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Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome. This meditation supports the Stage One task of trusting yourself. Trusting yourself is a lot harder than it should be. You must come to trust your gut, or your intuition. That requires learning the difference between true intuition and impulse from the \u201cmonkey mind.\u201d This meditation will support learning how to tell the difference, so that you can act from a place of, and come to trust, pure intuition.

Posture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a moment to get comfortable.\u00a0You can sit or lay down. It\u2019s doesn\u2019t matter. For this exercise, it will help to close your eyes and focus internally.\u00a0

Presence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a slow deep breath. Let it out like a sigh of relief. Be at peace. You are here now. Take another slow deep breath, and this time, send it out slowly, consciously, with purpose, all the way.\u00a0Be at peace. You are here now. Pause and repeat \u00a0these breaths until you feel relaxed and at peace.\u00a0

Journey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We begin with a body scan. Start at the top of the head. What does that feel like? What sensations do you feel there? Come down a little now and focus on the front half of the brain, behind the forehead. What does that feel like? This is where the human consciousness, or the monkey mind lives. Take a moment to focus on what that feels like.

Come down further now to the heart. Feel the heart beat. Focus on what it feels like. What sensations do you feel there? What emotions stir here? Heart centered intuition lives here.\u00a0Take a moment to focus on what that feels like. The truth of your soul lives here. Ask yourself, what is the truth if your soul in this moment?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanning further down now, to just below your stomach, near the solar plexus. If you feel fear, you feel it here. If you make decisions in fear, the result will multiply that fear.\u00a0Take a moment to focus on what that feels like. We do not want to make decisions in fear. We will choose differently.

Scanning further down now to the gut. Deep in the belly, in the bowl of the pelvis. What feelings do you have there? What sensations? This space feels grounded. Expansive. This is where gut-centered intuition lives.\u00a0Take a moment to focus on what that feels like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no fear here. It feels wise and calm. Invite your mind to think on your choices down here, instead. There are more neurons here and around your heart, than in your brain anyway. What if we thought with our heart and guts rather than with our monkey minds?\u00a0Take a moment to focus on what that idea feels like.

For a greater challenge, imagine the heart and the gut are connected by a cable that runs down your spine (because they are). What would it be to make our choices here, among the heart and gut in agreement. There is no fear here. There is love, compassion, grounding, wisdom, knowing, joy. And the results of those choices will multiply those feelings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you are ready, bring your awareness back to your eyes, and then to your surroundings. Notice how you feel. Take this feeling with you and return to it anytime you like. As you go about your day, remember to make decisions from a place of intuition, not impulse; from a place of love, compassion, wisdom, grounding, joy and knowing, not from a place of fear, loss or unworthiness. Feel the difference in your body, and use that to improve your connection to yourself, others and your world. Practice recognizing intuition versus impulse each time you make a decision. This is a skill that will serve you daily for life.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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