Golden Meditation

Sit comfortably with your feet firmly on the ground. Ground, center, and release.

Close your eyes and begin to take deep, slow breaths in through your nose and
release the breath through your mouth. As you inhale, draw in love, peace, comfort, and contentment. As you exhale release anger, pain, anxiety, and any other negative emotions. With each breath you become more relaxed and more at peace.

There is an energy point at the top of your head; this is your crown chakra. Allow this
to open like a flower blooming, or a ball of light swirling into being. Now visualize a breathtaking beam of light descending toward you. Draw in that light and see the crown chakra begin to pulse and come to life, it is a spinning and glittering ball of light. Hum the Sanskrit word for Deity, “OM” and allow the ball of light to form at the top of your head. Continue to do this until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Draw some of that light from your crown chakra to a point between your eyes, this is
the brow chakra. See it open like a blooming flower or a spinning wheel of light and turn purple, the color of amethysts. Hum the “OM” and allow the ball of light to form, see it pulse and glow with life. Continue until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Draw some of that light from your brow chakra down to your throat, this is the throat chakra. See it open like a blooming flower or a spinning wheel of light and turn cobalt blue, the color of lapis. Hum the “OM” and allow the ball of light to form, see it pulse and glow with life. Continue until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Draw some of that light from your throat chakra down to your heart, this is the heart chakra. See it open like a blooming flower or a spinning wheel of light and turn green, the color of emeralds. Hum the “OM” and allow the ball of light to form, see it pulse and glow with life. Continue until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Draw some of that light from your heart chakra down to just below your rib cage, this is the solar chakra. See it open like a blooming flower or a spinning wheel of light and turn yellow, the color of the rising sun. Hum the “OM” and allow the ball of light to form, see it pulse and glow with life. Continue until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Draw some of that light from your solar plexus down to your stomach, this is the
sacral chakra. See it open like a blooming flower or a spinning wheel of light and turn orange, the color of the setting sun. Hum the “OM” and allow the ball of light to form, see it pulse and glow with life. Continue until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Draw some of that light from your belly chakra down to the end of your spine, this is
the root chakra. See it open like a blooming flower or a spinning wheel of light and turn red, the color of blood. Hum the “OM” and allow the ball of light to form, see it pulse and glow with life. Continue until you feel that this chakra is open and the energy is flowing.

Now allow the energy from your chakras to flow throughout your body, down to the ends of your fingers and the tips of your toes. Allow it to feed each blood cell, each organ, veins, tissues, bones, every part of you. Fill yourself with the energy.

When you are totally full, open the chakra points in the soles of your feet and allow
the energy to flow through you and down into the earth. To open them see white flowers or wheels of light spin open in the center of each foot. Continue to draw energy into your body through your crown chakra.

Now watch as the white light begins to turn a golden color. It becomes like a golden
river of light that flows down to you. Allow it to cover your entire body, it feels warm and comfortable. Pull it into your crown chakra and let it flow into your body. As it passes each chakra, it changes it to a glowing golden light. Fill yourself with the golden light, let it nourish you. Let it flow out of your feet and into the earth.

Continue to allow the golden light flow into the earth, see it fill the planet and cast a
golden aura around it. When you are ready close the chakra points in your feet, see the wheels of light spiral to a close or the flower reverse back to a bud.

Do this for each chakra starting at the root at the base of your spine, then the sacral
in your stomach, the solar chakra in the solar plexus beneath your ribs. Allow your heart chakra to close, the throat, the brown and finally the crown. When they are all closed release the golden light; remember it is always there when you need it. Relax as long as necessary and don’t forget to completely ground yourself.

Phaedra's Notes:

I really enjoy this meditation and it's great to do anytime that you are feeling a need to cleanse your chakras or connect with the earth. If you are just starting and want to awaken your chakra's this meditation will certainly help to do that as well. I don't really have any warnings about it, the only side effect I've ever noticed from this meditation is that it makes you feel very mellow.

If you want to do this meditation daily, there is no harm in it. I find that it is so involved that I tend to do this only once or twice a month. That is mainly because I tend to have very little time to meditate on a daily basis, but also because I tend to get lazy about meditating. Bad witch. I also like to do it when I'm taking a shower or bath, it seems to really help cleanse me and give me a kick start.