Colour Meditation

This Meditation will bring out your creative side. Using colour to relax and bring positive energy into the body. We will start with a meditation noticing the colours we see, creating a healing experience. According to Eastern healing systems, colours link to a specific chakra which are wheels of energy in the body, when you see colour you are connecting with that chakra and healing that area in the body. For this meditation you will need coloured pencils and a colouring book or blank piece of paper.

Put some relaxing music on and sit in a comfortable position, you may sit on a chair or pillow, lift and lengthen through your spine, relax your shoulders, take a moment to connect with your breath and body.  How are you feeling physically? Take a deep inhale and as you exhale let go of any tension and allow yourself to be in that moment. Notice any thoughts or emotions that come up. Take as long as you need, before allowing your breath flow naturally. Follow the beauty of breath neutrally flowing in through your nose and out through your nose, every breath is unique. Visualise a white light shining over your whole body, blessing you with love and peace. Bring your awareness to your 3rd eye (space between your eyebrows), noticing any colours that appear. If the mind begins to wonder, notice the thoughts that are coming in and why, then bring your focus back to your 3rd eye and breath. Open your eyes and pick up a pencil, or pencils that are closest in colour to what came to you in your meditation, if you did not see any colours, pick up colours that you are most drawn to, try not to over think. Being to draw and colour, it’s okay to go outside of the lines. If you have a blank sheet of paper look at the table below, choose a colour that connects with you and write down one of the Daily Affirmations. You’re free to doodle as much as you like, just allowing the colours to guide you. When you have finished, display your colouring somewhere you can see it so it can bring you joy.

Happy Meditation and Yoga

The idea of this practice is to make you feel happy by tuning into our happy energy. We all have happy energy, but sometimes life gets too much and we bury our happiness down and forget how bring that energy back. Happy meditation will help us let go of negativity, focus and calm the mind. Happy Yoga will help to de-stress, relax and make you smile. Connecting with the mind, body and spirt will help bring control of our mood.

Legs up the wall pose

Start in legs up the wall pose. Legs up the wall has many benefits including boosting energy, releasing stress, soothes menstrual cramps, relieves lower-back pain, reduces inflammation in the legs, feet or ankles and helps relive headaches or migraines. Lay on your back resting your legs up a wall or on a chair, make sure you feel comfortable. You can place a pillow under your head or lower back for more comfort. Bring your awareness to your body. Scan your body. How does your physical body feel?  Notice areas of tension, tenderness or discomfort. Allow those areas to soften and adjust your position if needed. Take some deeper breaths on every inhale smile inwardly and use the exhale to let go of any tension. Stay here as long as you need. Then allow your breath to flow naturally. Visualise the word ‘happy’ in-front of you and see it turn into a colour. As you inhale, breathe in this colour, starting to fill the body with happy energy, on your exhale, visualise a dark grey colour leaving the body. When you feel ready, take a moment to think of a happy memory, start to add details to this memory, adding colour and sound. Why does this memory make you feel happy? Now picture the people in your life that make you happy and place them in this memory, let go of the people that make you unhappy. When you feel ready bring the awareness back to your breath on every inhale smile outwardly allowing the body to fill with this happy energy. Embrace this happy energy. When ready, slowly hug your legs into your chest and rock side to side, if you are able come into the happy baby pose, taking hold of both feet, knees bent and feet to the sky, rock side to side as a happy baby would.

Happy baby pose

“Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.“

Denis Waitley

Crystal Meditation

Crystal meditation is my personal favourite, it’s one I feel many will benefit from. It helps to de-stress, so we feel calm and collected, brings peace, helps to clear the mind removing negativity and relaxes the body, making us feel happier and in control of our emotions. This meditation may help heal emotional or physical pain. Each Crystal is unique and beautiful, it has its own benefits and vibrations. If you don’t own any crystals, first you will need to find a crystal that suits you, this can be overwhelming as there are so many to choose from. When looking for a crystal try not to over-think and go to the crystal you’re naturally drawn to. If you’re still unsure a good crystal to start with is Amethyst, it’s calming, cleansing and healing. Once you have your own crystal, you’ll need to cleanse it, you can do this by leaving it under running water for a few minutes or by placing the crystals in a bowl of salt. Then charge the crystal by placing it in sunlight or moonlight. Crystals can also be charged by sound, place close to a source of pure sound or positive vibrations, this could be the sound of a gong.

Programming and meditating with your crystal. Start holding the crystal in your hands, sitting in a comfortable position, you may want to sit on a chair or pillow, lift and lengthen through your spine, relax your shoulders, with your eyes closed, take a moment to connect with your breath and body.  How are you feeling? Take a deep inhale and as you exhale let go of any tension and allow yourself to be in that moment. Take as long as you need, before allowing your breath flow naturally. Bring all your focus to the crystal and become aware of its energy. Open your eyes gazing into the crystal, notice its beauty, notice its shape, if it edges notice each one, notice the temperature of the crystal, is it warm or cool to touch, how does it feel, is it smooth or rough. Connect with your crystal on a deeper level, feeling the energy within you. Close your eyes again when you feel ready and visualise the crystal glowing. Bless your crystal by saying “You shall be blessed by the purest and highest energy’s that the universe has to offer, I ask you, tune in to my unique frequency and activate to act for my highest good” Take a moment to ask yourself why you are using the crystal, for example “This crystal is to help me heal and will work with me to do so”. Visualise that glowing light now stretching wider creating a bubble around your body. Your body is glowing. How do you feel? Start to draw that glowing light back into the crystal. Notice the energy from your crystal now. If there are any areas of the body your crystal can work with, hold it on that area, for example if you are using the crystal for “healing” hold that crystal on an area that needs to heal.

Once you have finished your meditation place your crystal somewhere beneficial, somewhere you can feel is energy and you can work together. If you are unsure where this is, place your crystal back into the light, to recharge for your next meditation.