Friday, September 11th, 2009
If you are working on the Free to Love release process on your own, here are the instructions for the guided visualization discussed in chapter 6 of the book Free to Love, Free to Heal:
First take a few minutes to quiet your mind by practicing breathing awareness and meditation. Using your power of imagination, envision yourself in a place of safety and beauty. Perhaps it’s a lush mountain ridge overlooking a verdant valley, a tropical beach with azure water lapping up against white sand, or a natural hot springs in an old-growth forest.
Upon arrival at your sacred place, imagine a powerful tree of wisdom with its roots in the earth and its branches reaching to the sky. Envision a being of love and compassion sitting beneath this tree. It may be a religious figure such as Jesus, Moses, Buddha, or Krishna. It may be a wise old man or woman, or perhaps a celestial being of light. Visualize sitting in the presence of this divine being and allow their serenity to fill your heart.
In the same way that you would express your story to a human being sitting next to you, communicate to this sacred archetypal entity the experiences and episodes that caused you pain. With your eyes closed, share your painful stories, speaking aloud as if you were there with this being in person.
After each story, imagine your inner healer saying these three statements:
Thank you for sharing your story and feelings with me.
I’m sorry for the pain you experienced.
I offer you my love as a balm for your wounded heart.