The universe is always moving, spinning, shifting, changing. Things are being formed. Things are dying. Creation and destruction. Shadow and light.

Today, as you stand in the shadow of the moon, during this rare astronomical event, take a few moments to feel your connection to this vast and ever-changing universe.

Try to be still, and completely present. Whether you are standing or sitting, imagine grounding your feet into the earth as you press them down. Contemplate the air outside of your nose, as you take the slowest deepest breaths that you can.

That air is the vast and ever-changing universe.

Acknowledge that you are a part of this universe. Feel it on your skin. Feel it in your breath.

Feel the universe moving through your nostrils. Feel it traveling down your throat, through the larynx and trachea. Feel it filling your lungs. Feel your lungs expanding as the universe fills them.

Feel the oxygen flowing through your veins. Energizing your body. Feel the universal energy inside of your body.

The universe is inside of you.

As you exhale, feel as if you are releasing a part of yourself back out into the universe.

Universe in. Universe out.

As our tiny moon blocks the path of our goliath sun, the day will slowly darken.

Breathe in the darkening of the day.

Notice the changes. Notice the shifting shadows.

Breathe in the feelings and sensations that arise as the light shifts.

Soon the day will be overcome with darkness.

Breathe in the darkness of the day.

Notice the shifting energy.

The day will slowly brighten.

Breathe in the brightening of the day.

Breathe in the feelings and sensations that arise as the day brightens.

Take a moment to really feel it. To really connect yourself to it.

Take a moment to set an intention, to feel connected to the universe in a way that can help you move through it with more ease, more grace, more compassion for your self and for others.

Set an intention to be aligned with space and time in such a way that you can ride along peacefully in this universe, as it changes and grows, expands and contracts.

An intention to feel connected in a way that reinforces that idea that while we are only a tiny part of this vast universe of time and space, we are indeed, a part of it.

Connected to it, symbiotically. Flowing with it. Moving with it. Shifting with it. Breathing with it.

Universe in. Universe out.

I am aligned with time and space.
I flow through this life with ease and grace.
I trust that the universe will provide
all that I need while I’m on this ride.