Welcome to today's guided meditation
in honor of World Oceans Day.
Begin in a comfortable position with eyes closed...
Connect with your breath...
Feeling the cool air as it slowly enters your lungs...
Holding for a beat at the top of your breath...
And releasing and feeling the heat of the air as it exits your body.
Notice where your body is in space...
Feel where your body meets the surface that you rest on.
Imagine yourself now on a beach... Overlooking the vast ocean.
Use all senses available to you to take in your surroundings.
Notice the smells...
Listen to the sounds or feel the vibrations.
Take in the colors of the sky and the water...
The water begins to rise, ever so gently
Touching the bottom of your body...
It rises up to your waist...
Your stomach...
Your chest...
Gently and peacefully lifting you up...
Cradling you in the ocean.
You now float effortlessly...
As if you are a piece of driftwood on the water...
Take a moment to feel the peace and the serenity of the ocean.
Slowly but surely, you become one with the ocean...
Your heartbeat becomes the ripples...
Your muscles become gentle waves...
Your eyes become the sparkling light, glistening on the surface of the water.
Breathe deeply and let the salty crispness of the air cleanse you inside out.
Feel the gentle rocking of the water...
Helping you to let go and simply be.
Notice the sun in the sky, burning brightly above you....
Warming the surface of the water and energizing you.
Just be here for a moment...
You begin to transition back to your body...
As you feel the water separating from you
And slowly sinking back down to the Earth.
Feel it leave your chest and shoulders...
Down to your stomach...
To your hips...
And finally, it's back down to the bottom of your body...
Resting in ripples on the sandy Earth.
Feel the sand beneath you...
Feel how supported and grounded you are.
Connect once more with your breathing...
Feeling the gentle rise and fall of your chest...
Breathing in...
And out...
Feel where your body meets the surface you rest on.
Move around in any way that feels good...
Slowly coming back to your body in this time and space...
And whenever you are ready, slowly open your eyes.