Connecting with our future selves is a way to bring peace and deeper understanding to the process of aging. You can also use your future self as a guide on your life’s journey. Your future self is much wiser and experienced than you are now. Never forget that. She is the accumulation of your life's journey and experiences. Meet and honor her, and allow her to show up for guidance when you need comfort and/or direction. 

The Meditation

Try recording this on your phone and playing it back for a guided meditation.

Sit comfortably. Turn the lights so they are just right. Perhaps have an essential oil with you that helps relax and expand your mind. I suggest Sage, Spanish Sage, or Clary Sage for this work. Begin to slow the breath. Focus on a longer exhale through the nose. Breathe at least ten long breaths.

Ask your older self to appear. Let her come forward. Study her beauty, her body, her posture. How is she dressed? How does she hold herself? What does her energy feel like? Take time to feel her. Now, tell her you are on your journey to becoming her. Ask her for guidance. Ask her if you can call upon her when you feel lost or confused. Ask her if she has any wise words for you. Listen to the answers and don’t judge. Ask her if she has any tools that you can take back with you to help you on your journey. Take what she offers and know it is a gift you can always access. When you are ready, say farewell for now, and know that you can call on her whenever you need support.

Before you open your eyes, sit with the stillness and wisdom you’ve experienced. Know that this is who you are on the road to becoming. If you are dissatisfied by what you saw, be motivated to do the work to take an active part in your future self. We are fluid beings and always changing.

End by placing one hand on your abdomen and one hand on your heart. Feel your tailbone heavy, drawing you into the floor. Take a few deep breaths, exhaling powerfully through his mouth. Finally, slowly open your eyes. Take time to journal, let it sink in, etc. 

Wishing you well,

Francoise