By this time of year, many of us are missing the warmth and energy of the sun. This guided meditation is an invitation to bring the sun inside of you.

Allow an image of the sun to rise into your awareness. Give this sun whatever color feels pleasing to you. Sense its presence suspended just above your mat, just above you….warming the space all around you.

Invite the nurturing, glowing rays of the sun inside you now. Allow them to brighten your every thought. Soothe your inner breath. Soften and warm every muscle, joint and bone…allowing every part of you to be bathed in a soothing radiance.

As you breathe in, breathe in the essence of the sun……And as you breathe out, bathe internally in this loving energy.

Feel as if you are carrying the sun deep inside your heart now. With every out-breath, warmth spreads throughout your body…pulsating, through every organ, tissue and limb. Spend some time just experiencing this sensation…allowing the heat to radiate from inside you.

As you breathe in, breathe in the essence of the sun……And as you breathe out, bathe internally in this loving energy.

Connect with your own inner sun now, this pure light within you. Imagine sending light tendrils out from your heart, to someone near you, in this space, at this time. Send this person loving-kindness and loving energy, so that they too, bathe in the glow of the sun.

As you breathe in, breathe in the essence of the sun……And as you breathe out, bathe internally in this loving energy.

Now bask in the silence of your own internal sun. (Pause)

Slowly let go of the image of the sun now. But, know that it is there to light your way any time you chose.

Draw on the sun’s power to awaken you. Feel the vital life force emanating throughout you. Slowly begin to wiggle your fingers and toes. Do whatever you need to become twice as awake and, when you are ready, bring yourself back to the present moment.

Close the meditation with the following Sankalpa:  I invite the image of the sun to lift my spirit, soothe my heart and liberate my mind– Namaste

©NamasteWorks Yoga + Wellness, LLC, http://www.namasteworksyoga.com, by: Nancy Levenson