This meditation is designed to support you in drawing upon and
absorb the energy of Summer Solstice and to bring its power fully into your life.
Summer Solstice is a gateway, not only is it a turning point within our calendar year
when the sun’s rays lengthen to their fullest, but it’s also an invitation of sorts,
where each one of us has the opportunity to bask in those rays, to acknowledge the warmth
and vital nourishment the sun brings to both our personal and our universal
world as well as time to re-kindle the warmth within our own hearts.
Many traditions have celebrations that include fire rituals, fires set with the intent
to release that which is ready to be released. The sun’s fire can cleanse, purify, and transform.
Summer Solstice of release and purification,
but it is also a time to celebrate all that is blooming, transforming and growing in your life.
This guided meditation guides you to re-kindle the warmth within,
to ignite your inner fire to fiercely face that which is calling for your power and strength,
to receive the light of the sun and feel its nourishing power so that you may shine brightly.
Begin by finding a comfortable space. If you have the ability and access,
go outside and listen to this meditation in a quiet place in nature.
If not, find a comfortable place to begin to settle your body and mind.
Close your eyes and become
still. Draw a deep breath in through your nose and release it fully, out through your mouth.
In the stillness, continue to breathe deeply, in through the nose, and out through your mouth.
See if you can extend the release of the breath ever so much on each exhale.
Now, breathe in a way that is comfortable for you.
Imagine that it is just before dawn, on the day of Summer Solstice. The sky is dark,
the air is quiet.
Notice what you can experience within your imagination. The aromas in the air. Maybe
it smells of rain or wet soil. Maybe the scent of pine needles.
In your mind's eye, begin to draw to mind a bonfire—and notice
what the fire you draw to mind looks like. Perhaps it is large, healthy glowing and robust.
Or maybe a slow, smoldering, glowing pile of embers.
Perhaps there are large glowing flames, dancing around. Listen to the crackle
of the tinder. Take in the aroma of the wood.
Maybe it glows red, orange, or even in the deepest part, you can see the intense heat of blue flame.
This fire is ready to receive anything you are ready to release into it.
Perhaps there is a pattern in your life that
you are ready to set the intention to shift, or maybe guilt, shame, or
deep-seated memories that are ready to be released and you are inviting forgiveness
of yourself and others in. Spend a moment now, sending all that you want to let go
into those flames. Allow the fire to burn away all that you release to it.
Now, as you sit beside the fire, begin to focus on its warmth and fire’s inherent ability to cleanse,
to purify and to renew.
As you continue to breathe in and out, imagine that you are welcoming that warmth within,
allowing that warmth to kindle the inner fire within you.
Open to seeing that fire as a mirror of your inner strength, recognizing that
on this Summer Solstice, you can embrace the fierceness within that is can be used
to take a new step in your life, to continue growth and development you have committed to,
or to perhaps face a challenge with staying-power and steadfast focus. What in your life is calling
for the strength of your inner fire? Sense that now, feel that inner activation within.
As you continue to sit by the warm fire,
the sun, reaching its peak time of shine today, slowly begins to rise on the horizon.
Feel and know that you are experiencing the sun’s gateway—a
time of honoring all that you have accomplished this year. Pause as you watch it rise,
to celebrate, appreciate and be saturated with the warmth that is arriving. Pause for a moment
of gratitude to acknowledge your life path this year,
acknowledge yourself for the walk, whether it has been a pleasant, peaceful walk
or a walk through the challenge of growth, or maybe some of both,
acknowledge yourself for simply being on the path of life.
Now, feeling the intensity of the sun’s rays as
the sun is high in the sky, open to its illumination, allow it to nourish you,
to nourish all that is within your life experience. Feel the abundance of
light radiating through those rays, awakening your awareness of your inner light.
This Summer Solstice is a gateway of illumination. In this moment, you can breathe and allow
the light to illuminate your soul, to activate whatever is needed for your next steps ahead,
feeling the power of the light within you and knowing that you are supported, nourished with
abundant resources, all that is needed, and that you are guided each step of the way.
Begin to release the images. Returning your focus to your breath,
and perhaps begin to slowly move your fingers and toes, gently bringing your attention back.
I close with this blessing:
May the long-time sun shine upon you
All love surrounds you
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on.