The Healing River: A Meditation To Release What Is Weighing You Down
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In your mind’s eye, I invite you to see yourself walking down a long winding path… with grooves running in the dirt. Putting one foot in front of another, you feel the cool breeze flowing through your hair, and you notice a river running on both sides of the path flowing in the opposite direction of where you’re walking. As your eye follows the flow of the rippling water, you begin to notice dark gray rocks… in every conceivable size… being carried away by the current… disappearing around the bend and over the rapids. Up ahead, you see fellow travelers on the path… dragging backpacks and bags and luggage… Leaving ruts behind them. They are walking slowly… weighed down by all they are carrying with them. The heavy weight of… Regrets over past decisions. Grudges held against other people. Fear of what might happen in their life. Carrying the expectations of family, friends, and even culture. As well as traumatic experiences…both small and large. Some are carrying and even dragging these heavy burdens, while other travelers are standing at the water’s edge…. pulling these heavy gray rocks out from their bags… and tossing them…or rolling them into the healing river. A river that can carry the heaviest of burdens to a faraway place. With each heavy burden released to the healing river, You can see your fellow traveler walking with more ease… With a lightness in their step… With a joy and freedom in their heart. Meanwhile, you haven’t even realized that you, too, were dragging a load behind you. You turn and feel the heaviness of the backpack on your shoulders… and notice the bag and luggage that you’ve been dragging… and leaving a groove in the path behind you. Is there something you're ready to release? Something you're ready to let go of? Reach into your bag or your suitcase, and find it. Hold it in your hands for a moment, feeling its weight, its texture, its grip on your soul. Then, with a deep breath, walk to the water’s edge…and let it go. Watch as it tumbles into the river, carried away by the current. Feel the weight lifted from your shoulders… as you release what no longer serves you. Take a step forward on the path… feel the lightness in your step, the relief in your heart. Know that the healing river is always here, always flowing, always ready to take your burdens and carry them away. You can return to it whenever you need, releasing whatever weighs you down and finding peace in its loving, gentle embrace.
DAVID TROTTER is the co-founder of Start My Next Chapter and a Life Transformation Coach with 25 years of experience helping people in the areas of healing, spirituality, and leadership. At the age of 18, David sensed a call into ministry and completed his undergraduate and seminary work in preparation to become a pastor. After 10 years of starting and growing churches in southern California, he was burned out from trying to fill an internal hole of not-enoughness, which resulted in burnout, implosion, healing, and a new chapter of life.
For the past 16 years, David has broadened his spirituality while continuing to invest in the life transformation of others. He is the author of a dozen books including Empowered to Rise and Superconscious Conversations, producer/director of four feature films on important social issues, and a Certified Breathwork and Guided Meditation Facilitator.
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