Welcome to this Integrative Wisdom guided meditation,
Breathing as One.
For this meditation,
It might be helpful if you do sit upright in a chair with your feet on the floor.
We are going to do some energy work,
So it might be helpful to have that posture,
But if not,
You will know best.
And so we will begin with the sound of a gong.
And as I sound this gong,
Allow yourself to just begin to gently breathe in and out,
In and out.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Let us begin by placing our awareness on our feet as they touch the ground.
Imagine that you are feeling the energy of the earth as you pull it up through the soles of your feet.
Yes,
You may have a floor beneath you in your home or in your place of work or even in your car,
But that is not a barrier to feeling this energy of the earth beneath us.
And so simply begin to imagine as you breathe in,
You breathe in the energy of this earth.
Breathing in and as you do so,
You begin to feel the energy moving up,
Up through your body,
Through your legs and your hips,
Through the core of your body,
All the way through your head until you feel it coming out the top of your head through the crown chakra.
And as you breathe in and out,
You allow this energy of the earth to continue upward,
Up and up as far as it wants to go.
The sky's the limit.
As you breathe in,
Gently breathe out,
You feel this connectedness.
You feel being connected to both the earth and to the vast expanse.
Breathing in and breathing out,
This healing breath,
This holy breath,
This breath of connection.
Breathing in,
Allowing yourself to sense both the groundedness,
The earth beneath you,
As well as being connected far and beyond.
Take a moment and simply breathe in this space.
And now I invite you to place your hands on your heart,
The center of your chest,
As you gently imagine the energy that is flowing above the crown chakra to move back down until the energy from the earth and the energy from above center within your heart space.
Take a moment to breathe in that space now.
And with your hands on your heart,
We are going to begin by breathing in that healing energy into our own beingness.
Whatever has been happening in the world,
Both the larger world and our private personal world,
We take a moment to breathe that energy for ourselves,
Allowing it to soothe and heal,
To replenish.
Just for us in these few breaths,
Tending to our self-care needs,
Offering that moment of compassion,
Breathing in,
Allowing it to bathe every part of yourself,
All of those emotions and thoughts and worries,
Tapping into the sense of hope,
Allow it to be.
And taking one nice deep breath,
We now change the focus and begin to imagine in front of us all of the people in our personal circle.
We are going to take a moment to breathe in that healing energy that is flowing all of the people in our personal circle,
Family and friends,
Connections that we have,
And we begin to send that energy,
That light out from the center of our chest,
From our heart.
We might even say from deep within our soul to all of those we know,
In whatever way they need this breath,
Let us send it out and just imagine you're sending it out with each inhalation and exhalation out to your circle.
Breathing in and breathing out,
Gently offering,
Sharing this gift from the earth below in the heavens above.
And as you send that energy,
You are going to take a moment to breathe in this breath below in the heavens above.
And as you send that energy out,
You realize that you are also receiving,
You are giving and you are receiving.
It is a mystery,
One that we gladly recognize in this moment.
And now let's go ahead and bring that energy gently back,
Pull that energy back into the center of your chest,
Into the center of your beingness.
Take a few breaths,
Gently breathing,
Bringing it all back within.
And now we come to that third space of giving.
We now choose on the next few breaths to send this energy from the earth below and the heavens above to the larger community,
To those people that we do not know,
To those ones as far as it needs to go.
We send it now on the next few breaths.
Imagine this healing breath soaring out on the winds,
Easily touching down wherever it is needed.
And we are aware deeply that it is needed.
And so we give,
We send it out to all of those,
Every single person,
Each one giving this gift,
Freely without strings,
Without expectations,
Knowing that the breath and the wind heal,
Knowing that it is a mystery beyond our capability of understanding,
But we trust that it is so.
And as we send this energy out,
We also begin to envision a new,
Larger community.
We know that we have been experiencing many changes,
And there are those changes that we wish were not in the past.
We wish were not here.
And yet we recognize that it is not about going back.
We choose to send the breath out and imagine a new beginning,
Imagining a new way of living.
And so we send it out.
We send this breath of intention from the deepest,
Truest part of who we are,
Our soul.
Within our soul,
There are no wounds.
There is no trauma.
And there is no doubt in this place.
And we offer this breath,
This healing breath to all,
So that we together may move into the place where we can all be free,
Where we can soar and we can give our gifts to each person as is needed.
And so we breathe.
We send it out.
No strings.
With love.
With compassion.
With hope.
And now we begin to bring that breath gently and easily back,
Recognizing how far it has traveled,
Bringing it back within our beingness slowly and easily,
Bringing it back,
Back into our heart,
Breathing it back in,
Taking a moment to say thank you.
Thank you for these three healing breaths,
These breaths of breathing as one.
And now we just send that breath,
That energy back to the earth,
Down through our body,
Back into the ground,
Feeling our feet firmly on the ground,
Taking a moment to bring ourselves back,
Back into this space,
Back into our body fully and completely,
Smiling perhaps as we do so,
Recognizing that we have made a difference and that we will continue to make a difference with each breath,
Each and every breath that we take going forward.
And together we shall say,
Amen.
Amen.
