00:00:15 I strongly believe, because of my personal experience and the experience that I have guiding other women in this practice, that we all have an ability to connect with our womb in terms of storytelling, in terms of body sensation, body literacy. I strongly believe, because of my personal experience and the experience that I have guiding other women in this practice, that we all have an ability to connect with our womb in terms of storytelling, in terms of body sensation, body literacy. and really what I believe that you all have the capacity to do, that we all have the capacity to do is to really go inwards and to listen. So just like you have an internal voice that often will tell stories throughout the course of your day, this is your internal voice, this is your internal dialogue, this is the voice that we become familiar with, more familiar with through meditation. dialogue, this is the voice that we become familiar with, more familiar with through meditation. It is the internal voice that we begin to allow ourselves a little bit of distance from through meditation.
00:01:13 Meditation allows us to really recognize that we are not our voice, that this voice is not us. So just like we have this internal dialogue, this internal voice, our organs, our wombs, our hearts, So just like we have this internal dialogue, this internal voice, our organs, our wombs, our hearts, they also hold very important stories of our past. And this presents us with a beautiful opportunity to go inwards, to listen to the story, and then we can then come to a place of healing. A healing is something that you absolutely have the power to do on your own.
00:01:57 It's helpful, of course, to have a guide. and I am here to be your guide. and I am here to be your guide. So with that, let's find ourselves anchored and rooted and grounded through the pelvis. Take your gaze and shift your gaze somewhere in front of you that you can soften your eyes. Begin to direct your focus inwards. allow the eyes to retreat back into the eye socket allow the eyes to soften you can engage and use your peripheral vision the eyelids feel heavy enough that they want to close go ahead
00:02:51 and use your peripheral vision the eyelids feel heavy enough that they want to close go ahead and allow the eyelids to close and then bring your attention into your seat Notice what parts of your body are in contact with the ground and use the power of your imagination to visualize roots, like the roots of a tree that give the tree its strong, stable foundation. Notice what parts of your body are in contact with the ground and use the power of your imagination to visualize roots, like the roots of a tree that give the tree its strong, stable foundation. you're imagining that you have roots that are growing from beneath you that are anchoring you down connecting you with mother nature mother nature who's here to nourish you down connecting you with mother nature mother nature who's here to nourish you to support you to hold you on your journey on this path on this mission that you are on
00:04:20 and allow yourself to sit up a little bit taller with mother earth's holding with her grounding notice how that grounding can give you the strength to sit up tall with the length in the spine notice how that grounding can give you the strength to sit up tall with the length in the spine the crown of the head lifting and then a deep profound softness in all other areas of your body in between sky and earth so in between the crown of your head and the root of your pelvis
