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Finding Inner Peace: Healing and Breathwork Meditation Practices

Lisa Hopkins, Wide Open Stages Season 13 Episode 8

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This meditation episode guides listeners through a transformative journey of self-healing using breath and visualization techniques. The focus is on connecting to one’s inner light, recognizing areas of tension, and fostering a deep sense of love and healing within. 
• Emphasis on self-care and importance of taking time for oneself 
• Guided visualization of light cleansing and soothing the body 
• Connection to emotions and sensation through breathwork 
• Heart chakra focus with pink and green light for healing 
• Invitation to acknowledge and release blockages with each exhale 
• Cultivation of gratitude and grounding in healing practices 
• Encouragement to carry healing energy into daily life

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Healing Meditation for Inner Peace

Speaker 1

This meditation is for healing Whatever it is that needs healing inside you , in your thoughts , in your body , wherever it might be . I hope that this meditation will help you . This is a time of grace . This is a time to truly take care of yourselves . We need you to be healthy and to heal so that you can be the best you and the best expression of you in this world . This is for all of us .

Speaker 1

Find yourself somewhere comfortable to sit or lie down , a place where you will be undisturbed , where you can take a moment just for you . You deserve to take a moment just for you . You deserve to take a moment just for you . Uncross your legs or arms , place your feet flat on the floor , if you're seated , and allow your palms just to rest upwards , either by your sides or gently resting in your lap , if you feel comfortable and safe , closing your eyes . Then go ahead and begin to connect gently with your breath , just noticing . Just noticing the breath , not changing anything . Notice whether it's light or deep , whether it's short or rushed or calm , notice how it may be changing in this moment . Just reconnecting with that breath . It's so important just to slow down . It's so important just to slow down , and I celebrate you for being here to do just that Again , really connecting with that breath , focusing there . We're going to breathe in deeply and then we're going to sigh as you exhale Again , breathing in and deeply , sighing as you exhale . Just do this a few more times , noticing that as you exhale , you can feel the release within your body . Mm , you can feel the release within your body . You deserve this . Be here , be here with your breath .

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And as we go through this meditation , I want you to acknowledge any areas of tension or pain , internal or external , even bringing environmental , whatever it is , just knowing that this is a safe space for us to heal , to process and to release . And as you breathe now , I want you to visualize above your head a beautiful white or golden light and with each inhale , that light gets closer and closer to the top of your head until it touches the crown . And as you inhale , that light begins to travel in through the top of your head and , with every breath , deepens and begins to wash through your body . As you breathe again , you feel that light coming down and through the top of your head and as you exhale , see it travel further and further through your body , deep into yourself , your bones , your muscles , your thoughts , your mind . Keep breathing as that light begins to envelop you , swirling and traveling through your body all the way to your feet and back down into the earth below . Allow the light to continue to wash through you as you breathe and you continue with the rest of our meditation .

Speaker 1

Notice and acknowledge any sensations in your body that you may feel . Maybe there's tingling or warmth , maybe even the vibration of the beating of your heart as the energy travels through you from above , cleansing and clearing . I want you to bring your awareness , bringing your awareness now to the center of your chest . This is where your heart chakra is . It's just right in between the center of your chest , and I want you to imagine a pink or green . Pink or green light , like the size of a fairy light in the center of your chest . And as you breathe now , I want you to visualize your breathing in this pink or green , breathing it in whatever sits most comfortably with you . You're drawing that light in through the center of your chest . Pink is the color of unconditional love and green is the color of unconditional love and green is the color of healing . Maybe they're swirling together , beautifully , blending Unconditional love and healing .

Speaker 1

As you continue to breathe , let's bring to mind any condition or any area in your life that you feel requires healing or support in this moment . Again , it might be physical , maybe it's emotional or spiritual , maybe it's a specific part of your body , maybe it's a relationship with self or a relationship with someone else , or even a relationship with a thought , an expectation . Just want you to draw your awareness around where you need support and draw that breath in , draw that pink or green light to that area , breathing that area , breathing that beautiful healing light into it , into the area that needs it most , and see the light diffuse and fill that area as you exhale , feeling any tension or pain , just leave on the out-breath , watch it go , take a moment or two more , just to spend some time breathing into that area , pink or green , exhaling , releasing , acknowledging any negative feelings or emotions or sensations , just allowing that light to heal you . It can travel to another area , or more than one , wherever you need it . It's your light , just breathing and exhaling , diffusing and releasing . I want you now to gently begin to imagine that little fairy light on your chest , shrinking in size , maybe gently placing your palms over your heart center , holding that beautiful , loving , healing energy within , taking a moment now to breathe , Feel your chest rise and fall , bringing your awareness back to the top of the head and allowing that shower of white or golden light to cleanse the body like a shower , a shower of light . It's not traveling just through the body now , but around the body , from above you right into the earth beneath you , cleansing and clearing and releasing anything that needs to be healed back to the earth . As you do this , begin to allow a gentle smile and then feeling that light , cleansing , clear , leaving you feeling vital , alive . You're feeling clearer , calmer , more open and then and more free .

Breathwork Healing Meditation Practice

Speaker 1

Now place your palms facing downwards , on your knees or by your sides and , as we slowly come to the end of this meditation , I want you now to use the end of this meditation .

Speaker 1

I want you now to use the breath a little differently .

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This time we're going to draw the breath up from the soles of our feet , drawing it up from the earth beneath us to the top of the head and up through the spine and back down through the spine , inhaling up and go through your nasal passages , through your eyes , through your ears , through any openings through you and around you , like an aura of beautiful , magical light .

Speaker 1

Notice how you're feeling , feeling , gently moving your toes , connecting with gratitude for your beautiful toes , bringing back some gentle movement into your body , enjoying some nice deep breaths , allowing yourself to feel more awake , maybe rolling your shoulders and smiling or shrugging them . Sometimes it's nice to tighten everything up , tight as you can for three , two , one and then just letting it go . How wonderful that we are energetic beings and that by focusing on our breath we can create the healing and the space for healing that we need . Maybe rub your hands together now and gently place them over your eyes and move them across your beautiful face down to the heart , maybe putting them into prayer position , the thumbs gently touching the breastbone , breathing in deeply here . Savor this moment in gratitude , gently bowing in respect to yourself for your practice today . I am massively grateful for you . My friends , my fellow humans , you've got this , sending love and light , namaste .