Below are twelve meditations, plus instructions for recapitulation. Try using one meditation each month, as a regular or daily practice, and work with the theme it offers.

Golden Bones: Meditation into the Body

Lie down so your body is relaxed and comfortable. (Do this at a time when you will not be tempted to fall asleep.) Send your awareness to your hip and shoulder joints, focusing on relaxing and loosening the muscles and connective tissues.

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Increasing Energy and Awareness: Grounding Fire

In order to bring more energy into the body, we need to strengthen our physical and energetic containers. Begin each day by connecting yourself through your physical body to the earth. Take at least five minutes in the morning to dance, stretch, and plant your feet firmly in the earth. Then sitting down, imagine a cord of light moving through your body, down your spine, and deep into the heart of the Earth. continue reading »

Inner Child/Child's Wisdom

Create sacred space by lighting a candle or incense. Sitting comfortably, visualize yourself in the middle of a stone circle. Imagine connecting your energy body to the sun. Create a channel of light that stretches from the sun to your womb for women, or just below the belly button for men. Bathe in the light of the sun. Let every cell in your body soak in energy from the pure sunshine around you.
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Inner Temple

For this meditation, either stay up late or wake up very early, when the world is quiet. Create a special altar that you can work with during this time. Your altar can represent your inner temple. Place objects on it that nourish you and remind you of your connection to Spirit.
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Ocean Mind

Practice resting for five to ten minutes a day in the deep ocean of the mind. Let the storms of the judge and victim play out above you. Keep your attention and focus on the silence and space beneath the chaos of the monkey mind. As your awareness gets pulled back into the storms and twists, keep bringing your attention back into the deepness of the mind, instead of the loud, shallow waves. Notice how you feel and perceive from this place. continue reading »

Opening

For this meditation make a pact with yourself to open the door to any emotions you have been repressing or avoiding. Write yourself a note about this new commitment, writing directly to your physical, emotional and energetic bodies: continue reading »

Release Masks, Dissolve the Self

Creating change in your life means letting go of what keeps you fixed in one place. This meditation exercise helps you practice new ways of communicating with yourself and getting to your true self, not the masked, separate self you created. continue reading »

Return to Center

Each morning sit or lie in a quiet spot and visualize yourself in a sacred circle. Imagine yourself as a beautiful ray of light, connected to the earth beneath you and the sky above you. Call in your essence, your spiritual warrior, your highest self into this ray of light. continue reading »

Sacred Sensuality and Sexuality

For this exercise, pay particular attention to sensuality of all sorts: food, clothing, flowers, friends. Slow down to enjoy your touch, smell, taste. Say a prayer of gratitude before each meal and slowly savor at least the first three bites of food. When you dress, slow down to feel the fabric against your skin. Imagine you are dressing the Divine, whether you are putting on jeans or a silk dress. continue reading »

Sun Meditation

Each morning, connect to the light of the sun. Imagine the sun rays seeping into every cell of your body. Remember your happiest times, the times you felt most connected to the Divine. Fill your heart with gratitude, even if you feel stuck, unhappy, or sullen. There is a part of you that remembers what it feels like to love fully: nurture it each morning by remembering all that you are grateful for, calling up your magical moments. continue reading »

Triangles: Connecting with Yourself

Pick two physical objects (or choose two tarot cards, or draw two pictures), one to represent your child self and one to represent your divine self. Sit on the floor or on a chair, and place these objects in front of you to form a triangle between yourself, your child, and your divine self. continue reading »

Untangle the Web of Agreements

See yourself as a divine being who decided to play a game with yourself. You are pure light, pure essence, a seed of Spirit. You choose to weave a physical body around and through your essence, so your spirit and body are perfectly melded. Take a few minutes to visualize yourself as this being of pure light embodied. continue reading »