Feeling Grounded Meditation

Namaste and welcome to our Feeling Grounded Meditation. Feeling grounded has to do with being really present, right where we are in this moment, in our bodies, in the space that we happen to be in. It means that we are able to sink down past the thoughts, the mental chatter being in our heads, and we start to sink down into a deeper presence of being.

When we do this, we feel embodied. We feel that we are right here, right now, that we are able to move through life from this powerful, grounded place, speaking, and behaving, and taking action from this deeper centered place.

When we’re up in our heads, in contrast, we start to feel flighty, we start to feel ungrounded, we can feel anxious. And so, grounding our bodies and ourselves is very powerful, very beautiful practice, that makes us feel strong, centered, and deeply embodied.

Let’s begin now.

Guided Meditation

Go ahead and take a comfortable seat either on your meditation pillow or cushion, if you’re starting to use a regular one now, sitting on the floor with your hips elevated. Or you can sit in a chair. Again, maybe it’s a regular chair, at this point, that you’ve chosen, somewhere that feels peaceful and generally quiet. And if you sit in a chair, please move your seat forward, your hips forward, so that your feet can be nice and flat on the ground.

And then, go ahead and lift your spine so that you don’t feel rigid or tight anywhere, but at the same time your spine is nice and lifted, shoulders over your hips, chin parallel to the ground.

Take a nice deep breath in through your nose, and then a nice slow exhale out through your mouth, just relaxing your jaw, relaxing your face.

And again, take another deep breath in, and then a nice slow exhale out, just letting everything start to settle down, your back, your shoulders, and your neck, just letting the muscles relax, but stay lifted.

Now, on your next inhale, you’re going to sweep your arms in front of you and up over your head where you’re going to touch your index fingers and your thumbs together, so it makes a triangle shape. And then, as you exhale, you’re going to lower that triangle shape down in front of your body.

And if you’re sitting in a chair, you can press the triangle down into your lap. If you’re sitting cross-legged on the floor, you can press the triangle down into the floor in front of you.

This triangle shape is one interpretation of sacred geometry believed to be the shape of creation, manifestation, in this plane. Being here now, this triangle shape is about grounding. I am here now.

Let’s do that again. Inhale, lift your arms forward and up. Touch index and thumbs, and then exhale, and then bring the triangle down. So, your index fingers will come down, so the triangle, when it comes down, is on a flat plane, and then it meets the earth or your thighs, lap.

And again, inhale, sweeping your arms forward and up, form the triangle shape with your fingers, and then bring it down to a horizontal level, and then press it down into the earth grounding the energy.

Couple more times, inhale, arms sweep forward and up, making the triangle shape, and then coming all the way down, down, down into the ground.

Then, one more time, inhaling and rising all the way up, touching your fingers together in triangle shape, and then coming all the way down, grounding shape of triangle into the earth.

Now, sit back, please, and let your hands rest on your lap or your thighs, palms facing up, and take a couple slow, deep, breaths all the way down into your belly.

And as we were focusing on putting the triangle, so to speak, pressing that down into the ground, I want you to focus on taking these nice full breaths and really being aware of your seat on the floor or on your chair. Just feeling the weight of your body being right here, right now, in this moment.

I’ll give you a moment to breathe and to focus on the energy, really focusing on the presence of being here, sitting here in this moment. Your body is here. Your breath is here. Every part of you is right here, right now, in this moment, taking deep breaths down into your belly.

One more moment.

Take another few deep breaths.

Setting the Intention for Today

Now, in this open space, I’m going to introduce our affirmations, our intention. You could say them out loud, or you can just listen to my words. Starting with the phrase, I Am. It’s very powerful, because it’s stating in the present of beingness, really the deepest level of integration of beliefs.

I Am grounded and safe.

I Am grounded and safe.

I Am grounded and safe.

I Am grounded and safe.

Feel the truth of those words start to melt in. I Am grounded. I Am safe. When we are grounded, when we are right here, right now, we meld with the present moment, our point of power. It’s okay to be here. It’s safe to be here. We don’t have to be planning for the future. We don’t always have to be in our head, in our thoughts, and over-analyzing. It’s safe to be here to be you, to be authentically you, and to be authentically here. I am grounded and safe.

Take another deep breath in, slow exhale out through your nose, and just feeling for a moment, just being here.

We are here. We’ve arrived. There’s nowhere else to go. We are here. We are grounded in this moment. We’re having an embodied experience in our bodies, and it is safe to be here, it is safe to be in our bodies. You’re grounded and safe.

Now, taking your hands please into Anjali Mudra and into prayer pose right in front of your heart. Taking a moment for gratitude, seeing what rises up spontaneously.

I’m so grateful for you, and I’m so grateful for us being connected on the path and on the journey.

Sending you so much love.

Om Shanti, peace and love. Namaste.