Meditations and Ceremonies for Healing: A Handbook for Personal Growth and Wellness
By Monique Lang
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The meditations are based on mindfulness practices combined with general psychotherapy. This combination allows the reader to find insight into the core causes of the beliefs that you have made yourself and how these impact your everyday life. By engaging in these meditations, you will be able to heal some of the negative beliefs that you took on and gain clarity about your path and how to live a more authentic and more fulfilling life.
The ceremonies portion of the book provides you with a way to mark and commemorate the events of your life whether they be actual events or changes in personal attitudes, perceptions, and insights. Many are also geared to offering ideas to bring about healing to those parts of yourself that have been hurt, that grieve, and that you wish to acknowledge and celebrate. These ceremonies are simple to execute and easy to adapt to your particular needs and spiritual path.
Monique Lang
Monique Lang is a psychotherapist, teacher, writer and healer. For over 35 years she has facilitated transformation in individuals, groups and communities. Trained in many of today's cutting edge psychotherapy models, mindfulness practices and shamanic techniques, Monique is able to weave together a unique and singular approach that integrates both ancient and modern modalities. She is known for both her depth of presence and gentleness in her counseling practice, her teaching and her workshops. Monique has served on the faculties of Columbia University School of Social Work, the State University of New York at Stony Brook’s Department of Child Welfare, Mercy College Department of Psychology, and the Institute for Contemporary Therapy Trauma Program. She was a group supervisor for the the third year psychiatric residents at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. Monique has presented in a variety of settings including the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Monique lives and practices in Fayetteville, NY.
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Meditations and Ceremonies for Healing - Monique Lang
Copyright © 2019 Monique Lang.
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The information, ideas, and suggestions in this book are not intended as a substitute for professional advice. Before following any suggestions contained in this book, you should consult your personal physician or mental health professional. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising as a consequence of your use or application of any information or suggestions in this book.
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Balboa Press rev. date: 12/12/2018
CONTENTS
Meditations
Introduction
Note for Clinicians
Basic Setting
Induction
Beginning Awareness Practice
Thoughts, Feelings, and Sensations
Thinking Mind
Working with the Breath
Body Scan
Total Body Relaxation
Enhancing Positive Body Sensations
Working with Pain or Discomfort
Releasing Painful Energy
Releasing Negativity
Bringing in Healing Energy
Healing the Heart
Gratitude
A Place of Rest
Connecting with Nature
Creating a Protective Shield
Connecting with your True Self
Letting Go of Negative Beliefs and ideas
Reclaiming Aspects or Parts of Yourself
Working with Loss
Being Other
Finding and Connecting with Guides and or Power Animals
Being with Your Self
Ceremonies
Introduction
Note for Clinicians
Setting
Letting Go Ceremonies
Letting Go of Negative Energy
Letting go of negative attachments and connections to other people
Bringing in Ceremonies
Specific Ceremonies
Working with Loss
Forgiveness Ceremonies
Celebrations
MEDITATIONS
INTRODUCTION
For years now I have started many individual psychotherapy sessions, supervision groups, workshops, and meetings with a short meditation to set a tone for the experience.
I use some of these meditations to create a safe, easy, non-judging space in which people can do the work of healing and of sharing difficult material. I think of these meditations as an invitation—an invitation into presence, caring and compassion.
Other meditations are geared to connecting with your own inner knowing, your memories, your sensations, and, at times, with issues that have been buried deep inside your psyche.
Over the years many of my students and clients have asked me what sources I use to find the meditations that I offer. The truth is that they come up spontaneously in response to what is happening in the room energetically at the moment, or what space I want to create, or what material I want to either elicit or heal.
Although there are many styles of meditation from a variety of traditions, the meditations in this book are geared to self-knowing, healing, and relaxation.
The meditations offered here are very simple and basic. I offer them as an invitation—an invitation for you to use them as a primer, a stepping stone. My hope is that you will create your own by changing and designing them to meet the intent for which you will be using them.
If you already have a meditation practice, you can easily integrate some of the ideas in this book with the style that you currently practice.
At the end of each meditation, there is an empty notes
section. This is provided for you to jot down anything that has meaning for you, or any thoughts or insights you want to remember.
At the beginning and end of some of the meditations, there are notes for those of you who are clinicians. Even if you are not, you are welcome to use the suggestions given there if they feel helpful to you. Or, if you are working with a clinician, you can bring whatever came up for you to work on with that person.
The meditations are arranged in a loose sequence, however you are invited and encouraged to choose those that call to you at a particular time, regardless of order.
In beauty always, *
Monique
In Beauty May I walk—A Navajo Blessing
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk
Today I will walk out, today everything unnecessary will leave me,
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever; nothing will hinder me.
NOTE FOR CLINICIANS
This chapter is meant as a basic template for clinicians who wish to use some of these meditations in their practice.
To start with, I must explain that although I have certifications in many modalities of psychotherapy which show up in the vocabulary that I use throughout, my main framework is based on Internal Family Systems (Dr. Richard Schwartz), which posits that we all have a Self,
which some people refer to as our essence. We also have many parts
(some healthy, others burdened) that have a variety of functions to help us navigate life. Hence much of the language, and concepts, that I use throughout this manuscript reflect that way of interpreting one’s psyche.
When doing a meditation—or mindfulness exercise—with someone for the first time, I will preface the exercise by asking the client if s/he/they is willing to try an experiment. I also reassure her that we can stop at any time if the process feels uncomfortable, or in any way negative.
I avoid words like dis-regulating
or triggering
or any word that I know might be difficult for my client to hear. I endeavor to maintain as much neutral, everyday language as possible. This way it doesn’t sound to woo woo
(as one of my students referred to it). Always ask permission. If the person you are working with doesn’t want to do the exercise, you can explore the reasons, and investigate what parts have concerns, but do not do