The River and the Rock Guided Meditation

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Take a journey to the river of your soul in this transformative guided meditation. Through gentle visualization and breathwork, you're invited to discover the profound wisdom that exists when we learn to flow with life rather than resist it.

At the heart of this meditation lies a powerful metaphor: you are a river, fluid and wise, encountering a solid, unmovable rock in your path. Rather than teaching you to overcome or eliminate obstacles, this practice reveals how true grace emerges when we acknowledge and accept what we cannot change. The simple yet revolutionary phrase "you belong too" becomes an invitation to include rather than exclude the challenging aspects of your experience.

As you're guided deeper into the meditation, you'll explore the delicate balance between surrendering to the flow of life and honoring your own solid presence. "I am the river. I surrender to the flow of life. I release the need to control what I cannot change." These affirmations help integrate the practice, reminding you that you contain both qualities—the adaptability of water and the groundedness of stone.

Whether you're facing difficult circumstances, challenging relationships, or inner resistance, this meditation offers a path to greater peace through acceptance. By the time you gently return to awareness, you'll carry with you the knowing that you can weather any storm with ease and grace, flowing around obstacles rather than exhausting yourself fighting against them. Listen when you need to remember the art of allowing and the freedom that comes with it.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Hello, welcome.
Find a comfortable position,either sitting or lying down,
gently close your eyes and takein a deep breath and slowly

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exhale.
Let your body begin to soften.

(01:30):
Imagine the spine lengtheningyour shoulders, releasing your
heart, becoming more open.
Breathe in and breathe out.

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Allow the outer world to fadeas you come home to yourself.
Now imagine before you a vastand beautiful river.

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The water sparkles with thelight of your soul.
It flows gently, rhythmically,with purpose and peace, for you

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can weather any and all storms.
This river is you.
Step into the water now, seeand feel it, wrap around your
and, welcoming With every breath, allow yourself to dissolve

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into it.
You are no longer separate.
You are the river.
You are fluid, wise, fluid,wise, ever moving life in motion

(05:38):
.
As you flow downstream, younotice a large rock in the
middle of solid, unmoving stormand rock before you.
Breathe here, for the riverdoes not argue with the rock.

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It does not resist or try tochange its shape.
It flows around it with grace.
Let this rock symbolize achallenge, a person or a part of

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yourself.
You once resisted.
Acknowledge it now.
Breathe into the presence ofthe rock.

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Say, silently or out loud, youbelong too.

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That's right, you belong too.
There is no longer a need toforce, to fight, to fix.
Just as the rock belongs to theriver, this moment belongs to

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your path.

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As you continue to flow,weathering each and every storm
with ease and grace, you, dearone, feel a deeper sense of
peace entering your being.
You are learning the art ofgrace through acceptance, and
repeat gently these words inyour heart I am the river.

(08:58):
I surrender to the flow of life.
I release the need to controlwhat I cannot change.
I honor all things, both theflow and the stillness.

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I find peace in allowing.
I am grace in motion.

(09:56):
Now, as we begin to close, feelyourself, slowly, begin to
return to your body, feel theground beneath you that supports
you, become aware of the breathin your lungs, the quiet

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presence of your heart, softernow, more open, for you can
weather any and all storms withease and grace.
You carry the river within you,always flowing, always free,

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and you carry the wisdom of therock, solid, unmoved, simply
being, simply being.

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Both are sacred, both are you,both are you.
When you feel ready, gentlywiggle your fingers and toes,

(11:56):
maybe stretch a little and openyour eyes.
Welcome back, my friend,welcome back, welcome back.

(12:17):
Therefore, we are complete, andthis is wonderfully so.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Thank you.