A Cartography of Rest

We talk a bit about the four levels of being (and reality) and how metaphors of the earth apply to the body. We tune into four layers of the body and coax each one into a relaxed safe state. Listen before bed and let me know how it feels.

Drift into Darkness while Glowing

The pattern of the mycelium network is around us and within. Let it transform into a softly glowing nightlight that protects you and feel yourself soften into a resting state.

Waterfall of the Hips

Your body is a landscape. You have a river running through you. It horseshoes into a waterfall in the hips. 

Rest into nature and into your body through this image of a river running down your spine. This is designed to help increase qi flow in the hips and pelvis. 

Cleaning the Senses

Get soapy and a little sappy up in your head. This is meant to help with feeling lost or disconnected. 

Let it be known I’ve been watching too many TikTok videos. Now it’s time to clear some energy and awaken to the senses. When we clear and clean our senses, we can participate in and appreciate the present moment. And that feels f-ing good. 

Ruby's Yurt

In this visualization we envision the ribcage as a shelter for both rest and play.

This one goes out to Ruby.

Fly Free

Feeling a little lighter?

Let’s amplify that sensation with this visualization to help you somaticize the sensation of freedom.

Tree Within Tree

Ultimate Stress Release Guided Visualization @ 10 minutes

Make a forest diorama in yr chest and feel all the feels of trees. 

You've Got Glands!

Work your head’s inner teardrop until it glows up your brain.   

This one’s like a brain massage. But anywhere you got a gland you can do this. Don’t stop here. Google glands and keep going. 

Marble Drop

Loosen up your joints while reducing anxiety. 

 Floating on a raft in a bay, we practice feeling safe and secure, and the act of letting go. 

Settle the Spine

 Calm stress and ease anxiety while nourishing your neck and back. This is a 12 minute guided visualization.

 Find yourself in a quiet stream in the forest where everything aligns around and within. 

Sanctity of the Sacrum

Make a palapa in your pelvis. Really. It feels so good.  Especially for lower back pain and gynecological conditions.  Under 7 minutes.

Your sacrum is a shovel-shaped bone between your spine and your tailbone. It is cupped like a palm. Settle in to a peaceful vacation deep in your own body.

Recharge the Heart

This visualization goes out to the leaders working for positive change. Thank you for your efforts, your passion, and your sacrifices. We use metaphor as medicine to land in our bodies. We send ripples through the body with our breath, ignite the heart, and entrust the pelvis and the mind to support our nervous system so we can rest and recharge.

The Darkest Dark

If you are feeling the depths of dark winter or a dark soul, try this.

Dive into the deep yin of darkness to let go of static emotional states through some wild and colorful methods.

There's a little explanation first and then it shifts into the meditation. 

Art Rx for all the Dark Feels:

Visionary artists who paint themselves and others flying and floating: Faith Ringgold and Marc Chagall

Check out the cosmic connectivity of Chani Nicholas 

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Just Me Being a Tree

 No shade in pretending to be a tree. 

 Let's get basic and be trees together. We'll go through the seasons and feel all the shedding and growing and windfall and snow. Get ready to get leafy and stuff. 

Need a Rx of art along with your visualization? Check out: 

Stunning Aerial View Photography

Artist Nils-Udo 

Artist Agnes Denes 

This Here Joint

Let's get wacky all up in this joint. Got a sore knee, elbow, wrist, kip, ankle, shoulder? Let's start at the source of your pain and see if we can use your imagination to shift the way you are holding tension there.  

Hey btw, FIRST-- if you don't have an image come to mind when you hear me say: atom shape -- google 'atom' first, so you can see it and have it readily accessible in your mind. :-)  

Your Art (and Wildlife) Rx:

Livestream honey bee hive

Artist Hilda af Kimt  

The poem What's Broken by Dorianne Laux 

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Let's Get Real about the Diaphragm

Really, it would be more accurate to call this “Let’s Get Surreal About the Diaphragm!

For real, when your diaphragm is in a pinch you can feel all kinds of crummy symptoms: anxiety, shortness of breath, heartburn, ribside pain, poor circulation, headaches, and more, but I'll stop there. Sheesh. Let's ambush the diaphragm with lots of imagery to help you release tension from this beast of a muscle. 

(P.S. the diaphragm is particularly influenced by creative expression, that's why we are going this route. P.P.S. Never worry if you are visualizing something different or at another angle from what I'm trying to describe. Just let your imagination do its thing.)

Art Rx for curious people who want to look stuff up: 

Images of treetops and a phenomenon called crown shyness

Listen to Chavela Vargas, one of the most expressive singers ever 

Artist Hiba Schabaz  imagines the self immersed in natural 

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