the current will find you - muddy feet - earth comfort + animal guide

Opening activity ♡

Feel your feet touch the earth. Feel the earth touch your feet. Stand, sit, or walk around for a few minutes, continuing to notice the reciprocity, the touch given and the touch received.

Pre-meditation thoughts ♡ 

With meditation, be as comfortable as you can be, in a space where you can be uninterrupted. No rigidity is required; the body deserves comfort. Be cozy, either sitting, reclining, lying, or intentionally moving. For this particular meditation, lying down will help. 

When you are asked to imagine, visualize, or “see” something, you may experience visuals, or perhaps you feel the sensations in your body, or have an inner knowing that this is happening, or have words surface into your awareness. There's no one right way, despite the language used. However you experience it all is perfect.    

When doing the following meditation, feel free to read through it, then do it without referencing the words. In the future, I plan to record guided meditations.   

Meditation experience ♡

Start by lowering your gaze or closing your eyes, focusing on your breathing, inhaling in a way that feels nourishing and filling, then exhaling and completely emptying. Continue with your breath for a couple of minutes, allowing your body and mind to soften more and more with each cycle. 

Now imagine lying down on the earth. It's earth that feels like home to you, perhaps your yard, or wild prairie, or a forest clearing, maybe a space you've physically visited before or maybe somewhere that's freshly reaching out to you now. 

As your body rests on this piece of land, it almost feels as though the earth softens just a little, contouring around your body, the way a mattress might give gently beneath your weight, supporting you just as you most need to be supported. Let the earth hold you as you breathe. Feel the security, the safety, the stability, the knowing, the comfort. Rest in this space as long as feels good. 

In the periphery of your awareness, you notice an animal being. They mean you no harm. They are there only to support you. What do you see? What do you feel? What do you sense? Would it feel good to call them closer? To eye gaze? To converse? Let yourself have the experience that feels best with your animal guide.   

Thank them and allow them to move back to the distance for now. Feel the earth holding you fully again. Refocus on your breathing for a couple of cycles. 

When it feels right, open your eyes fully again, rub your legs and feet, returning fully present and grounded. 

For more info - The Current Will Find You - Intro ♡