Inner Beauty, Knowing and Kindness

January 04, 2021

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With Michele Grand, LMT

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00:00Morning once again I am Michelle
00:03Grand licensed massage therapist at
00:05Smilow Cancer Hospital and I thank
00:07you so much for joining today in
00:10a session of guided meditation.
00:13As we close out this year and
00:15look forward to the new year.
00:18This is a nice time just to
00:20sort of set an intention for.
00:22Maybe one thing we definitely want to
00:25let go of and something we definitely
00:28want to maybe manifest for the new year.
00:31So it's not something you need to do right
00:33now at the beginning of this session,
00:35but just to think about over the next
00:38couple of days before January 1st.
00:40Then just put that out there for yourself.
00:44So for today to begin.
00:46Just bring yourself into
00:48a comfortable position.
00:49Just shift your weight so
00:52you're allowing your body to be
00:54fully supported with your head,
00:56your neck,
00:57and your spine aligned.
01:03Take a couple of deep cleansing breaths.
01:07Inhaling as fully as you comfortably can.
01:13And sending the warm energy of your
01:16breath to any part of your body that
01:19may be tense or tight right now.
01:24An release the disc discomfort you
01:26may feel on your exhale so that
01:29you can feel your breath going
01:31to all the tight, tense places.
01:35Just start to loosen and soften them.
01:40And then gathering up all the tension.
01:44And again, just breathing it
01:47out so that more and more of you
01:51can feel safe and comfortable.
01:54Relaxed and easy. Just watching
01:59the cleansing action of the breath.
02:01With a friendly but detached awareness.
02:08Anne, any unwelcome thoughts
02:10or feelings you might have?
02:12Those two are sent out with the breath.
02:16So that inside you can still be quiet.
02:21Like a Lake. With no ripples.
02:29And now, imagining a place
02:32either inside or outdoors,
02:34where you feel safe and peaceful and easy.
02:40A place either make, believe or real.
02:44Could be a place from your past.
02:47Or maybe somewhere that
02:48you've always wanted to go.
02:50It doesn't matter.
02:52Just so that it's a place that feels
02:55good and safe and peaceful to you.
03:02Now allowing the place to become
03:06real to you. Looking around you.
03:09Taking the place in with your eyes.
03:13Enjoying the colors. This scenery.
03:19Appreciating every detail with your eyes.
03:24Looking over to your right.
03:28Over to your left.
03:33And listening to the sounds of the place.
03:37The music of moving wind or water.
03:41Birds or crickets.
03:43Soft, nice night sounds.
03:46Perhaps this steady thundering of
03:50Wayne on the roof. It doesn't matter.
03:54Just so your ears can enjoy
03:56the sounds of your place.
03:59That is so safe.
04:01And peaceful to you.
04:06And feeling whatever you were
04:08sitting against or lying upon.
04:11Or perhaps feeling the quality
04:13of the ground beneath your feet.
04:16Whether it's sand or pine needles or grass.
04:21Or you might be in a cozy arm chair.
04:25Or sitting on a nice warm rock in the sun.
04:32And feeling the air on your skin,
04:35either brisk and breezy. Or soft and still.
04:42Crisp and dry Bonnie Ann what?
04:48Or perhaps you're indoors feeling the warmth
04:52of a cozy fire on your face and hands.
04:59Or maybe you're outdoors and there's
05:02just the subtilis caress of a fragrant,
05:06gentle breeze. So just enjoying the
05:11feel of the place. On your skin.
05:17And as you become more and more attuned
05:20to the safety and beauty of this place,
05:23building thankful and happy to be there.
05:27You begin to feel a kind of tingling.
05:31A pleasant energizing something
05:33in the air all around you.
05:37Something that contains expectancy,
05:40an excitement.
05:42A sense that something is wonderful.
05:45Is going to be happening anytime soon.
05:50And you look out in front of you.
05:54And you begin to discern there
05:56is a kind of transparent screen,
05:58shimmering there.
06:00It gets more and more opaque and solid.
06:04As you look at it.
06:08And as you watch the screen with
06:11a kind of peaceful curiosity,
06:14you gradually become aware of a
06:17form beginning to appear on it.
06:20Becoming more and more defined.
06:25Ann, you realize that this is the
06:27form of a very special someone.
06:33Perhaps it is someone who
06:35loved you well from your past.
06:39Maybe a special guide or teacher?
06:42A parent or grandparent.
06:46And maybe someone who once loved you
06:50very much or someone in your life still.
06:55It could be an Angel or spirit or
06:58special power animal, doesn't matter.
07:02Just so it's someone or something that you
07:07know is good and wise and kind and loving.
07:12With the ability to see from the
07:15heart into the truth of things deeply.
07:19I'm clearly.
07:25So you watch as this special
07:28someone or something becomes more
07:31and more defined on the screen.
07:33Until the three dimensional
07:37image is quite clear.
07:40In whatever characteristic posture they have,
07:44wearing whatever it is that they wear,
07:47doing whatever it is that they do.
07:52Crisp and clear.
07:53In every dimension.
08:02And you can softly and
08:04easily enter the screen,
08:06fill yourself drawn to them.
08:09Wanting to have a closer look.
08:13Undetected by them you can slip
08:16into the screen safely and easily.
08:20Able to have a slow,
08:23respectful walk around them.
08:26Seeing them from every angle.
08:30The expression on the face.
08:35The profile. I'm back.
08:41And sensing the feel of the air around them.
08:45This special energy surrounding them.
08:51The sounds of the breathing or their voice.
08:57The scent of the air around them.
09:02So just slowly moving around them.
09:06Please do experience a full.
09:09Which sensory awareness of them.
09:16Anne now. In the magical
09:19safe space of this screen,
09:21somehow for just a short while.
09:25Sliding past the boundaries and slipping
09:28into the body of this other being.
09:31Entering this other body and breathing
09:34with their breath for just a while.
09:42And if there is any resistance to doing this,
09:46just gently noting it and allowing
09:49yourself to soften all around it.
09:52For the sake of understanding more
09:56and learning what you need to know.
10:01Just an experiment.
10:05Breathing their breath.
10:06Looking down and seeing this other body,
10:10perhaps other hands or feet or clothing.
10:16Breathing deeply into this other being.
10:20I'm sensing the feelings, whatever they are.
10:29Perhaps a sense of warmth and peace and calm.
10:35Or a soft expansion around the heart, maybe
10:39a solid steady sense of safety and security.
10:43Whatever feelings are sensations just
10:46experiencing what it feels like in
10:50the chest and belly in the muscles.
10:53Skin and bone. Staying open and curious as
10:58to how it feels inside this other body.
11:03And seeing out from their eyes.
11:07What the world looks like.
11:11Sounds like. Feels like.
11:14As you breathe with their breath.
11:19Feel with their feelings.
11:22Soft and easy.
11:25Feeling their heart beating
11:28inside you steady. Ancom
11:36and perhaps even seeing you over there
11:40with these other eyes looking over
11:43at you and seeing who you really are.
11:46Looking under around and
11:49through your surface.
11:51To the absence of who you really are.
11:56And seeing all the hidden splendor.
11:59All the vast beauty of your being.
12:07And perhaps seeing what you are
12:10here to do with all your unique
12:13gifts and special abilities.
12:16Appreciating what you were born to do.
12:19In your own way. In your own time.
12:28And so just taking a moment to
12:31experience this gently and easily with
12:34all the focus you can bring to bear.
12:47And now very softly and easily.
12:51Whenever you're ready.
12:54Wishing this body this awareness
12:57goodbye in whatever way feels right.
13:02I'm still infused with the
13:04richness of this experience,
13:06still feeling the expanded
13:08energy in your heart.
13:11Very gently moving back into your own body.
13:16We inhabiting it fully and easily.
13:20Reading into it with your own breath.
13:25Through your own nose and mouth.
13:30Back home
13:33Connect it again to your body.
13:37Your steady's companion
13:38and your oldest friend.
13:44And sliding out of the magical
13:47translucent screen and.
13:48Once again, see yourself in your safe
13:52and peaceful special surroundings.
13:54Again, taking in its beautiful sights.
13:57And sounds and smells. Anne, watching.
14:03As the screen fades away.
14:06And feeling yourself in your chair.
14:11Breathing. Very rhythmically and easily,
14:15very gently and with soft eyes.
14:20Allow yourself to come back
14:23into the room wherever you are.
14:26And whenever you're ready.
14:30Knowing in a deep place you are
14:33better for this. And so you are.
14:40And if your eyes are closed.
14:42Open your eyes.
14:46Premier shoulders downward
14:49Elevate your neck and head.
14:53Stretch your arms out as far as
14:56you can to the left and the right.
15:00And with a big inhalation arms overhead.
15:06And down into prayer pose.
15:13So I hope that was a pleasant and
15:17positive experiencing for you.
15:18Just connecting with somebody
15:20who you expect in love,
15:22who you know respects and loves you back,
15:25and always remembering that
15:27this is your pure essence.
15:29This sense of peace and beauty,
15:31and a knowledge that you're
15:34here for an important reason.
15:37So with that I wish you all
15:40very very very happy New year.
15:42Much peace,
15:43health and happiness and I look
15:45forward to seeing you again next week.
15:47Take care and be well.