Guided meditation: Patterns of Nature

A 6 minute meditation on integrating the shapes and patterns of the natural world

I first developed this meditation as I began to see the commonality between the shapes and patterns that we find in nature and the shapes and patterns of my own body, our neurological processes, and therefore also our feelings, emotions, thoughts, and even our beliefs. The sharp lines and inclines of a mountain range, the gentle curves and meanders of a wandering river, the infinitely varying caress of the wind—these are all shapes that we know from seeing and feeling them outside—and also because they are embedded in us.

The foundation of our conscious being begins with the same physical shapes and patterns that we see so clearly in the natural world. The ups and downs and twists and turns of our lives mirror the ebb and flow of the tides, the whisper of tall grass moving in the breeze, and the mirrored surface of every mountain lake. We’re all made of the same shapes—the shapes of the world.

Find a comfortable place to sit—and let’s begin.

This is part of a series of guided meditations where we take time to digest and integrate the fact that the shapes and patterns of nature are the same shapes and patterns that make up our physical bodies. Those same shapes and patterns are the basis of our neurological processes, and therefore also our feelings, emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. Even at its most abstract levels, the very structure of our consciousness remains grounded in the morphology and geography of the natural world.

Questions for you

1. Do you have a meditation practice? If so, what method(s) do you use?

2. Tell me about your favorite place outdoors, in nature—that place that feels like part of you.

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