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Awakening Lotus Meditation

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"The Awakening Lotus Meditation CD allows you to get lost in that place of tranquil bliss.  I love it!  It's so much a reflection of Jo's heart and soul and the passion she has for her work.  I recommend it to everyone who needs to take some time out and get in touch with their Inner Self."
Jackie Nugara, Self Directions Life & Business Coach, 8 January 2007

The Awakening Lotus Meditation is now available on CD for $25.00
(plus postage and handling).

I have finally produced my own CD and I am thrilled with it.  
The CD includes 2 tracks:  • Relaxation; and 
                                        • The Awakening Lotus Meditation.

Background sounds are the soft and gentle sounds of nature including native animals and a babbling brook to sooth and relax.

Download a sample of the Awakening Lotus Meditation to try before you buy:
AwakeningLotus-Sample.MP3 (3.2 Mb)

The first Relaxation track is a short meditation to encourage deep, peaceful breathing and relaxation of the body and body parts.  It is great for anyone who is a beginner or for someone wanting to learn how to meditate as it will take you into a deep meditative state and it is short so it is not so difficult to maintain your focus.  This track is also great for anyone who has time constraints and wants to do a deep but short meditation as it only takes 10 minutes.  

The second track is the Awakening Lotus Meditation which will take you into a deep state of relaxation.  It is great for anyone wanting to experience a longer guided meditation (30 mins).  It is the life cycle of the lotus flower, where you are the seed that blossoms into the flower.  This meditation is not only brilliant for relaxation but also encourages you to expand your awareness.  It inspires your own growth, conception and creativity of something new or something you desire, manifestation to carry out your new concept, the wonder and joy of fulfillment and communion with nature.

I hope that you enjoy the Awakening Lotus experience!

Abdominal Breathing

Also known as diaphragmatic breathing where the abdomen moves outward (and the diaphragm moves downward) when you breath in.  When you breath out, the abdomen moves inwards (and the diaphragm moves upwards).

If you place one hand on your naval and inhale deeply you will notice the hand rise as the abdomen expands outward.  When exhaling deeply you will notice that your hand moves inwards towards the spine as the abdomen contracts.

The lower the diaphragm moves downward, the more air and oxygen is taken into the lungs and the lungs can fill more completely with fabulous fresh oxygen.  

On the exhale, the diaphragm moves higher with contraction of the abdomen which means that more old air is released from the lungs creating extra room for fresh new oxygen to reach your lungs when you inhale again.

Abdominal breathing might take a bit of practice but you will increase your lung capacity and will increase the intake of oxygen to your whole body.

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Relaxation

Close your eyes.  Breath deeply three times.  Allow your breath to return to its natural rhythm.

We will now focus on relaxing the body.  Take as much time as you need to relax each body part.  Relax the top of the head.  Relax the forehead and the back of the head.  Relax the eye balls, the cheeks and the jaw.  Relax the neck and throat.  Relax the shoulders, the arms, right down to the fingertips.  Relax the upper back, chest and organs.  Relax the lower back, abdomen and pelvis.  Relax the buttocks, down through the legs and feet, right down to the toes.

Breath in deeply and scan your body for any remaining tension.  With your out breath blow out all remaining tension and relax your body completely.

Allow your breathing to return to normal and notice how your body feels.  Congratulate yourself on how you feel right now.

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Awakening Lotus Meditation

Close your eyes.  Relax.  Know that you are safe and protected.  Call in 2 Guardian Angels to assist you through this meditation and to reassure you that they will help you along the way.  No harm can come to you.  You are safe and you are loved.

Feel yourself drifting upwards to the sky.  Take your time.  Slowly and softly drifting up to a place of white light, a place of love.  You are safe and protected on your journey.  Take note of how you feel.

Now you are softly and slowly drifting down.  Feel the breeze against your face.  Slowly drifting down.  Feel the sun warming your body.

Now you softly dive into a magical body of water.  You are safe and protected.  You can breath under this water as it is magical.  Feel the coolness of the water on your skin.  Be aware of the beautiful blue and green colours around you.

You continue to float peacefully and contentedly through the water until you reach the bottom of the magical pond.

Notice how you magically sit on the bottom with ease and grace.  Notice your surroundings:  what do you hear, feel, see and sense?

After sitting at the bottom of your pond you notice that you are changing shape.  You are now round like a ball and bright yellow.  You are a Lotus Seed and you are very contented and are happy to sit at the bottom of your magical pond.

Soon you notice that you are beginning to grow roots.  It feels good to dig your roots into the soft sediment at the bottom of your magical pond.  Deeper and deeper your roots grow into the dark brown soil where they gain nourishment from Mother Earth.  You are grateful to your pond and to Mother Earth for providing such rich and beneficial nourishment.  Thank your magic pond and Mother Earth by sending a big ball of pink love as gratitude.  Notice how your roots continue to grow big and strong giving you stability and securing you to the floor of your magic pond.

You now begin to change shape again and your protective casing has opened to reveal a new shoot.  This new shoot starts to climb upwards through the cool, invigorating water.  Notice how you climb upwards though the rich dark water that provides your roots with much needed food to allow you to grow strong.  Moving up and up, higher and higher, notice how your surroundings are changing as you move through the beautiful cool water.  How do you feel, what do you look like, how does the water taste or feel?

You continue to grow and climb until finally you reach the surface of the water and break through.  Feel the sun and the gentle breeze blowing.  How does this feel compared to the beautiful cool nourishing water?

Now that you are above the water and are able to gain much needed nutrients from the sun and sky we give thanks to Father Sky for all the benefits provided.  Give Father Sky a beautiful big ball of pink love as gratitude.

You now change shape again.  The stem that has reached the surface changes colour from a pale green to a beautiful bright emerald green and starts to unfold to reveal a new leaf.  This leaf continues to grow bigger and bigger and wider and larger.  Your new leaf is beautifully round and it magically balances on the surface of the water.  Notice how it feels to surrender yourself at the top of the water.  How does it feel on the underside of your leaf compared to the upper side that is facing the sun?  A few droplets of water roll over your leaf.  Notice how they form perfectly and roll around freely and uninhibited.  You have fabulously formed little hairs all over your new leaf so the droplets of cool calming water move over you with ease and grace and fall off into the water at your discretion.

Whilst you have been playing with the droplets of water you have magically grown 2 more new large luscious leaves that are bright emerald green, perfectly formed and very happy.  You are perfectly balanced.

Your form continues to grow beneath the water again.  You have another new shoot forming.  This new shoot is growing and climbing and moving thought the water with speed and grace.  How does it feel to be below the calm cool water again with your strong roots wriggling around in the nutritious mud?

Finally, your new shoot has broken though the water and continues to climb high in the air.  Higher and higher you climb.  Feel the sun and the breeze.  You notice that your new shoot is high above the water and you are glad to be closer to Father Sky.  Notice too how you bend and sway in the breeze.  You continue to grow and you notice how your tip swells to form more leaves but this time they look and feel very different.  They are smaller and are a lighter shade of green and there are many of them.  In the center you notice how these leaves are turning from a light green to a cream and then to a pale shade of pink.  They are silky soft and feel like love and are indeed petals.  

Gradually your petals turn to a beautiful shade of pink for unconditional love.  They are warmed by the sun's rays and begin to open up.  They are all perfectly formed and are grateful to have a Divine place in your evolution.  You have formed the most beautiful Lotus Flower ever created and you give thanks for this special moment.

Deep amongst your petals in the very center of your Lotus Flower you notice that you have a wonderful green core.  It is bright emerald green and inside it, is contained a most amazing surprise. On the top of your core are perfectly formed holes and in the center of these holes are bright yellow balls of Lotus Love.  These are your seeds and they contain your essence, your love, your Divineness which you are about to spread throughout the world.

As you continue to grow your petals give thanks to the elements for their love and support and they gently detach from your core and drift down to the water where they float away.

Your core continues to grow and the seeds swell.  Your stem bends with the weight and the wind and finally tips over.  Your seeds anticipate the water below them and wriggle excitedly out of their casing and jump with joy into the water where they begin a new journey of evolution to sow your love and essence throughout the world.  And it begins again . . .

Take a moment to reflect on your Lotus journey and your experiences:  how you felt, the colours you saw, the changes that took place, the tastes and textures, the different environments that you grew through from seed, roots, stem, leaves, petals, flower, core and seeds again which begins new growth.

Breath deeply, be aware of your present environment.  Gently and slowly wriggle your toes and fingers. Come out of meditation.  When you are ready slowly open your eyes.  Take your time.

Congratulations you have completed the Awakening Lotus meditation!

If you feel that it is taking a very long time to come back to your body or you feel light headed:  

• Imagine that you are a tree and that you are growing roots into the ground.  Take time with these process in order to "ground" yourself.
• Drink some water or
• Eat a piece of fruit or
• Go into the backyard and walk on the grass.

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Benefits

Thank you for being part of this beautiful journey.  I hope that you enjoyed yourself.  Some of the benefits that you have gained by participating in this meditation include:

• Relaxation of mind, body and soul
• Allowing your mind to wander on a journey that includes visualisation and use of all your senses: hearing, smelling, touching, tasting and seeing.
• Changing shape is liberating as you are moving with your surroundings but you can look and feel anyway you want.  Breaking free of limitations.
• Appreciation of your surroundings and how they impact on you.  Understanding that there is beauty everywhere you turn.
• Appreciation of Mother Earth and Father Sky and the gifts they give.  Give back to them with love in appreciation for their support.  Acknowledging their gifts and taking part in healing planet earth.
• What else can you think of . . .

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Meaning of the Lotus

The Lotus is a symbol of:  spirituality; the sacredness of evolution; purity; the potential to rise out of the mud and become something of great beauty; and enlightenment.

The Lotus is very beautiful and in Buddhism its large white bloom was so outstanding in muddy waters that it symbolized the enlightened one in a world of ignorant beings.  The White Lotus Flower, therefore, became the official symbol of Buddhism.

The closed lotus represents potential and depending on the number of petals, the lotus' symbolism changes:  • with eight petals, it represents cosmic harmony;
                                         • with 1,000 petals it means spiritual revelation.

• In the Orient the Lotus flower has represented divine female fertility for over 5,000 years.
• The Chinese celebrate the lotus flower in July as the symbol of perfection and purity.  
• It was sacred to the Greeks as a symbol of beauty.  
• In the Hindu tradition it was a symbol of the solar matrix, the maternal womb from which the sun rose to renew the word. A golden lotus bore the god Brahma. 
• The lotus is the emblem of paradise in Japan. 
• In ancient Egypt the rose of Isis replaced the original lotus when the cultivation of flowers spread to Egypt. The blue lotus was sacred to the Egyptians because it was associated with the sun god "Ra".  The lotus flower was also held by Egyptian mummies.

It is considered to be a valuable food resource as the roots and seeds can be eaten. The Lotus seed is sweet and is used to make a paste for the Moon Cake, which is served during the Autumn Festival.  During Chinese New Year, lotus seeds are cooked and served to visiting relatives. The lotus leaves are used to wrap up rice for steaming.

The lotus is so highly venerated as a plant that it appears symbolically in architecture and paintings.  (Information provided by Pinkies Parlour)

In Love and Light and Good Health  Jo Thompson