Our bodies are over fifty percent water, so it makes sense that human beings have always considered water to be a sacred source of life and healing. It is literally half of who we are, and well over half of the earth’s surface is water. Water cleanses and hydrates, contains and produces nourishment, and when we enter it, holds us in an embrace that leaves no part of us untouched. Meditating with water can be a powerful way of aligning ourselves more fully with this support system that makes life both possible and pleasurable on so many levels.
We may wish to conduct our meditation while in physical contact with a body of water, whether in the intimacy of our bathtub or the vast container of an ocean. We might float on our backs in a swimming pool or sit with just our feet submerged in a pond or creek. On the other hand, we may simply close our eyes and choose a location based on our imagination. Whatever we choose, we can begin by closing our eyes and listening to our breathing. At the same time, we tune in to the particular music of the water we have chosen—the loud rushing of a river or waterfall, or the surreal silence of the world beneath the surface of the ocean. We might consider how the type of water we choose reflects what we seek—the peace beneath the hectic surface of life, the cleansing power of a river racing through a canyon, or the mood lifting, melodic bubbling of a lively creek.
As we move between awareness of our breath and awareness of the water in which we find ourselves, we can begin to release the things we no longer need into the rushing river, or release ourselves completely into the water’s embrace as we float, in our minds, in the watery womb of an ocean or a lake. When you feel you are ready to return to more solid ground, ease your body back onto earth, in your mind or in reality, and lie flat on your back, allowing the water to bead and roll off your skin, soaking the earth and evaporating into the air, leaving you cleansed, healed, and renewed.
I love to float facedown all curled up in the Y pool when no one is around. I focus on the soothing of the water and sort of regestate myself. I imagine my mother's womb wasn't the friendliest place, so I have been enjoying making my own womb, so to speak. I like to also focus on being part of the cycle of life and feel all the water around and in me...I listen to the glugs and the ripples around me, and I look at the reflections of light on the bottom if the day is sunny and focus on being part of the motion of the universe...time ebbing and flowing with the tide...ahhh...so relaxing.
Thanks for posting this. I have found that swimming and water meditation seems to cleanse me better than anyting else.
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As the saying goes, when a door slams shut in one place a window opens somewhere else. After staring at the door for many years, it finally occured to me to go look for the open window. I discovered I like sunlight and warmth much more than peeling old doors anyway, so I climbed out the window and reveled in my discovery. I will never sit behind a closed door again, no matter how comfortable my chair becomes. Me
Mel, I'm glad you found your own open window and stepped through it.
that's beautiful, MB. floating and meditating feel so wonderful. pete's been thinking we can't afford to get the pool going, but i'm really going to try. i love being suspended in the water; it is womb-like.
I love being in the pool and just floating, too. It is so relaxing and just allows you to meditate, relax and breathe.
Another thing, when I was suffering with a chronic back condition, the ONLY thing that helped with severe pain was water. I did water therapy and it worked wonders. And when I wasn't at therapy and my back was killing me and even when it still acts up today, I get in the pool. If I hook my arms around something that floats and just "hang" there, it releases all of the pain. Its wondeful!
actually, last year i rigged up the perfect noodle floating chair. it was an amazing sensation! put one under the back of your neck, one under your knees, and wrap one around under your arms so that it gives you two arm rests.
I am hoping to get the pool up and running. Like your dh, my dh is commenting about the expense. Nothing is wrong with it, we have only had it for 2 years. So it just needs the start up chemicals and more water added (due to draining half of it out to close it last year.)
ours looks and stinks like a pond. we got a new liner last summer, so i was looking forward to enjoying it NOW. i'm going to price everything we'll need and maybe just make an executive decision.
I love being in the pool and just floating, too. It is so relaxing and just allows you to meditate, relax and breathe.
Another thing, when I was suffering with a chronic back condition, the ONLY thing that helped with severe pain was water. I did water therapy and it worked wonders. And when I wasn't at therapy and my back was killing me and even when it still acts up today, I get in the pool. If I hook my arms around something that floats and just "hang" there, it releases all of the pain. Its wondeful!
Great that it helped you so much! I had a lot of water therapy when I had encephalitis, and it really helped my strength and balance. I could walk in the pool holding on to a bar when I couldn't on land, so I improved a lot faster. I agree with the pain relief, and I hope you can get in the water this year too.
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As the saying goes, when a door slams shut in one place a window opens somewhere else. After staring at the door for many years, it finally occured to me to go look for the open window. I discovered I like sunlight and warmth much more than peeling old doors anyway, so I climbed out the window and reveled in my discovery. I will never sit behind a closed door again, no matter how comfortable my chair becomes. Me
Mel, I'm glad you found your own open window and stepped through it.
it was an amazing sensation! put one under the back of your neck, one under your knees, and wrap one around under your arms so that it gives you two arm rests. 
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