[relaxing music]
- Hi. My name is Christine.
I'm a meditation teacher and co-founder of Awarehouse,
and today I'm gonna be guiding you on a practice
where we're gonna use our imagination
to generate a future version of ourselves
that's already figured out how to get past certain obstacles
that make us feel stuck
and get in the way of us achieving our goals.
This practice is also an amazing and powerful opportunity
for us to step outside the normal way we see ourselves
so that we can begin to embody our full potential.
So settling into our seat,
finding a posture that is comfortable for you,
and allowing the spine to be nice and straight.
You can allow the hands to come to fall on your lap.
And whenever you're ready,
you can allow the eyes to flutter close.
Begin to connect to the weight of your body
resting on the earth,
allowing yourself to feel fully supported.
[relaxing music]
Allowing the muscles in the face to relax,
[relaxing music]
shoulders leveled and releasing any holding.
[relaxing music]
Relaxing the lower back and the belly.
Begin to visualize this beautiful golden string of light
emerging from the earth, rising up through your seat,
and traveling up right in front of the spine
until it exits beyond your crown into the sky,
remembering that you are the bridge.
Beginning to connect
to your physical sensation of your breath,
noticing the expansion and contraction of the belly,
the rise and fall of your chest,
and the whisper of air at the tip of the nose.
[relaxing music]
Begin to connect to your motivation for practicing today.
[relaxing music]
Now begin to imagine a place of refuge.
This is a place that is the perfect world for you
and has everything that you need.
[relaxing music]
Everything in this environment
brings you a sense of calm and peace
and dissolves any and all doubt,
self-judgment, or criticism.
Begin to immerse your senses in this environment,
noticing scents in the air
or the different objects that surround you.
[relaxing music]
Now imagine a bed of flower petals right in front of you
and see this as an offering
for this future version of yourself.
Out in the distance you see them begin to approach.
Invite them to come sitting knee to knee in front of you,
slowly beginning to take in
all of the qualities you see in them.
See them as the complete embodiment of love,
wisdom, confidence.
And all of the wisdom they've collected
are apparent in their physical qualities.
Consider that it's completely possible for you to embody
all of the qualities that you see in them.
And share with with them a specific obstacle
that you're facing that's keeping you
from achieving your full potential,
something that is in the way
of you achieving all of your desires.
[relaxing music]
Now ask them for advice
on how to transform this obstacle into an opportunity
so that you can begin to embody your higher self.
[relaxing music]
And when that's complete for you,
ask them to please stay with you
to help you receive insights throughout your days,
especially those moments when you're feeling stuck,
and see them slowly begin to rise up
to come facing in the same direction as you.
And as they continue to rise up,
they begin to get smaller and smaller
until they come hovering right on top of your crown
as this beautiful orb of light.
They begin to descend into your crown,
past your throat
until they come to rest at the center of your heart.
And as soon as they arrive there,
their light begins to ripple throughout your whole body,
infusing you with all of the qualities that you saw in them.
[relaxing music]
Now begin to slowly deepen your breath,
reconnecting to the space that you're in,
feeling the weight of your body
on whatever you're resting on,
and dedicating the efforts of your practice
to one person in your life that could use it.
And whenever you're ready,
allowing the eyes to flutter open.
Thank you so much for practicing with me today.
See you next time.
[relaxing music]