MEDITATIONAL

meditations to help you shift consciousness

and move into deeper writing

naomi rose, book developer & creative midwife

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SO MUCH OF INSPIRED, SUBSTANTIAL CREATION —

in writing as in other art forms —

IS A MATTER OF SHIFTING CONSCIOUSNESS.

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these meditations for creative book-writing

help you move beyond ego obstacles

to access the divine connection that every author

(even every human being)

seeks.

It’s not about “Am I talented or not?” or “Can I create a great work or not?” It’s much more a matter of putting the frightened ego to rest so that the true depth and beauty — and guidance within us — has room to emerge, and we are available to let it in and work with it.

Artists know (no matter what ego-obstacles may make their appearance) that the real lure of creating is to reach the place within where they get to be a sacred instrument.

Not fame. Not fortune. Not even 1 million followers on social media. (Not that these, too, can’t happen; just that they are not the goal if we truly want this divine connection to happen.)

The creative process as it works through you is a perfect, innate way to connect with the Divine. When you long to make deep contact with something real inside yourself — when your inner doubts, fears, comparisons, and other typical obstructions don’t totally take over — then the connection with the One you seek who is also seeking you is only a breath away.

In my work as a Book Developer & Creative Midwife, this kind of spiritual writing process and heart-centered writing meditation can create the foundation for developing an authentic writing voice that resonates with readers.

May the meditations that follow bring you into contact with your deeper Self and give you the chance to write in a way that is inspired, fulfilling, and for real.

Writing-Meditation Encouragement #1:

A Mindful Writing Practice for Authors Using Sound

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The sound of the voice is so available to us, and sound healers Valerie Carpenter and Vicki Dodd have taught me that “the body loves the sound of our own voice” — not our usual speaking voice, but our ability to make sounds.

I would add to this that it’s not only the body that benefits from the sound of our own voice: it’s also:

  • Our mind (our sounds can take us past negative mental constructs that inhibit the full expression of our being),

  • Our feelings (our sounds can bring us to more exalted, calm, and otherwise positive feelings), and

  • Our soul and spirit (our sounds can remind us of who we are and where we came from).

All this can bring about a state of consciousness that allows deep writing to be known to the one who wants to write it.

Here is a brief menu of possibilities that you can draw from as a way to enter into your writing time.

(Before beginning, place a pen and some paper within reach. Inwardly declare your intention to be of service to your book.)

Phase 1: Settling into Breathing

  1. Find a quiet place without external distractions (if at all possible) and sit down. Close your eyes.

  2. Notice that you are breathing. (Of course you are breathing; all you’re doing differently is noticing this fact.)

  3. Take an interest in the specifics of your breathing. What is it like to feel the air coming into you? Going out from you? What is the temperature of your breath? What is its location?

  4. Now notice whether simply noticing this has changed your breathing in any way. (I think our breathing must be grateful to have us pay attention to it — like a puppy, or a child. “Oh, you’re noticing me! Well, in that case . . . .”)

Phase 2: Making Sounds

  1. Now, as you exhale, let there be a sound that comes along with that exhale. It might be a sigh, a hum, a vowel-sound. Notice what it feels like to make this sound.

  2. Make it again. Notice how it feels to have the energy of the sound running through you. Notice how it feels to have the sound of the sound in your ears.

  3. Be with the sound, and see what it wants to do. It may want to expand in volume — change pitch — add in vowels and/or consonants — or something else. Let it do what it wants to do. Enjoy this.

  4. Notice whether you are feeling more expanded . . . playful . . . experimental . . . soothed . . . stimulated . . . etc. Whatever desirable feelings may arise, see if you can connect them with a quality (or qualities) of the sounds you have been making.

  5. Make more of the sounds that are helping you.

  6. Continue in this way for a little while, until you organically feel like slowing to a stop.

  7. Let your lips come together and gently hum for several breaths.

  8. Then sit in silence and let yourself receive the “afterglow” of the sounds. They will still be reverberating in the air, energetically, and in you for a little while.

Phase 3: Flowing into Writing

  1. Keeping your breathing just as is, filled with (a) being noticed and (b) given the chance to emerge as sound, let your eyes open just enough to see your pen and paper. Pick up the pen and paper.

  2. Write whatever makes itself available to you. It may be what you had thought you would write about, or some surprise. Let yourself ride the writing as you earlier let yourself ride the sounds.

  3. Keep writing until you feel complete for now. Then put down your pen and paper, return to noticing your breathing, and slowly open your eyes all the way.

  4. Look around the room. Notice light, shapes, anything beautiful. Notice how you feel.

  5. Bow (inwardly, if not outwardly) to that which has given itself to you when you invited it. Give thanks to your deeper Self for being with you in this trustworthy, intimate, and creative way.

  6. Notice the effects of this process of breathing and sounding on your writing.

  7. Lightly bring this sensibility into the rest of your day. Be willing to be surprised into opening by what has opened up in you.

(NOTE: If you enjoyed the experience of sounding (especially in relation to your writing), you may also enjoy going over to the HEALING SOUNDS page. There, you can try out a “Writing Meditation through Listening to Sound,” and listen to “Overtone Chanting” to see if and how it benefits your writing.)

Writing-Meditation Encouragement #2:

connecting with your creative muse

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This writing meditation can be simply to see what comes,

or as a response to your intention to write a particular part of your book.

Before doing this meditation, find a quiet, comfortable place. Put out a pen or pencil and some paper within reach.

  1. Sit in a comfortable, supportive chair, or lie down on a couch or bed. Let the structure of what supports you — the chair or the couch or bed — really support you. Let your body relax and ease into this support.

  2. Let yourself become aware of your breath. You are always breathing, but you may be caught up in other thoughts and activities. Right now, let your breathing be the whole of what is happening for you. As you breathe in, notice how your belly and/or chest expand. Notice the temperature of the air as it enters your nostrils. As you breathe out, notice how your belly and/or chest contract. Notice the feeling of letting the air out.

  3. Now notice how the incoming breath is given to you. It just comes. You don’t have to work at it. It’s a gift of life from something deeper and larger than your thinking mind. Sit or lie with this gift of breathing for a little while. You may find that your breathing comes more easily, that the volume of your breath is greater, or that it is coming from a different place in you. Your breath might have a finer quality to it than usual. You might even smell a faint fragrance, or hear a ringing sound in your ears that is somehow familiar, perhaps even inspiring.

  4. As you notice yourself coming closer to yourself through your breathing, let your attention come to the region of your heart. You might put your hand on your heart, if that’s helpful. If it helps to feel your heart beating, do so. You might begin to breathe in rhythm with your heart, and see what that opens up. Perhaps stray thoughts may settle down like pebbles in a lake. Perhaps you may feel clearer, more centered, interested in what wants to be known.

  5. As you focus on your heart, you may wish to make contact with a desire in your heart. It might be a specific desire, or it might be the experience of desiring. Let yourself be with this experience. Feel what it’s like to have your heart expand with this desire.

  6. Consider the possibility that this desire is being met by a way to give voice to this desire, and that by giving voice to this desire you can bring yourself closer to its fulfillment. Consider that what you are seeking is also seeking you.

  7. Allow yourself to let a word, a phrase, an image, an inner atmosphere, or something else of that nature come to your conscious awareness. You are not making anything happen — you are simply available to receive from your deeper nature. See what wants to give itself to you. Inside your heart, open your “hands.” You do not need to receive a lot; even a small amount is enough. It may be like a bit of colored thread that, when pulled on, keeps coming. Take your time. If fear or agitation makes its appearance, return to the rhythm of your breath, and again turn with interest to your Muse’s gift for you.

  8. When you have received something (and you don’t have to necessarily know more than that you have received something), take a conscious breath and gently open your eyes. Pick up your pen or pencil and paper, and begin to write what’s there. Write only as long as it feels like it’s coming. Take your Muse’s hand. When the gift comes to a close, let go and give thanks.

  9. Close your eyes again for a moment. Take a few deep breaths. Feel your heartbeat. Feel the support of the structure that upholds you. And gradually open your eyes, look around at the room, notice the light or the view out the window, and return to your day or night, noticing the effect of this interaction with your Muse on your feelings about what you have written and your desire to stay with it over the next day or more.

Writing-Meditation Encouragement #3:

MEDITATION AUDIOS FOR WRITERS

easing your process of entering & exiting the writing

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To help you enter into a relaxed inner state where you can receive the writing that your deeper Self wants to gift you with, I have recorded two audios, accompanied by gentle dulcimer music.

This simple ritual of listening to these recordings before and after writing can be very effective in connecting you with your heart’s expressive wisdom. It requires nothing more of you than to set aside an hour or more for the entire “sandwich”:

  1. Listening to “Coming into the Writing”;

  2. Opening to the actual writing that wants to be known; then

  3. Listening to “Coming Out of the Writing” as you emerge from the experience, into the rest of your (perhaps transfigured) day.

Through this simple ritual, you may find that cultivating receiving your writing becomes natural and, in time, effortless.

So here is the first recording, “Coming into the Writing,” to ease you into that inner place where you can receive what wants to be known from within.

And the second recording is “Coming Out of the Writing,” so you can honor and celebrate your experience of receiving your writing, as well as to anchor your confidence in this ability for your next time.

Enjoy them both — and enjoy yourself

through the process of deep writing!

If you would like to share your experience of working with these entering/exiting meditations, I would love to hear about it. Contact me to share your experience.

Ready to go deeper with your writing? If these meditations resonate with you and you're called to explore a more supported writing journey, I invite you to discover how we might work together. I offer Gift Sessions — identical to a full client-session, where we explore the book of your heart together, with no obligation to continue. It's a complete experience in itself.

Wondering if this approach is right for you? See if you recognize yourself in the writers I'm called to serve.

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