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Volume 6 Issue 5 ISSN# 1708-3265

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 		Meditate a Moment
featuring: Aleesha Stephenson

Before we begin this meditation I would like you to formulate a question. Something you would like to ask your Guide while you are sitting with them. Once you have your question in your mind, close your eyes and ground yourself.

Grounding ourselves whenever we meditate is so important. It assists us to stay connected while we travel to other dimensions within our mind, or other worlds. When we meditate and are not grounded, we feel light-headed and have a hard time as our mind will often wander rather than opening to the meditation. Then when we are finished meditating it can be hard to walk or even finish a sentence! So please remember to ground yourself before beginning any meditation.

Let's begin.

Take three deep cleansing breaths, in ease and exhale all the dis-ease of your day. Now for our second breath, IN-spiration and releasing any tension in your body and one more… IN-spiration and exhale any residual negativity.

Visualize a star in a nearby galaxy; this is the Heaven Star. A beam of light is coming out of the Heaven Star, feel yourself begin to draw this energy down, through the galaxy, towards Earth. Down through our atmosphere and down down down towards your crown chakra (top of your head). This light moves very slowly into your head, past your eyes, your cheeks, your jaw and into your neck. Then vertebra by vertebra it moves down your spine towards the base of your spine (1st chakra).

As this energy touches the base of your spine you feel it change. Roots begin to develop and weave their way down your legs, past your knees, slowly pushing their way down your calves and into your ankles. You feel them filling your feet and gently reaching out of the soles of your feet and pushing their way into the ground beneath you.

Deep into the Earth they glide, down down down until the roots touch the Earth Star. Winding themselves around the Earth Star they meld with this Star and begin to feed. The energy of the Earth Star pulsates up the roots, up up up through the ground until you feel it entering your feet.

Your roots continue to draw this wonderful grounding energy up, feeding on it, feeling its weight as you begin to feel ever more connected to the Earth.

As your connection to the Earth becomes deep and grounded turn your focus to the top of your head and feel how light and connected it is to the Heaven Star above.

Feel the cord from the Heaven Star begin to lift you off the ground. Slowly and gently… you begin to rise above the ground - one foot, two feet, higher and higher.

As you gain a perspective from this bird's eye view, allow your body to relax and hover above the ground below. Look to the East and see the shoreline. Over to the West is the mountains - green and full of life. The sun is beginning to set on the tops of the mountains and the colour in the sky begins to change.

Looking back towards the East, your eyes are drawn to a swirling tide in the water. You feel your physical body being drawn towards this pool. Hovering in the air, you begin to glide. Feel the wind on your skin as you move closer to the pool.

Once you are over the pool allow your body to lower into the swirling tide. Feel the water rushing around your legs - your buttocks - your abdomen - your arms and shoulders and finally allow yourself to be completely lowered into this tide. You can breathe under water so relax and take a deep breath in—filling your lungs and then release your breath back into the tide.

The water is removing layers of out-moded aspects from your being. If there are specific habits you would like to release - name them and release them into the tide.

Stay as long as you need to - this tide is releasing and allowing you to empty.

When you feel you have released everything you need to, at this time, feel the Heaven Star energy pulling you up, out of the water. As you hover above the water, look again to the East. The horizon is off in the distance. If you look towards the West, you see that the mountains are also far away and the sun is nestling deeper in the distance.

If you were on those horizons, where you are now would be the horizon. So in this moment, you are beyond the horizon of where you once were. Our horizons are always moving, shifting as they are a fluid aspect of our being.

Off to the south is a grassy area and you can see a huge bonfire blazing. Allow yourself to glide over the water towards this area. Once you reach the bonfire you notice you are still alone. Stare into the flames. See how they are reaching up - like fingers. Allow the flames to reach up and grab new aspects of Self for you to take with you tonight. You released all the out-moded aspects of yourself and so now those empty areas can be refilled with things which will benefit your path at this time.

Take your time and choose wisely. Do you need what you are asking for or do you simply want it?

Once you are finished lay in the grass and watch the stars in the sky. Feel the perfection of this moment and the gift it is. When you are ready gently open your eyes, feeling calm and re-filled.

namaste'
Aleesha




Aleesha Stephenson is the Publisher, Editor, Graphic and Web Designer as well as a Regular Columnist for Timeless Spirit Magazine.

A Raw Foodist, Reiki Master Teacher, who lives her Buddhist, Shamanic, with many eclectic Pagan beliefs, she home-schools two of her three spiritually enlightened children as her eldest has graduated and moved on to the school of life. Friend (and mother) to them all, she is also a life-partner to her husband David. Her life truly is filled with light.

Author of the "Pathways Series," a series of workbooks created for 28 consecutive nights of spellwork for Magi's Magick Spells. Aleesha teaches classes in Tarot, Meditation and Reiki. She is also a Raw Food and Fasting Coach. For more information, please contact Aleesha via email, visit her personal web page or her blog - Aleesha's Raw Life.

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