Held in Love

My website is almost done . It has been a joy to work with my web designer. It's fun to keep refining this vehicle of expressing what I came here to do.

I have been doing a process with people which I would like to share with you. Read it over and then see if you'd be willing to take some time to relax and do this short process. I thought the holiday weekend might be a good time to share this and if it isn't, I hope you will return to it another time.

Draw your circle around you in the air. This circle, as those of you who have worked with me already know, is a symbol of sacred space. It is made sacred by you bringing yourself your own attention. It also represents an energetic boundary that lets you know where you leave off and other people start. Being in your circle teaches you to protect yourself from the inside with a boundary within which you can keep your heart open so you don't need to shut your heart down and create walls.

Breathe into your body in your circle in full deep breaths. Take about a minute to breathe into your body, paying attention to the full inhalation and exhalation of your breath. Each time you notice your mind wandering off into thought, as minds do,gently and lovingly bring yourself back to the awareness of the full inhalation and exhalation of your breath. (For me, a minute is about twelve breaths.)

Then go down into your body and find the place in you that loves you no matter what. Maybe loving yourself no matter what feels too illusive right now. If it does, see if you can contact the part of you that supports you no matter what or the part that thinks you are OK no matter what. This place may be no bigger than the head of a pin. It doesn't matter. Once you have found that place in your body breathe into it . Spend a minute or so and see what you notice.
Then imagine someone or something holding you in unconditional love as you breathe into the place in you that loves you no matter what.This unconditionally loving being could be a person that you know or don't know, a mountain, an animal, light, warm water, the universe or whatever or whoever shows up today to hold you in love.Breathe into that sense of connecting with the part of you that loves you in your body, while being held in love by your unconditionally loving being for about a minute. Take longer if you want to. As long as you want. See what you notice. Appreciate yourself for doing this exercise whatever your experience was. Write about what you noticed if you want to. If you feel moved to, please send me an e-mail and let me know what you experienced. I would love to hear from you.
One woman got a vision of being held in a giant hammock made up of the goodness of many good people stretched out beneath her. As she breathed she could see their faces and feel their love for her. It was a bouncy hammock that was fun to be in, too. I imagined being held by her hammock. I felt peaceful and loved. Being held in her hammock confirmed to her that we are all one united in love and that these beings are waiting to hold anyone in love who asks to be held. She said it was OK for me to share her experience. I am glad to be able to share it with you. Feel free to ask to use her hammock. It's your hammock, too. Happy Labor Day weekend.