Shattered Glass Meditation by Karen Gilmore

Imagine yourself sitting in the middle of shattered glass.

There are pieces, shards, remnants, sharp edges all around.

You want to move, but how?

Where?

Which direction?

Do you go up, across, sideways, force yourself to endure the pain of movement?

Are you stuck?

Who will help?

As you sit in the discomfort you notice the sharp edges of the shattered pieces and you ponder,

is this a part of me?

Is this me?

Am I broken?

As you slowly take a few breaths in and out, notice how the sharp pieces do not move with your

breath.

You are separate from the brokenness.

The brokenness is no longer what you need.

It gave way so what you need could grow and strengthen, create a flow, create movement.

The pieces cracked and fell and shattered to give the space necessary for you to move and to

breathe.

Notice how your body moves with your breath as you hold space among the broken pieces.

Pieces once important that you no longer need.

Notice how growth and movement is happening.

Look inward at how oxygen, blood and life flows throughout your whole system, no longer rigid

and constrained.

You are experiencing freedom.

Freedom for a new flow to happen.

As you breathe in and out, notice refreshment in the freedom of your breathing.

Slowly breathe in the refreshment and let it nourish your entire system.

There’s no rush, no panic, no agenda, just breathing in, and breathing out.

You have everything you need.

You are intact and whole.

You have freedom to move.

Freedom to make decisions.

Freedom to shift among the brokenness that has helped you become who you are.

Breathe in what you need.

Breathe out what you no longer need.