A note from Sean
Visualization and mindfulness are different things. With mindfulness we sense what is already here and don’t change it. With a visualization you make an experience. You can still bring mindfulness to it, and notice how that experience is, moment to moment.
Try this today. When you picture yourself barefoot in the field, stop on one detail, like the warm sun on your face. Check where you feel that in your actual body. Stay there for three breaths, then see whether the picture is still there.
Keep going: A Peaceful Place Meditation and A Meditation for Boundaries: Imagining Your Inner Land.
This suits anyone who likes working with imagery. If sadness or something heavy comes up as you picture it, go gently. Stop when you need to.
Here’s a Sample of the “Imagining Your Tree of Knowledge” Guided Meditation Script:
See yourself standing in a beautiful field of gold or greenLook down at your feet and notice you are barefootIt feels good to connect to mother earth and your feet start to tingleYou close your eyes and feel the warm sun on your faceThere is a gentle breeze blowing and you stretch your arms out either side of you and feel the breeze sweep over your bodyThe breeze picks up a little and as it does you know that it is cleansing you of any worries or burdensIt is clearing away any heaviness any sickness or any sadness you have been holding on toAllow yourself a few moments now to let the breeze fully cleanse you – mind, body, soul, emotions and aura
You are now feeling clean and refreshed, cleansed and clearedTake a deep cleansing breathe and in your minds eye, see yourself open your eyesBefore you a path starts to formTake in the details of the path. What is it made from?Is it narrow or wide?Is it winding or straight? The path is leading into a forest and you start walking on the path towards the forest
