Tomorrow is the full moon and it is time to focus on your relationships with others and with the world. I
will not write much before leading you into this meditation. I want this meditation to be truly yours
without my influence. My interpretation
and experience of this meditation may be very different from yours and that is
perfectly fine. I do hope this
meditation brings you relaxation and comfort.
Read
through the meditation and then close your eyes. Remember what you can but let your own
unconscious lead you where you need to go.
Take a few deep breaths and close
your eyes. Find yourself walking across
a desert. The ground is parched and
cracked. There is very little green to
be seen around you. The air is hot and
dry on your skin. Walk along and feel
the dry earth beneath your feet.
Up ahead you see a woman waiting for
you. She holds out her hand as you get
closer and you take it. You walk along in silence for a few minutes. Feel the warmth of her hand and the peace
that radiates from her. You feel calm in
her presence and know this is exactly where you are meant to be in this
moment.
She then asks if you can sit down
for a moment. She sits on the hard earth
and you sit across from her. She again
takes your hands and places them into a bowl in front of you. She also forms her hands into a bowl and
touches her fingertips to yours. As you
watch both of your hands fill up with water.
She drinks from her hands and then signals for you to do the same.
You drink the water in your
hands. You feel the cool water on your
lips and feel it slide down your throat.
It is crisp and clean and you can’t imagine anything tasting better in
this moment.
The woman then forms her hands into
a bowl again and it fills up with water.
She pours the water on the ground between you and the water seeps into
the earth. As you watch, the cracks in
the earth begin to heal. The earth
begins to soften underneath you and grass sprouts up and grows quickly into a
carpet around you.
The earth as far as you can see is
starting to come to life and become green.
Plants and trees sprout and grow to full height in a matter of
minutes. You begin to feel cooler in the
shade created by the plants around you.
You relax as the earth around you grows and you take a deep breath. The air now feels moist and lush.
The woman takes your hands again and
places them into a bowl. She places her
hands around yours and your hands fill again with water. She indicates that you should pour the water
on the ground. Once you do, you see a
green sprout pop out of the earth. The
sprout grows and becomes a beautiful flower.
You watch it grow and bloom in front of your eyes. It stops growing at its most perfect point of
beauty. The woman smiles. You feel so blessed to have been included in
this magic. The woman places her hand on
your chest as if to indicate that the power of this magic is inside you as
well.
She rises and you join her. She takes your hand again and you walk
through this altered landscape. You feel
so connected to this woman who has given you this amazing experience. You full feel the joy of being with her and
the awe for what you have seen. You know
you will remember this feeling for a while.
Soon the woman stops walking and
takes your other hand. She looks you in
the eyes for a few moments and then kisses you on both cheeks. You look back into her eyes and send her a
silent thank you, for all she has given you.
Without a sound she releases your hands and walks away through the
forest. Take a few more moments to feel this
peace and look around your environment.
When you are ready, hear the sounds around your physical body. Wiggle your fingers and toes, and when you
feel ready, open your eyes.
Take
some time now to at least jot down some notes if not write full journal entries. Writing in your journal after meditation can
give you an experience as powerful and informative as the meditation itself.
How
did you feel in the desert?
Do
you feel that way in any part of your life?
What
area of your life needs some tending and care?
What
would you like to grow in that area of your life?
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Make Room for Abundance
Jessica Cross, LCSW
Forward
You do not
need to have any specific spiritual belief to benefit from this workshop. I do not dismiss or propose any specific
spiritual belief. What I do, is throw
every tool available at my brain when I feel stuck or have a problem to
overcome. I feel the most powerful tool
is guided meditation. It helps us to tap
into parts of our brains that we can’t access when we try to think something
out. It may also help us to connect
with God(s) and/or the energy or spirit all around us that can help guide us.
I use
astrology and moon cycles to help set goals and periods of activity and
relaxation throughout the year. I also
use personal astrology to consider the way I may be thinking about a problem and
the vastly different ways people can think and behave.
Stagnation
is my enemy, and so guidance towards different ways to think and perceive the
world is what keeps me growing. I use
tarot and oracle cards in this way. They
help to look at problems in a different light and to sometimes surrender our
need to have all the answers and be in control of every situation. Whatever your beliefs about why these tools
help, they work to help change your perception!
If you are
watching a video workshop and are unfamiliar with ASMR, I will give a short
explanation. I will begin each guided
meditation session with an ASMR ritual to help you relax and get into a
meditative state.
Many people
experience a tingling sensation on the back of their head in response to a
whisper, soft spoken voice, personal attention (even through a video or audio
recording) or certain relaxing sounds (triggers). This is an Autonomous Sensory Meridian
Response (ASMR). This sensation
(tingles) causes a feeling of well-being, relaxation, and helps many
people to sleep. ASMR is a popular
relaxation technique for anxiety.
Introduction
We must bewillingto getridof thelifewe'veplanned, so as to have the life that iswaitingfor us. Theoldskinhas to be
shed before the new one can come. - Joseph Campbell
Do you feel
heavy and lethargic, or are you having difficulty making changes in your
life? It is very difficult to more on
when we are holding on to parts of our past that weigh us down. We all have things that were part of our
lives in the past that no longer fit into our present situation. These may be emotions, beliefs, thoughts or
actual physical items.
It is
important to create a regular process for recognizing what needs to go and
working to release those things from your life.
Do you have an automatic thought that pops up for you but you know
logically it is not true? Do you have
closets or cabinets filled with things that you have not used or even looked at
in many years? Do you want to change the
way you feel, the way you dress or the way your home looks but you can’t
because you are holding on to so many old items? It is time to make room in your life for new
beliefs or items that fit better into your life now. If your life feels chaotic you may just need
to create more space in your brain and in your home to fill with peace.
What is
holding you back from moving forward?
The cells in our body die and new cells grow all the time. We are not even physically the same person we
were a few years ago. We do not need to
hold on to all the mental and physical items we have picked up along the
way. It is time to reevaluate what we
want to keep in our lives and what we are ready to let go of. It is
hard to accept that who we are can change drastically over time. If we don’t give ourselves room to grow by
making space we end up feeling cramped and stagnant. We can be held back from trying new things by
the weight of all of these old items.
Be brave and make room for amazing things to enter your life.
Each year
find a time to use this guide to let go of the things that no longer serve
you.
Meditation Tips
Meditation
takes practice just like any other skill.
Many of us have one of our senses that we can tap into more easily in
meditation. It may be feelings, colors,
smells, textures, words or visuals. Use
whatever sense you connect with to begin your practice. Eventually each of these senses will be
easier to access when in meditation. The
most important thing is not to negate what you feel, see or hear.
Take a deep breath and relax. Picture a door in front of you. You don’t have to see the wall or building it
is on, just the door. What is the door
made of? Place your hand on the
door. What is the texture of the
door? Is it warm or cold? How do you feel when you touch this
door? When you are ready, open the door
and walk into the room.
In the middle of the room is a large
wooden table covered with stones. What
else is in the room? Is the room
familiar to you? What is on the
floor? What is on the walls? How do you feel in the room?
Walk closer to the table and look
down at the stones on the table. They
are all different colors and shapes but all will fit easily in the palm of your
hand. Is there one stone on the table
that you are drawn to? One stone may
glow or you may actually hear a sound from one of the stones. You may hover your hand a few inches over the
stones to see if one feels warm or if your hand tingles when over one
stone.
Pick this stone up. What does the stone look like? How would you describe this stone to someone
who couldn’t see it? You do not need to
know what kind of stone it is but explore how it looks in detail. Now, I want you to direct a question to the
stone and see what response you get. Ask
how this stone can help you. You may get
a feeling, see a color, see a picture or actually hear words. It may seem as though you are having a
conversation with the stone. Don’t
negate anything you see, hear or feel.
Any information you receive is there to help you.
Now, ask what the stone is there to
teach you right now. Again take any
feeling or thought that comes to you from the stone. Thank the stone for the knowledge it has
given you. Take one final look at the
stone. Place the stone back on the
table.
Turn around and leave this room. Know you can return to the room at any
time. Begin to hear the sounds around
your physical body. Wiggle your fingers
and toes and feel yourself return to your body.
This is a
good time to eat or drink something, or plant your feet firmly on the ground
and send your energy into the ground to help bring yourself back from
meditation.
Workbook
Before moving on, you have to clear away your
cherished beliefs. - Dick Raymond
When we are
younger our psychological task is individuation. We have to decide how we are different from
our parents. We investigate what we
believe in and what we don’t. What we
like and dislike, our personality traits, and skills. At this time in our life we still think in
very concrete terms of good and bad, and we often think what we discover about
ourselves and the world is set in stone.
When we get older one of our tasks is to unlearn some of these beliefs from
the past. We start to see that things
can change over time and there is a lot more grey area in the world. Your likes may change. What you learned about the world or yourself
may have come from outside sources and not actually be true. You may not have an innate talent at
something but through love of it and time you may become very skillful!
This is the
time to explore what thoughts, feelings, and beliefs no longer fit you or are
not helping you move in the direction you want to go. You may not need to clear what you think you
need to let go of.
Write the
first thing that comes into your head when reading the questions below. You can go back and change your answers after
further thought but our first reactions are often the most truthful.
I want to
wake up feeling:
I am tired
of feeling:
I am
grateful for:
I want to
change:
I am
inspired by:
I am ready
to let go of:
I am worthy
of:
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