Fleur Chambers and as always it is my pleasure to spend this time with you.
Today's 10-minute guided meditation is an invitation for you to explore the felt sense of peace.
To open to the possibility that peace is more than an idea or a state of mind,
That peace is an energy,
A vibration.
As an energetic frequency peace is always moving,
It's limitless,
It has no boundaries.
We can receive peace from our external world,
We can vibrate the energy of peace within ourselves,
We can share our sense of peace with those we love and the world in which we live.
The experience of peace,
The energy of peace,
Vibrates at a higher frequency than love,
Joy or gratitude.
Enlightenment is the only frequency higher than peace.
And whilst for so many of us the aspiration of enlightenment may feel beyond our reach,
For each of us peace is possible even if for just one small moment at a time.
So please settle in,
Get comfy and if you like allowing your eyes to gently close.
Long smooth inhale,
Pause at the top,
Long smooth exhale,
Arriving into your practice and beginning by scanning your body for any places of tension or tightness,
Any aches or pains.
And as best you can offering these places a few deep and intentional breaths.
Noticing if through your breath you can soften these parts of you.
Almost as if each breath contains a gentle sense of compassion and ease.
Allowing the gentle rhythm of your breath to soothe you,
To act like a balm for your tired body and mind.
As your body and mind soften,
You are ready to open to the idea that whatever is going on in your life,
Whatever challenges or struggles are here for you,
Here in this moment peace is possible.
Inviting you to repeat silently in your mind,
Here in this moment peace is possible.
And offering this willingness for peace a gentle smile.
Noticing how even this small act of a smile feels welcoming to this vast vibration.
Now with the aid of your breath inviting the vibration of peace into your entire body.
With each inhale this sense of peace resting like a soft shadow across your face.
Softening the area above your eyes so often heavy with thoughts and rumination.
Softening your jaw,
The sense of pressure and stress found within these muscles.
Entire face open to this experience of peace.
This energy flowing down your throat almost as if it could soften the words you speak and the words you hear.
Peace arriving into your chest,
Filling your lungs and rib cage with its warmth and glow.
The breath of peace arriving into your heart,
Washing away the burdens and regrets buried deep within your heart.
Your breath carrying the vibration of peace deep into your stomach.
Softening any judgment or worry.
This sense of peace as an energy filling your hips and pelvis.
Softening any sense of fear or concern.
Peace traveling down your legs,
Filling your feet and all ten toes.
Peace blowing across your shoulders like a gentle summer breeze,
Taking with it the burdens and responsibilities you carry.
Its warmth traveling down your arms,
Settling over your hands and all ten fingers.
Inhaling deeply,
Exhaling deeply.
Allowing this experience of peace to seep further into your being.
Your organs,
Tissues and ligaments,
Your bones,
Every cell in your body,
Each drop of blood moving through your veins,
Vibrating the energy of peace.
This vibration is infinite,
Limitless.
So together let's send it out to all humans,
To all creatures,
To all plants and to our precious earth.
With each out breath you are sending peace out into the world.
Really sensing its warmth and glow.
In the words of Mother Teresa,
I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Here in this moment may your experience of peace be the stone that creates these ripples.
With each breath,
Peace moving from your inner world to your outer world.
Deepening your breath,
Rubbing your hands together,
Feeling your own warmth,
Placing them somewhere on your body that really seals this sense of inner peace for you.
Opening your eyes,
May you move through your days feeling peaceful and may you share this experience with those you love and the world in which you live.
