Close your eyes, and get comfortable in your seat or lying down. Take a deep breath and relax all your muscles, your limbs, and your face. Take a few deep breaths, and enjoy the meditation... You are sitting alongside a creek on a bright Spring day. Birds are chirping all around you and you can hear the water moving next to you. A warm breeze blows over your face. Imagine that in your hand you hold a small pile of seeds. Each seed represents something you could release, something that no longer serves you. One seed could be regret over disappointing someone you love, or a grudge against yourself for a mistake you made. One seed might be a bad habit you've picked up, or a self-limiting belief that is holding you back. Take a deep breath, and on the exhale, blow your seeds into the creek. Watch as the seeds fade away into the water, to be recycled into Mother Earth. Feel the lightness that comes over you. You are no longer weighed down. You are free. Sit still as the new empty space inside you is filled with love. Let the love wash over you. Take a deep breath in slowly, taking in the love. Exhale any residue left behind from the seeds you released. Take another deep breath. Let it go. You are loved. You are worthy of receiving the love you give so freely to others. Let that love into your heart. Embrace it. Wrap your arms around yourself and squeeze yourself into a warm, loving hug. Take a deep breath. Let it go. Wiggle your fingers, and your toes. Come back to your body, and get ready to go back out into the world... What will you do with all that love?
Mandala Meditation for May
Close your eyes, and get comfortable in your seat or lying down. Take a deep breath and relax all your muscles, your limbs, and your face. Take a few deep breaths, and enjoy the meditation... You are sitting alongside a creek on a bright Spring day. Birds are chirping all around you and you can hear the water moving next to you. A warm breeze blows over your face. Imagine that in your hand you hold a small pile of seeds. Each seed represents something you could release, something that no longer serves you. One seed could be regret over disappointing someone you love, or a grudge against yourself for a mistake you made. One seed might be a bad habit you've picked up, or a self-limiting belief that is holding you back. Take a deep breath, and on the exhale, blow your seeds into the creek. Watch as the seeds fade away into the water, to be recycled into Mother Earth. Feel the lightness that comes over you. You are no longer weighed down. You are free. Sit still as the new empty space inside you is filled with love. Let the love wash over you. Take a deep breath in slowly, taking in the love. Exhale any residue left behind from the seeds you released. Take another deep breath. Let it go. You are loved. You are worthy of receiving the love you give so freely to others. Let that love into your heart. Embrace it. Wrap your arms around yourself and squeeze yourself into a warm, loving hug. Take a deep breath. Let it go. Wiggle your fingers, and your toes. Come back to your body, and get ready to go back out into the world... What will you do with all that love?