A Guided Meditation

Rooted in the Earth, Floating in the Stars

by Jennifer Rose & Better Existence | August 19, 2015

This is the meditation I will be leading in a little more than one month, on Sunday morning [9.20.15]  at 'treat 2015. Find out more about 'treat at www.wellbody.com/retreat 

Karen Zuckerman, 'treat organizer, founded Wellbody in New York City to provide therapeutic bodywork and classes in self-care.

Sit in a comfortable, aligned position that allows you to breathe easily and be still. Sit in a chair if that is comfortable for you. 

Feel the support of the ground beneath you. Feel held by gravity in place. 

Release into the ground. Let yourself relax.

Bring your attention to the base of your spine. And visualize a red light, glowing warmly. Let this warm, red light radiate like roots growing into the ground beneath you. Allow this light energy to root its way all the way down to the Earth's core. 

Rooted to the Earth, let that warm, red energy flow up to your pelvic center, below your pubic bone. Feel the life force radiate up from the Earth. 

At your pelvic center, see or imagine an orange light. Let that orange light flow throughout your body. Let it flow and light every cell of your body. Feel the joy of that light. Enliven your whole being with that joy, that orange, flowing light. 

Bring your attention to your navel center. See or visualize a yellow light, like a small sun. Feel the warmth of that yellow light radiate through your whole being, nurturing and healing every cell of your body. Healing your heart. Easing your mind. Bringing nurturing peace. Bringing life. Like the Sun. 

Bring your attention to your heart center. See or imagine a green light, living, resplendent green. Let those places in your body that need this green, healing light come to mind. See or imagine this green light flowing to those places, moving easily, the way a cloud moves in the sky. You may see this green light radiating beyond your body, holding you in a cloud of healing, emerald light.

Bring your attention to your throat center, at the pit of your throat. See or imagine a sky-blue light. With your mind focused at your throat center, be aware of your breath. Inhale and exhale. You may see this sky-blue light as one point in the vastness of space. 

Bring your attention to your eyebrow center, between your two eyebrows. See or imagine a light that is deep blue, or cobalt blue, like the blue of the night sky. In the depths of that blue, night sky, see or imagine a point of light, a distant star. Feel a sense of lightness, like you can float. Experience or imagine yourself floating toward that light, that star at and beyond your eyebrow center. 

As you float up toward that point of light, shift your awareness to the center of the top of your head, at the center of the crown of your head. You are surrounded by white lights, by stars. You are floating, at ease. At peace. Grounded to the Earth. Floating in the Stars. 

Be aware of your eyebrow center. And this peace. Be aware of your throat center. And this peace. Be aware of your heart center. And this peace. Be aware of your navel center. And this peace. Be aware of your pelvic center. And this peace. Be aware of the base of your spine. And this peace. 

Om. Shanti. Shanti. Shanti. Peace. Peace. Peace.

This Meditation Inspired by Cheri Clampett Borda

(learn more about this inspiring teacher and her work here: http://www.therapeuticyoga.com/)