Good morning bloggers!
I wanted to post a meditation for the day… In our fast paced world today it is easy to forget to slow down and enjoy the moment of just being… We sometimes forget how healing and relaxing the natural world can be to us. The power of nature is awesome and we should not forget to respect it, understand it and be a part of it.
This meditation focuses on that. It is to help you stop what you are doing and to focus on something simple like a singing bird or a an ant crawling across the ledge, or the rain falling gently outside your window…
Remember to find moments in your life when you can relate simply and quietly to any part of your natural environment that brings you joy and contentment.- You don’t need anything special to do it, It is inside of each of you. You just need to be quiet enough to access it.
This meditation is called “Rain”- Here is the guided journey….take a moment or two to enjoy it…
Still your mind and open an imaginary window. Listen to the breeze blowing gently through some wind chimes….Relax at your desk, or the kitchen table, or wherever you are….Just take a few moments to relate to something other than progress, money or consumption….allow yourself the privilege of doing nothing… Your work…your spouse… your children and other distraction can wait a few moments while you take this time for just you.
Open the window and inhale the moist cool air that precedes a summer shower. Hear the birds twittering and cooing as the clouds gather on the horizon. Hear the breeze rustle the trees and feel it brush across your face and skin. Inhale and exhale the cool relaxing air. Open the window wider and lean out letting the smells of gathering clouds permeate your nostrils. Inhale and exhale, slowly and contentedly… You have nowhere to go….nothing to do….but enjoy the coming storm.
The breeze begins to stir more strongly, rushing past your face and tickling your ears…perhaps billowing your clothing and messing up your hair. Enjoy the feeling of contact with the wind, listen to it shaking the trees and watch it turn the leaves upside down so that their silvery undersides dance and glitter in the fading sunlight.
Imagine now that a little bit of rain begins to fall. One drop… then another… Here and there…. Begin to notice the drops as they fall on the leaves and then to the ground. Feel the drops on your face and hold out your hands to try to catch the intermittent drops as they fall to the earth. Now you begin to smell a musty earthy odor as the rain wets the earth, the grass, the trees and the leaves. Perhaps your rain is falling on the sidewalk or a rooftop and you can feel the hot steam rise as the drops evaporate.
It is beginning to rain harder and you decide to duck your head back inside where you can enjoy the breeze and the smells without getting completely soaked. Now focus your senses on the rain. Hear it increasing in intensity and feel the spray as the wind blows it in the window. Hear it passing through the trees and falling on the ground or sidewalk outside.
Hear as the sound of the rain is magnified and all you hear is the pounding thundering rain all around you. Inhale and exhale remaining calm and restful as the rain fills your senses and gives you a sense of calming washing over your spirit and your soul. You feel the connection with the rain and it cleansing power. Just take a few moments to enjoy this sensation of the sound of the rain all around you in your ears and in your mind.
Notice now that the rain is beginning to subside… The sky is getting lighter and a few birds have ventured out and are singing in the trees as the rain slowly tapers off. Listen as the rain falls in a gentler softer way. The wind is gone and in its place is a cool fresh breeze that blows in through the window and lingers around your body. Feel the coolness. Relax and inhale this clean invigorating air. Notice that the sun is now beginning to shine from behind the clouds and the rays begin to warm the drooping flowers and plants. As the sun awakens the flowers, they begin to release their fragrances and the cool refreshing air is now filled with the smells and scents of beautiful flowers. Inhale and exhale the cool clean air.
Feel refreshed and revitalized as you become aware of your surrounding and return to your day. Know that you can stop anytime or anywhere that you wish and take part of this visualization in your imagination. Remember to find some moments each day to relax and renew your spirit and enjoy the natural environment around you- real or imagined.
Thanks for coming along with me on this Rain journey.
PolarB ;)
