00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,530 Quiet music 00:00:14,530 --> 00:00:18,000 Jessica Stover: Everyone and welcome to this month's 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,070 Healing Circle, 00:00:20,070 --> 00:00:25,340 a time for meditation together that we can hold space 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:30,090 and breathe and recenter ourselves together. 00:00:30,090 --> 00:00:35,710 I'm Jessica Stover. I'm with Networks for Training and Development, and I'll be your host this evening. 00:00:35,710 --> 00:00:40,150 I'm so glad you all are able to join in. 00:00:40,150 --> 00:00:44,640 Each month we hold these - the 1st Monday of every month - 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,240 at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard time. 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,440 You can go into our website 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:51,480 and 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:59,620 get many years - 6, if not even 7 years - of archived healing circle meditations 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:06,069 that you can download and or even listen to just at your leisure whenever you need to take 00:01:06,070 --> 00:01:12,519 a quick breath and a moment to recenter, refocus, and recharge yourselves. 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,560 So again, I'm so glad to be with you all this evening. 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:22,720 So today is Monday. July first We are officially 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,230 in summertime. 00:01:24,230 --> 00:01:30,840 I'm hailing to you from the east coast of the United States, specifically in Pennsylvania, and 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:39,340 summer is here. Today was a beautiful summer day. It wasn't over the top hot. The humidity was low, the sun was shining, 00:01:39,340 --> 00:01:47,840 the sky was the most incredible blue. Some gentle white clouds in the sky. 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:54,080 and the faintest of breezes. As I was outside, taking a moment and able to go for a walk. 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,940 You'll have to forgive me if my dogs chime in and start barking, 00:01:58,940 --> 00:02:05,815 but they're here in my life, too, and they like to make themselves known from time to time. So hopefull you'll forgive me if they do 00:02:05,815 --> 00:02:12,690 decide to make a auditory appearance with us while we're together. 00:02:12,690 --> 00:02:15,430 I'd like to offer you all a 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:20,910 guided meditation this evening, specifically surrounding the beach. 00:02:20,910 --> 00:02:23,880 That that would be a nice way to start 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,120 the summertime here 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,139 of this month's Healing Circle. 00:02:29,139 --> 00:02:33,669 This comes from the city of New York University. 00:02:33,669 --> 00:02:40,189 and it's 1 of their open source documents they had available, and it was just so lovely. I wanted to borrow it 00:02:40,190 --> 00:02:43,840 and certainly give credit to them. 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:49,150 So I'd like you to as you're able, how you're able. Wherever you're comfortable. 00:02:49,150 --> 00:02:57,790 sit, stand, recline, lay down, just be wherever you need to be. 00:02:57,790 --> 00:03:03,139 and find a comfortable position, and settle yourself in your chair 00:03:03,139 --> 00:03:07,029 on your floor 00:03:07,030 --> 00:03:10,100 outside, inside. 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:13,350 on a surface, and just settle in. 00:03:13,350 --> 00:03:17,070 Close your eyes and just breathe. 00:03:17,070 --> 00:03:19,530 Don't try to control your breath. 00:03:19,530 --> 00:03:22,180 just pay attention to your breath 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:26,590 as it enters and leaves your body. 00:03:26,590 --> 00:03:31,770 Feel the sensation of your breath enter as you inhale, 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:35,180 and leave your body as you exhale. 00:03:35,180 --> 00:03:41,930 And as you relax, notice the sensations in your body. 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:45,430 Imagine you're at the seashore on a beautiful day. 00:03:45,430 --> 00:03:48,780 and it is the perfect time of day 00:03:48,780 --> 00:03:51,750 and the perfect time of year 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:55,620 for you to just be right there. 00:03:55,620 --> 00:04:04,040 Recall the feelings that you get in your body when you were at the beach, or maybe another favorite location in the summertime. 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,230 when you were a young child. 00:04:07,230 --> 00:04:15,830 and let yourself explore that feeling for a few moments. 00:04:15,830 --> 00:04:19,610 I want you to imagine the warmth of the sun 00:04:19,610 --> 00:04:23,470 on the top of your head and your shoulders. 00:04:23,470 --> 00:04:27,570 and allow this image to develop. 00:04:27,570 --> 00:04:33,120 Perhaps there's a pleasant breeze that carries the mist from the ocean 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,910 which you feel on your face and arms. 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:42,320 And it feels refreshing - that salty breeze that's coming off the ocean waters - 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,070 and breathe it in. 00:04:45,070 --> 00:04:48,230 You can even smell the sea air 00:04:48,230 --> 00:04:52,300 and taste the salt spray. 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:56,020 In your mind's eye. Look up and down the beach, 00:04:56,020 --> 00:04:59,839 and notice the expansiveness of the sand, 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:06,169 and the color and the texture of it, and the way it sparkles in the sunlight. 00:05:06,170 --> 00:05:11,589 Imagine that you're standing in the dry, soft sand 00:05:11,589 --> 00:05:13,029 and feel it 00:05:13,029 --> 00:05:19,089 beneath your body, maybe behind your legs or between your toes, 00:05:19,089 --> 00:05:21,949 in your hands. 00:05:21,950 --> 00:05:26,620 And what that feels like. 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:33,040 Imagine taking a few steps and feeling what it's like to walk in the deep, warm, soft sand. 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:38,410 And move closer into the water, and walk in 00:05:38,410 --> 00:05:46,010 and feel the cool, firm sand. Feel it as it takes on the shape of your feet as you walk. 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:52,940 You look behind you, and you see your own footprints, and you notice the waves gently gliding toward you, 00:05:52,940 --> 00:05:59,510 and lapping at the shore, gradually smoothing those footprints out. 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:06,950 And you gaze toward the blue water and see the waves washing up into the sand, and then receding back into the ocean, 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:13,750 continuously washing up and flowing back down. 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:22,110 And you're just taking this all in enjoying that beautiful rhythm 00:06:22,110 --> 00:06:29,020 of those waves. Look at the edge of the water and notice the color. 00:06:29,020 --> 00:06:34,530 Notice that the color meeting the sand and the waves gently lapping on the shore, 00:06:34,530 --> 00:06:39,410 rolling in, breathing softly. 00:06:39,410 --> 00:06:43,860 And going back out, over and over endlessly. 00:06:43,860 --> 00:06:51,730 Here the deep. calming, rhythmic sound of the waves breaking on the beach. 00:06:51,730 --> 00:06:58,510 Look out into the horizon, and notice the waves as far back as you can see, rolling toward the ocean, 00:06:58,510 --> 00:07:02,040 breaking, glittering in the sunlight. 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:09,390 And notice the dancing light moving rhythmically across the whole surface of the water. 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:15,100 See the place where the surf meets the sky, and where those colors come together. 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:22,760 Notice the light. Let yourself feel the expanse of the sky above. 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:34,000 And imagine breathing that in filling yourself with that feeling of spaciousness, brightness, and light. 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:46,780 I want you to hold that space for yourself for a moment. Spaciousness, brightness. and light. 00:07:46,780 --> 00:07:51,400 if you like, you might even want to imagine going into the water a little bit, 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,900 dipping your toes or hands into that ocean. water. 00:07:55,900 --> 00:08:02,510 You might want to walk in a little further into those waters, and maybe it gently carries you on the waves, 00:08:02,510 --> 00:08:04,980 in a safe protected cove. 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:09,620 warmed by the sun, just rolling gently on the surf, 00:08:09,620 --> 00:08:13,650 carried safely on the buoyant waves. 00:08:13,650 --> 00:08:17,190 And again, just hold that space for yourself - 00:08:17,190 --> 00:08:26,340 the spaciousness, the brightness, and the light. 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:31,800 When you come out of the water, you're gonna find a clean, warm, dry towel 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,659 that you've put there prior. And 00:08:34,659 --> 00:08:39,650 you're just going to imagine lying down on the towel and feeling the warm sand 00:08:39,650 --> 00:08:44,390 that just molds itself to your body as you lay on your towel 00:08:44,390 --> 00:08:49,200 on the beach beside the ocean, and feel 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,770 the warm, firm surface support your whole body. 00:08:53,770 --> 00:08:57,740 And allow yourself to relax deeply into it, 00:08:57,740 --> 00:09:03,900 letting the warmth and comfort fill your body and mind. 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:06,980 And again hold that space for yourself - 00:09:06,980 --> 00:09:17,190 the spaciousness, the brightness, and the light. 00:09:17,190 --> 00:09:19,020 And when you're ready 00:09:19,020 --> 00:09:21,179 you feel ready. 00:09:21,179 --> 00:09:26,669 I want you to slowly and gently bring your attention back 00:09:26,670 --> 00:09:29,850 into this current space and time 00:09:29,850 --> 00:09:34,390 on this July 1st, 2024. 00:09:34,390 --> 00:09:38,650 Bring yourself gently back in. 00:09:38,650 --> 00:09:44,590 If you closed your eyes, just hold your space and gently open them. 00:09:44,590 --> 00:09:54,080 Rock your body a little bit, waking it back up if you spent time in this spaciousness, this brightness, and this light, 00:09:54,080 --> 00:10:01,000 but still allow yourself to feel the comfort, sitting where you are. 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,690 Prepare to bring yourself back in your usual level of alertness and awareness. 00:10:05,690 --> 00:10:10,830 And when you're ready, if you had closed them, open your eyes. 00:10:10,830 --> 00:10:17,240 Do it gently. Do it slowly, do it intently. 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:25,530 Wiggle your shoulders a little bit. arch your back gently back and forth, 00:10:25,530 --> 00:10:30,770 do a little neck roll, feel your arms and your elbows, wiggle your fingers. 00:10:30,770 --> 00:10:38,890 Squeeze the calves - the muscles in your calves - wiggle your toes. Come back into the space, still staying 00:10:38,890 --> 00:10:43,549 in that spaciousness, that brightness and that light. 00:10:43,549 --> 00:10:50,609 You'll stretch your muscles and you're going to become back fully alert, back into this space with us, refreshed. 00:10:50,610 --> 00:10:55,559 filled with energy, but still holding space, 00:10:55,559 --> 00:11:04,479 keeping with that feeling of calm and relaxation, and that spaciousness, that brightness, and that light. 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:11,690 Take a moment with that 00:11:11,690 --> 00:11:16,100 Again, I want to thank y'all for listening in and joining in. 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:20,510 We do these every month. On the 1st Monday of every month 00:11:20,510 --> 00:11:24,640 We have a entire year available to register for. 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,939 These are recorded, 00:11:26,939 --> 00:11:33,509 and you can also access these - like I said, prior - 6, 7 years of 00:11:33,510 --> 00:11:37,670 Healing Circles that we've done that are available to you. 00:11:37,670 --> 00:11:42,890 If you go to our website, www.networksfortraining.org. 00:11:42,890 --> 00:11:48,450 You can also find many of these healing circle recordings - the audio - 00:11:48,450 --> 00:11:51,160 on our Youtube page. 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:59,230 Go to www.youtube.com/networksfortraining, 00:11:59,230 --> 00:12:02,590 and find us on social media as well. 00:12:02,590 --> 00:12:06,030 Hope you enjoyed this, hope you're well, 00:12:06,030 --> 00:12:10,679 and thanks so much again for spending a few moments with us this evening. 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:16,059 We'll see you next month, again the 1st Monday of every month 00:12:16,059 --> 00:12:19,439 we hold these at 8 p.m. Eastern time. 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,610 Thanks be well.