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Water is life and meditating with water can create a profound
experience. Our bodies are over fifty percent water,
so it makes sense that human beings have always considered water to be a
sacred source of life and healing. It is literally half of who we are, and
well over half of the earth’s surface is water. Water cleanses and hydrates,
contains and produces nourishment, and when we enter it, holds us in an
embrace that leaves no part of us untouched. Meditating with water can be a
powerful way of aligning ourselves more fully with this support system that
makes life both possible and pleasurable on so many levels. We may wish to conduct our meditation
while in physical contact with a body of water, whether in the intimacy of
our bathtub or the vast container of an ocean. We might float on our backs in
a swimming pool or sit with just our feet submerged in a pond or creek. On
the other hand, we may simply close our eyes and choose a location based on
our imagination. Whatever we choose, we can begin by closing our eyes and
listening to our breathing. At the same time, we tune in to the particular
music of the water we have chosen—the loud rushing of a river or waterfall,
or the surreal silence of the world beneath the surface of the ocean. We
might consider how the type of water we choose reflects what we seek—the
peace beneath the hectic surface of life, the cleansing power of a river
racing through a canyon, or the mood lifting, melodic bubbling of a lively
creek. As we move between awareness of our
breath and awareness of the water in which we find ourselves, we can begin to
release the things we no longer need into the rushing river, or release
ourselves completely into the water’s embrace as we float, in our minds, in
the watery womb of an ocean or a lake. When you feel you are ready to return
to more solid ground, ease your body back onto earth, in your mind or in
reality, and lie flat on your back, allowing the water to bead and roll off
your skin, soaking the earth and evaporating into the air, leaving you
cleansed, healed, and renewed. |
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