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Today, I want to walk you or guide you through a healing meditation for pain.
Before we get started, take a few moments to settle down, get really comfy. You may choose to take a seat on the floor or in a chair. Or you can lie down on a mat, in your bed, wherever you’ll feel most comfortable.
Before we dive in, let’s take a few deep breaths together. As we inhale through the nose, we’ll breathe deep into the low belly. Open mouth - sigh it out, let it all go.
Again, inhale through the nose, breathing deep into the low belly. Exhale, sigh - try to relax any tension in the body.
One more time - inhale through the nose … + release…
I want you to take a moment to notice any sensations in the body - pain, tightness, tension, aching. We’re going to give a description to the pain today. So see if you can give it a color, a shape, + a size…
A color, a shape, a size.
Focusing on one area of the body in pain today, let’s take another inhale in through the nose … + out of the mouth.
I want you to visualize a beam of healing, white light entering through the crown of the head, washing down over your body, to that point of pain. The white light starts to encompass your pain point - whatever shape, color, + size it is.
Notice the breath here. Easy inhale in through the nose. Easy sigh out of the mouth.
Again, noticing the shape, size, + color around your pain. Maybe it’s shifted some, maybe it hasn’t. Either way, it’s okay.
But again, I invite you to envision that healing beam of bright, white light - entering your crown of your head, washing all the way through the body. Bringing with it, calming, healing, peaceful energy… swirling around your point of pain.
Take another slow, mindful inhale through the nose. And even slower exhale out the mouth.
That healing beam of bright, white light entering through the crown of your head - making its way to your area of pain. Cradling that pain, whatever shape, size, + color… bringing healing, calming, white light.
And now maybe you’ve noticed that the shape, size, color have shifted. Maybe the shape of your pain is getting a little smaller. The color is getting a little duller. And again, it’s okay if not. We’ll repeat this a few more times.
Really taping into that area - labeling the pain with a shape, size, color. Take an inhale. With the exhale, try to let go. Picture that healing, bright, pure white light - coming in through the crown of your head. Traveling through the body, washing away any pain, tightness, any tension.
One more time - noticing the shape, size, color surrounding your pain. Inhale through the nose. Exhale out the mouth. Allowing + accepting that healing white light to enter through the crown of your head. It swirls its way around your body, through and through to your pain - bringing with it ease, peace, relaxation, letting go, acceptance.
Let’s take another inhale in through the nose. Let it go - sigh out the mouth.
You can return to this practice of envisioning this healing, white light washing through your body- taking just a little bit of that pain with it.
Thank you for joining me. I hope you found just a touch of relief for your pain.