Ommmm

This morning, I started a simple meditation. I wanted to clear my mind, clear my body, clear my soul, and listen to the universe and my own small, still voice. I heard Ommm in my head and I started chanting Om. I've never done this before. It always sounded scary and boring to me, yet I sat there for an hour, and really connected with the love of the universe. What a wonderful way to start my day. Just wanted to share that love with my friends.

Cat Meditation

It's quiet in the house the morning.

Pooh, my cat, jumps on my lap and starts purring vigorously, and I realize that he is at peace.

I put my arms around him and hold him tight. I let the purrs vibrate through my hand, and feel them permeate my being.

I breathe deeply with Pooh.

I bury my fingers in his soft fur and feel grounded and connected to him.

I forget what is going on in the room, and I let this peace flow through me.

I set aside the cares of my life, the urgency of work, and let breathing and purring define me.

I am.

I am not defined by what I do but by the person that I am.

I listen to the truth of who I am and let this truth flow through me.

I open up the connection with the energy of the universe and let this energy flow into me. It flows through me to Pooh. It flows through Pooh to me.

And I feel complete.

at peace.

loved.

Winter Meditation

This morning, I reached deep into the earth to find my grounding. I had to penetrate the icy layers of my resistance, my barriers to growth, my walls built up to protect my roots from the cold, and I found a spot deep in the earth that was warm and I wrapped my roots around it.
I let the warmth move slowly up into my body, reaching my arms out to the light of the sun, bright orange as it was emerging, promising growth and new beginnings.
I looked inside myself at the areas where my sap was no longer flowing, where I have shut down to protect myself, and let the warmth from the earth come up and revive me. There is a promise from that glowing sun that the snow and ice is temporary. Spring will come. Now is the time to recharge and prepare for the growth that is to come.
I look inside my thoughts and find a place where worry used to thrive. Instead, I am filling it with peace. I can make plans and anticipate what is to come, but for the moment, I am alive, I am at peace. I may look like I'm not alive. Every night as I sleep I feign death. Every winter the trees shed all appearance of life as they prepare for the growth to come. I can prepare and I will be ready for the growth that will come.
For now, I will relax and let calm rule my life.
I will remember first and foremost that today, I can breathe.