Firm Foundation Meditation

So easy to forget my strength

I am always so focused outward that I sometimes begin to lose my moorings, lose myself. I have been physically and emotionally sick for the last week so the simple act of standing strong felt like a revelation. I do have the strength to live this life and live it well.

Strength

So easy to forget all that I possess within me and focus on that and not my weaknesses.

Posture

Posture is something we often forget and take for granted. But, the reality of how powerful is feeling ourselves well supported, it's amazing! Being aware of our body and of our spirit; the two main things that are present (and in the presence) of this right moment, now!

Worthiness

I learned how easy it is to forget to take time to appreciate myself and give in to trappings that my self-worth should be based on some type of external validation. Before this meditation I was feeling guilty for asking for a certain salary amount in a job application I recently filled. Something happened during the meditation, that guilt faded away and replaced with confidence.

Worthy

I am worthy of the space I take up ... it feels good to be worthy ;). A great sense of strength and balance.

Firm foundation

I am just as important as any other human and have just as much right as they do to occupy this world.

Firm Foundation

I learned that I have a firm foundation and I am strong. This makes me feel content.

Purpose

I am important. I have a purpose here on earth. I have a strong support system called the earth

Peace

I'm ready for a very peaceful day of exploring the world and loving it

Purpose

My presence on this earth matters, I was created with intention.

Earth

We are all connected through the earth and we are all valued

Worth

The earth and I are in harmony together. The earth supports me as I should help to support it.

Worthy

I'm worthy of this space I'm occupying in this universe. I deserve to be here.

My existence has meaning. I’m not just another body with bones.

The space I occupy has significance with our Earth. & I have strength as a being.

Personal Power

I can take a few minutes to consider that I am worthy of taking up space. And I can smile into that truth. Thankful for the reminder of my personal power. My firm foundation that is always with me no matter how I feel.

Firm foundation meditation

I learned that I am strong, mentally, psychically, and spirituality

Useful reminder

It’s good to be reminded of one’s worth. I do many meaningful things for my family and for the community. I can acknowledge myself.

Space

I am powerful and welcome. I take up space and feel good in doing so.

Time

I need time to think about myself, to focus on my own space and what I represent in the world

Worthy

I am worthy of being here. God has me exactly where He wants me

I matter

I have a purpose, I’m not just another leaf blowing in the wind.

love

the entire universe and every existing thing are one, and all deserves love

Day 1

I felt very relaxed after the meditation went by very quickly

self care.

i learned that taking care of my mind and body should be a priority. i am strong and i deserve love and happiness.

Peace

I learned that even if I feel that nobody is supporting me, the Earth has been supporting me my entire life, and will continue to do so. I also learned that I am worthy of being here, of taking up space.

Existence

I learned that although I may not know my purpose, but my existence is valid. I touch things, I effect them, and they effect me. We cannot feel bad if our existence is valid. Our true nature allows for the validity of existence. Without the push and pull of the world around us we cannot have a purpose. Rolling with the tides is necessary, but we will prevail.

No time

Candle form and firm no wind or ice a barn in the dusty distance lovers in hate in the hay

Firm foundation

I felt very grounded to Mother Earth. I truly felt myself just let go and allowed myself to let the earth fully support me. This meditation made me think about my true purpose on earth and I wondered what my full potential may be.....

Purpose

There’s a reason I am here. I have something to offer the world, and I am grounded in my physical presence of that. This exercise brought out that mind set in me, and it was a great feeling to have. Feeling like I have a purpose for being here.

Firm Foundation

This focused on stability and how to find it wherever you sit or stand. Powerful!

I am worthy

I am important, i make a difference, i am worthy of good things.

How often I feel unworthy and useless

I feel sad. I want to feel glad to be taking up space, but I don’t feel that way very often.

Firm Foundation

I feel comfortable after this meditation, a sense of belonging. I can do this!

I am on Earth for a reason

I am here for a reason. I belong on this Earth to make an impact on something whether it be small or big. I am worth it.

Fourth session

I’m here for a reason and that everything even tho I may not realize it has in a way the same force.

Foundation, space and being ourselves

This is a really effective and well guided meditation. It explains important and simple ways to let be ourselves in wellbeing. Thank you! 🙂

Earth and inner connection with self

I felt so grounded and connected to the earth and my inner self. It took me a while to get settled and my mind kept drifting to other thoughts and coming back to focus. I took some deep breaths towards the end and that brought me back. I think I will repeat this session now that most of the thoughts are at ease.

Body Strength & Earth Connection

I choose the longer version for my second session and I enjoyed it so much. I feel the strength of my body and the connection between my body and the earth. I feel worthy of the space that I take up on this earth. I never thought of myself in this perspective before, I will try to remember this when I’m not feeling so up to par.

Presence

I am important. I am meaningful and I have a presence. I am me.

Importance

I take up space in the world and the space that I take up is meaningful and I am important.

The Way

To focus on the fact that I have been granted life for a time, from heaven and the earth, is to free yourself from the ego-mind in a way that I have not previously tried.

Powerful Sources:The Earth and I

I am a powerful source. My presence and the space I take up are for a purpose and are wanted/needed.

Yay!

I’ve been meditating for a total of 4 days now and it’s been putting me in such a good mood and I feel like it’s really helping me.

Firm Foundation

I could see my myself standing on a cliff or mountain it was a high rock formation. I felt grounded to the formation with a panoramic view of other rock formations. With my hands stretched out I felt that I do matter to this world. Very peaceful.

Not everyone feels good after.

This meditation made me feel even worse than I already was. Reading all the positive responses didn't help much either.

Returning to my Source

Being present to life is a practice. Breathing helps to ground me

Buddhist and Shinto

Looking forward to visiting a Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple here in Japan and learning from these ancient cultures. I am exited to be able to meditate and connecting at these sacred places, hopefully I will be able to share some photos next week. 🙏

Space

it is okay for me to take up space. more than okay. i am worthy of space.

Taking up space

I’m allowed to take up space and to be grounded in the weight of being.

Firm foubdation

I learned that I am worthy of all of the space I take up and that I am here for a reason

Strength

I learned that even though I may feel weak at times I always have the strength to get back up again and the strength to be happy. God give me strength throughout today.

Posture

I learned that I should realize I can put my body in strong positions and postures. I think does this will ease my mind.

Focus on the body

This style of meditation of just bringing awareness to the body is really helpful to me.

Meant to be

Meant to be present on this earth. So important to meditate on this while feeling sick and helpless.

Standing

Standing and feeling the strength of me and the earth. Of course standing feels like it helps more.

Me

I know that I matter. That my presence is something. I might be a tiny dot in the world but I am a dot. I am strong and can push down to the Earth as I push back. Everybody matters.

Worthiness

I learned that I am worthy of being here and through this finding peace.

I will carry this intention with me

I learned that I am powerful. I also learned I was placed on this earth for a reason.

2/11/18

Grateful to take a few minutes at the end of the day to breathe and have my thoughts to myself.

Day 43

I enjoyed being mindful about the larger things that support me in life such as the earth !

Bloom where I’m planted

Taking up a space here on earth and that is a good thing. My presence, awareness, and participation in the world right where I am makes a difference. Namaste

Sorting my thoughts

I learned how I need to ground myself and allow myself to feel worthy to exist. To begin to sort my thoughts, which have been erratic and unorganized, I need to ground myself. I need to feel in the moment and steady.

Bedtime meditation.

I learned that meditating at night is very soothing and relaxing.

Worthy

I like the symbolic use of our weight on this Earth, and the very fact that we are here making us worthy of being. That we are important.

Strength

No matter how weak I feel I know I am being supported from our lovely lady earth from the ground up.

Taking up space

I'm important and taking up space is a good thing. I should walk around feeling supported.

Breath

Live is so intense when we talk about responsibilities. However, breathing and exercising your mind will bring you the power to concentrate and complete the day without feeling anxious o stressed out.

Worthy

Reminding myself that I am worthy helps me to exude confidence which naturally makes me happy.

I’m worthy

I didn’t realize how worthy I am of my space and that makes me happy

Relaxed

I learned that I have a purpose, I am worthy. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

Confident and grounded

This meditation would be especially good for beginners. Starts with a detailed description of positions for meditating that flows into a grounding practice.

March 12th 2018

I felt sad going into this about numerous things and coming out I didn’t feel a whole lot different i still feel quite sad and stressed and I felt this wasn’t the relaxing experience I needed

Strengthened

At first I didn’t want to do anything because I was sad and felt like moping around. This help me find the strength to do what I know I had to be done

15/03/2018

I found this meditation a lot harder to focus on and get lost in. My mind drifted a lot to other things. However it was nice to envision my place in the world and how important and special it was, and good to set an intention for the day and give myself a feeling of purpose.

What I learned

I learned that I have a strength and am firmly connected with the earth. We have a strong connection

I realized I occupy a space in the world and I’m connected with earth. We balance each other in sync

I’m whole and connected with earth and space. We all move in the same direction with equal force

Day 1

I learned that I've got some things to work on... Also, apparently this reflection is too short so here I am adding more bs. Hmm I went to the gym for the first time in a long time today.

Day 91/365

Today I learned that I am worthy enough to take up space in this world. That there is this beautiful connection between the way that the earth and ground supports me, and the way that I support myself. This meditation reminded me of my sole purpose and that I am ultimately the person that is in control of the way that I view myself.

First Experience

I belong here. I have a place. It just takes a few minutes of reminding myself and relaxing to pursue my day.

Confused

I learned that I could‘t really concentrate....I always thought about negative things.

Disbelief

I like the idea of this meditation, but self belief is not what I'm best at, so my mind really wandered!

The law of gravity

Not sure how the passive reality of the pull of gravity is supposed to lift my mood. Better meditation is for me to focus on the God who placed me in this planet and made it so that I don’t fly off this orb. He has a better plan for me than that.

Taking up space

Sometimes, my anxiety makes me believe that everyone hates me and I don’t deserve to take up space. This meditation reminded me that I am supported and allowed to take up space, no matter how I feel.

Strong

I learned that I can be strong and confident in who I am. I know i am worthy.

Sacred Space

Feeling grounded, having a firm foundation with our interconnection with Earth is so vital for our overall well-being. In this meditation, we feel the weight of our body on the Earth and in doing so, we have the opportunity to feel our strength in the sacred space we take up. Getting settled, I felt the weight of my body on this chair. Underneath this cushion, the wheels of this chair are firmly planted on the wood and the wood is firmly planted on the ground below. As my weight is being pulled to the Earth, the Earth pushes back. This constant push-pull creates a sacred space for me to feel my worthiness. Wherever I go, there I am within a sacred space, always being supported by the Earth, where I can feel my strength. Namaste 🙏🏻❤️☮️

Taking up space

In the past I have felt the overwhelming sensation to take up as little space as possible. I used to believe, the less space I take up the better. I didn’t want to be seen and if I could blend and melt into the background I would. I have slowly felt more comfortable taking up space and this meditation is a good reminder that you are important, so take up that well deserved space. Allow yourself to feel the earth and air around you and accept the fact that all the space you take up is not a burden but a beautiful design. The space you take up is you and you are worth it.

Firm foundation

Thank you for reminding me that I am supported. I had forgotten that I was.

Firm foundation

It has always helped me to relax and ground myself by thinking of the gravity pull on my body.