Welcome.
Today's practice,
The crystal body,
A transpersonal visualization to help bring back choice in who we are and what we wish to become.
Today we'll move beyond the personal level of the psyche,
Separating the persona we wear from our soul or true self.
This visualization can also be used as a vehicle for moving beyond the thinking mind,
Allowing us to touch the sensation of pure consciousness,
A living awareness that animates all things.
Let's begin.
Find a comfortable,
Sustainable position that allows your spine to be straight.
If it's available to you,
Sit in bhata konasana,
Butterfly pose,
Soles of the feet touching,
Knees out,
Hands resting on thighs or lap,
Palms facing down.
Close your eyes.
Find a crystal or gemstone that feels vibrant and powerful for you.
Could be an emerald,
Citrine,
Carnelian.
Choose one in the next few moments.
Now we're going to use each breath to transform each part of our body into this crystal.
We're going to drink in each breath,
Filling the body as water fills the cup.
Bring your awareness to your feet as the breath fills the body,
They crystallize.
Bring your awareness to your calves as the breath fills the body,
They crystallize.
Traveling upwards to your thighs as the breath fills the body,
Your flesh transforms to pure,
Vibrant,
Crystalline form.
Traveling upwards still to your hips,
Pelvis as the breath fills the body,
They crystallize.
Moving your awareness to your torso,
Abdomen and chest.
With each breath in,
You crystallize,
Almost fully transform.
Bringing awareness to your hands,
Drink in your breath as they too become crystalline.
Draw your breath up through your arms,
Breathing them into crystalline form.
Your next breath reaches your shoulders,
Your neck,
These areas filling with liquid crystal.
Allow your next breath to fill your skull from jaw to your crown,
Crystallizing the last remaining parts of your physical being.
Breath fills the body as water fills the cup.
All that is left is pure form,
A crystal body.
Only your awareness exists,
Pure consciousness,
The energy that animates all things.
Take a moment to admire your opulent embodiment.
In this moment,
You exist outside of your chosen persona.
The thoughts,
Feelings,
Judgments and experiences that made up your identity before are suspended,
Standing by waiting for you to resubscribe.
Now picture the person you've been up until this point,
Standing in front of your crystal form.
Who is this person?
How did they come to be this way?
Take a moment here.
What parts of you have been defined by externalities,
Family,
Community,
Place?
Can you identify any opinions,
Ways of being that you picked up along life's road that don't belong to you?
Choose one or two.
Is there anything you'd like to leave behind?
Are there new ways of being,
Opinions,
Perspectives you'd like to add?
What parts of your identity will you choose to rejoin with?
Who will you decide to be after today?
Take a few deep breaths.
We'll release the practice by counting backwards from five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Take all the time you need before opening your eyes.
We'll release the practice by counting backwards from five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Take a few deep breaths.
