Something has brought you to this meditation.
Welcome to Anaphlo,
Meditation in motion.
I invite you to find a comfortable,
Creative and non-distracting space for yourself.
Let this be a time you are giving to yourself to come fully into your body.
Make yourself comfortable and sit or lie down in a relaxed and easy way.
Take a deep,
Long breath.
Let yourself sink deeper into your body,
Allowing yourself to become a physical being.
Just like the trees and the birds,
Let yourself become a part of life.
Come into the space of your body and breathe into deeper relaxation within your being,
Within the home of yourself.
Let your spine be long,
Your breath be easy like water,
Flowing in and out,
In and out.
Settling deeper into the space around you,
You know you are home in the presence of this moment.
Releasing thoughts of the past and wonderings of the future,
Tuning into the sensation of your body just as it is.
We begin to travel now,
Slowly drifting into this new journey that we are taking.
We float into a new space and you find yourself in the cool night air of a summer's night.
You find yourself laying on the ground of the cool summer earth.
Things are still and quiet,
But so alive.
Gentle night sounds surround you.
Cool air surrounds you.
You sink deeper into this space,
Noticing that you are in an infinite field of space.
The grass flowing around you with the cool summer wind,
Things are quiet and still.
The darkness is everywhere,
But you are not alone here.
You notice the moon above you,
A full brilliant moon above you.
You gaze up at the moon and notice how full and magical it is,
Bringing into your awareness the details of this beautiful,
Bright,
Full moon above you.
You notice its texture and you feel its light casting over your body,
Glistening on your night skin.
You notice this beam of light piercing through the darkness.
As you gaze at the moon above you,
You notice it drawing closer to you with each inhale and each exhale.
This beautiful moon comes closer towards you.
With each breath,
It draws closer and closer and closer,
Becoming more and more full into the space above you.
This big,
Bold,
Brave moon becomes so close to you.
You can see every detail of its shape and shadows,
Of its texture and tones.
You notice the contrast of smooth and rough space.
As the moon is so close to you,
This light has become so strong and so clear,
Shining brightly,
Casting light from the bottom of your toes all the way up to your fingertips and the top of your head.
The moon is held right above you,
Fully covering you.
You feel its gentle weight resting above you.
You begin to connect with your center,
Your heart.
You feel your heart beating on the earth one beat at a time.
And magically,
On your next inhale,
The moon seeps into your body,
Seeping into your skin from the bottom of your feet,
The tip of your toes,
All the way up to your fingertips and the top of your head.
And this moon becomes one with your heart.
You notice how there is only space above you now.
There is darkness everywhere.
But within you,
In the space of your heart,
Rests this full,
Bright moon.
There is no longer any difference between your heart and the moon.
You feel the shining bright light within you.
The same shining bright light of the moon that is now transformed into the space of your body and become one with you.
With each breath,
You feel the bright light of the moon even more deeply within your body.
And you know there is so much light within you.
Your awareness suddenly shifts to the other side.
And you remember that there is another side.
You suddenly feel this parallel,
The dark side of the moon.
On this side,
There is no light,
There is no texture to be seen.
There are no patterns.
There is only darkness.
But this too is part of the moon.
And this too has become part of you.
You feel this darker side within you.
The unknown.
The depths of this hollow of darkness,
Confusing and sometimes heavy.
As the whole being that you are,
You feel both of these sides within you,
Both of these sides of the moon living within the space of your body,
Centered within the space of your heart.
The shining bright light and the dark infinite space.
You are so grateful to be aware of both of these sides of the moon.
You are so grateful to feel both of these sides of yourself.
You can hold space for both.
You are light.
You are dark.
You are held within space,
Just like the moon.
Sometimes you are seen for your bright shining light.
And sometimes you are seen for the mystery of what is not seen.
Sometimes you are full and whole,
Vulnerable in everything that you are showing.
And sometimes you are only half seen.
But gazing at your beautiful present self,
You know you can be both.
You can be seen.
You can be unseen.
You can be light.
You can be dark.
You are the balance of both.
With each breath,
You sip in this magical truth that you can be both.
With each breath,
You sink deeper into the awareness that you are always changing,
Shifting and moving between light and dark.
You are the balance within.
Feeling the cool summer air.
The grass beneath you.
The infinite space above you.
Feeling the presence of the moon within you right at your heart center.
The moon slowly drifts out of your body,
Returning to the space above you.
It floats further and further and further away.
Returning to its home,
Resting in space,
Back in its distance.
And you return to the whole of your being,
Your heart beating one beat at a time.
Your breath flowing in and out.
As you gaze at the moon,
You smile,
Feeling the connection with this beautiful reminder,
This gift of each night.
Slowly letting go of this imagery,
Coming back into the room that you're in.
Coming back into this moment,
Into this part of your day,
Your night,
Your week.
Returning to yourself.
Letting your breath bring you back.
You are the moon of your heart.
You are the balance of light and dark.
You are the moon of love.
