Connecting with Your Future Self

Connecting with your future self is a way to bring peace and deeper understanding to the process of aging. You can also call upon your future self as a guide on your life’s journey. She is wiser, more experienced, and carries the fullness of your story. Remember that she is the accumulation of everything you are becoming. Meet her, honor her, and allow her to show up when you need comfort or direction.

The Meditation

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

Sit comfortably. Adjust the lighting until it feels just right. You may want to hold an essential oil that helps relax and open the mind—Sage, Spanish Sage, or Clary Sage work beautifully for this practice. Begin to slow your breath, focusing on a long, gentle exhale through the nose. Take at least ten deep, mindful breaths.

Now, invite your older self to appear. Let her come forward naturally. Study her beauty, her posture, her energy. How is she dressed? How does she hold herself? Take time to feel her presence.

Tell her that you are on your journey to becoming her. Ask for guidance. Ask if you can call upon her when you feel lost or uncertain. Ask if she has any words of wisdom for you. Listen quietly and without judgment.

If she offers you a symbol or tool, receive it as a gift—something you can always return to when you need strength or clarity. When you are ready, say farewell for now, knowing she is always available to you.

Before opening your eyes, rest in the stillness. Feel the wisdom that lives within you and know that this is who you are becoming. If what you saw felt uncomfortable, use it as inspiration to make changes and take an active role in shaping your future self. Remember that we are fluid beings, always evolving.

Place one hand on your abdomen and the other over your heart. Feel your tailbone grounding you into the earth. Take a few deep breaths, exhaling softly through the mouth. When you’re ready, open your eyes. Take time to journal, reflect, or simply sit in the quiet that remains.

Take good care,
Françoise