An Eclipse to Surrender, A Portal to Receive

In this Goddess Journey meditation, we explore the symbolic energies of the 8/8 Lion's Gate and the August 12 South Node Solar Eclipse. Rather than asking you to strive for more, this practice offers something far more courageous: permission to slow down, soften, and receive.

As the Year of the Fire Horse and the Universal Year 1 invite bold new beginnings, this meditation reminds us that every beginning first requires space. Before something new can enter, something old must be released.T

Whether you connect with the symbolism of astrology or simply appreciate it as a beautiful metaphor for personal reflection, this meditation is an opportunity to pause, breathe, and trust the unfolding of your own journey.

Journal Reflection:

• What feels complete in this season of my life?
• What am I ready to release with gratitude?
• Where have I confused constant doing with my worth?
• What would it feel like to trust life enough to receive?
• If I rested without guilt, what might become possible?

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Transcript

Welcome back. If you're new here, thank you for joining me and finding this podcast. Something probably drew you in about the Goddess Meditation series, and I'm so happy that it did. So happy to have you here. And if you're returning, thank you. Thank you for all your support. So it's been a while since I've done a meditation for our Goddess Meditation series, and with the Lion's Gate Portal coming up on August 8th and then followed by a south node eclipse on August 12th, this seems like a beautiful energetic time to share a heartfelt meditation.

This meditation is symbolic of the themes in the Lion's Gate Portal and the eclipse around surrendering rather than striving and doing, just releasing and letting go, just being. it aligns beautifully with the science and the spiritual aspects of our menopause transition. So let's use this meditation as reflective work.

 / Begin to settle into a comfortable, supported position. Maybe it's lying down or sitting upright in a chair or on a cushion, whatever works comfortably for you And as you settle into your body, gently close your eyes and take a slow breath in and a gentle sigh out. Again, breathing in through the nose, mouth open wide like a soft lion roar, haaa

And feel into your body. Feel your body becoming heavier as your shoulders begin to soften, your jaw releases. Your body no longer needs to be held. There is nothing to fix, nothing to prove, nothing to accomplish in this moment right now It is only you with your breath, you in this moment./

 Now imagine yourself walking toward a vast golden safari plain. The morning sun is just beginning to rise, casting long amber rays across the sky, and in the distance stands a magnificent lion. Not roaring, not hunting, simply resting. Its eyes bright and open wide. Its breathing slow, confidently.

Its strength is unmistakable. Not because it is moving, but because it doesn't need to. It knows exactly who it is

Walk toward the lion and notice you have no fear, only recognition. Recognition of confidence in your own body This lion is a mirror. It carries the part of you that has survived every challenge, every heartbreak, every impossible season of your life.

It knows your courage, but today it has not come forth to teach you how to fight. It comes forth to teach you how to rest And sit beside the lion. Feel the warmth radiating from its body. Notice how completely relaxed it is. Power is not leaving this lion because it is resting. Its strength is becoming deeper in its stillness and confidence more rooted, more effortless

Allow yourself to breathe in this confidence, and with each inhale, gently say to yourself, "I do not need to earn my worth." As you exhale, say, "I release the need to constantly strive Inhale. I do not need to earn my worth Exhale. I release the need to constantly strive

Imagine now that you are carrying an enormous backpack. This backpack has traveled with you for years and years. Inside that backpack are expectations, responsibilities, old identities, the people-pleasing, the perfectionism, the belief you must always be productive to deserve love, to be worthy and accepted, and to earn the approval of others 

And from yourself. The belief that if you stop, everything will fall apart. Notice how heavy this backpack has suddenly become. And as the lion looks to you with those gentle eyes, it asks without words, "Are you ready? Are you ready to put down the backpack? / 

Put it down just long enough to remember who you were before you carried this heavy load."

Without hesitation, . Remove the backpack and place it on the earth. as soon as it touches the ground, it begins to dissolve into the light. Every old obligation, every story that no longer belongs to you, every role you have outgrown, it's returning back to the native soil, turning it over to Mother Earth where it becomes nourishment to grow into something new

Feel how light your body has become, how spacious your heart feels now. This is what happens when we release. We create room, not because we force change, but because empty hands are now open and ready to receive. And feel into the space that you have created now. This is not emptiness, but full of possibility.

 The August eclipse carries a symbolism of release, a sacred invitation to let go, to surrender

The story has completed its journey. And imagine the shadow of the eclipse moving gently across the sky, creating a moment of stillness, a pause between what was and what is becoming. As you release what is no longer yours to carry, you create space, space to receive, space to become, space for something new to emerge.

 Above you now imagine a golden light pouring through the sky, and whether you see it as symbolism of a Lionsgate portal opening up, the turning of the season, or simply the wisdom of your higher self, Allow the light to enter. Feel it pouring through from the crown of your head, down your face, across your throat, into your heart, and into every cell.

 It doesn't rush. It does not demand. This golden light simply fills the space that surrender has created./

 Receive it now without questioning. Receive it now without earning. Receive it because you exist. feel yourself breathing with the rhythm of life itself.

 No more pushing, no more chasing, only allowing. Notice the quiet confidence beginning to grow inside you. Not loud , not over-performing, but a deep confidence. The confidence to trust timing, the confidence to pause, the confidence to say no, and the confidence to let go.

 Silently repeat, I honor who I have been. I welcome in who I am becoming. My power does not disappear when I rest wisdom grows in stillness I make space for miracles by creating space within myself I trust what is leaving. I trust what is arriving. I trust myself I trust myself

See the lion standing. It glances over to you one final time. This is not goodbye, only a reminder. Its courage now lives within you. Its calm demeanor now lives within you. Its strength now lives within you

Its quiet certainty now lives within you

And now as it walks back across the golden safari plain, you realize you too are walking with the very same grace

 Begin bringing your awareness back into your breath. Back into the room, noticing the support beneath your body, feeling into your hands, your feet, and take one final breath in and just let the air fall out as you release. There are seasons for building. There are seasons for becoming, And there are sacred seasons for simply allowing.

 For today, you chose to receive. How brave you are

 And when you're ready, gently open your eyes and carry this knowing into your days ahead Namaste