| One of the most fabulous things about meditation | | | | room. In this moment, you are the entire room. |
| is the insane amount of connection that it allows | | | | Breathe in this place. Feel the expansiveness as it |
| you to feel! It can give you a sense of being | | | | reaches out into every corner of the room. |
| absolutely and whole-heartedly linked to every | | | | Take that expansiveness even further now. |
| single person in your life...even the ones who you | | | | Expand that energy to the house or building or |
| don't quite see eye-to-eye with! | | | | apartment complex that you're in. Wherever you |
| Meditating also puts you in touch with the Earth | | | | may be, imagine yourself filling up the entire |
| and all the grounding, radiating, healing energy that | | | | structure that you are physically located in. |
| it provides during every second of every day. | | | | Breathe here. |
| For those of you who ever feel alone and | | | | And now, expand even further...until your body fills |
| out-of-place in the world, the meditation below is | | | | up the entire neighborhood that you're in. Breathe |
| an excellent one. There probably isn't a single one | | | | here, as you feel all the life swimming inside of |
| of us who hasn't felt cut off from others at | | | | you. |
| some point. Even in a room full of a gazillion | | | | Keep expanding now. Feel your body expand, as |
| people, one can feel incredibly alone and disjointed. | | | | it fills up the entire country that you're in. Allow |
| If any of these feelings ever come up, do the | | | | yourself to breathe here and feel all the newness, |
| meditation below and find your step with the | | | | all the spontaneity. Surrender yourself to the |
| world again. It's always there, ready to support | | | | breath, and just allow your body to be one with |
| us. All we have to do is soften our grip on the | | | | the entire country that you are presently in. |
| mind, and everything will fall marvelously into place. | | | | Now, expand outward one last time. Expand your |
| Give it a try... | | | | body so that you are the entire planet. Feel the |
| MEDITATION FOR CONNECTION | | | | richness that courses through you here. Feel the |
| Start out by finding a comfortable place to sit, | | | | aliveness. And continue to breathe here for a few |
| whether it's on the floor or in a chair. Close your | | | | minutes. |
| eyes and begin to slowly breathe in and out, | | | | When you're ready, start to contract the energy, |
| accessing the full potential of the breath. Allowing | | | | start to bring yourself back into your own |
| the breath to quiet all the thoughts in your mind. | | | | physical body. Into the here and now. Feel the |
| As you breathe, put your attention on your spine. | | | | energy shrinking back into your heart. See the |
| Feel all the aliveness that radiates there, from top | | | | golden light getting smaller and smaller, as your |
| to bottom. Start to see a golden light where your | | | | heart continues to eat it up. |
| spine is. Eventually, see that golden light take up | | | | Once your heart is completely full of this light, |
| every last cell in your body, until you are made up | | | | take two more deep breaths here, and slowly |
| of nothing but that light. | | | | open your eyes. |
| Continue to breathe, as you feel the warmth of | | | | Now you are integrated in a blissful, dynamic, and |
| the light that is now your body. | | | | powerful way! Go about the rest of your day |
| Now, start to feel your body expanding with this | | | | spreading wholeness and truth in every single |
| golden light...expanding until you fill up the entire | | | | thing that you do! |