Take a nice couple of deep breaths in your own rhythm please.
Let your day go and your thoughts go.
Present in your body.
Adjust your posture.
And another couple of deep breaths.
And come with me today on a journey to the origin of humankind.
Imagine we're in a helicopter together and we're flying over the continent of Africa.
You decide how high up or how close in.
High up enough to see contour shapes,
Perhaps coastline,
Lakes,
Waterfalls.
We find ourselves drawn,
In a helicopter drawn,
In one particular area of Africa.
An area that's had many different names over time.
But has been there and active for centuries upon centuries upon centuries.
In fact,
Some say that these locations are the origin of humankind.
So helicopter centers in now and starts to spiral down gently.
And as it does,
We begin to feel the rhythm of the land.
And the vibration of the ancient cultures that have been here,
In human terms,
Forever.
Tribe after tribe,
Culture after culture.
Man after generation going back and back.
As we descend closer and closer,
These waves of sensing these ancient ancestors,
The original ancestors,
Start to overcome us.
Start to give us images and visions.
Take a moment now.
And feel those waves of ancient cultures passing through your body.
This is where the original DNA came from.
Your DNA can be traced back here,
Somehow.
This is the beginning of what we now call human form.
As helicopter lands,
We stumble out in a bit of a fog.
We stand on the land and we feel the land speaking to us.
Rhythms,
Perhaps drumming.
Music chanting.
Spirit of the very land that held us and cradled us in,
In effect,
Birthed us.
Feel your way into this ancient land now.
And imagine,
As you do,
That you can kind of fast forward or backwards,
Whatever you want,
Through all the cultures and all the tribes and all the civilizations,
Whether it be agrarian or towns or cities,
Whether there be conflicts or peace,
But certainly discovery.
Humans becoming humans,
The wonder of that,
The awe of that.
Your DNA forming,
Reforming,
Shaping over the eons,
Quietly in this valley in Africa.
Feel in your own body now,
You are connected to this place and the people who have been here and are still here.
You are,
In a sense,
Coming home.
And that all the wisdom and insight and learning and inventiveness of humanity started here,
With your ancestors.
Feel that possibility surging through your body.
And you could feel your DNA coming alive with recognition and being home to its origin.
Imagine all those that have gone before you,
That have paved the way to create you,
Who you are today.
How grateful we are to them for their trials and tribulations and their learnings and their offerings.
Generation after generation after generation,
Spreading around the globe from here,
The origin,
The spark of humanity.
And when you are ready,
Give thanks,
Come back into the room,
And have a wonderful day.
