Who were you before the world told you who to be?

In Part III of The Rudderless Self meditation series, you’ll journey back to your Original Self—your unconditioned nature within pure consciousness—then explore how identity and learned behaviors formed along your path. Through powerful visualization, you’ll recognize the patterns you’ve been carrying and consciously choose what to release.

This guided meditation helps you reconnect with the Foundation of Self, where individuality and infinite awareness exist as one. You’ll return to your life feeling lighter, clearer, and aligned—grounded in your humanity while consciously connected to Source.

Perfect for those exploring self-discovery, nonduality, ego awareness, inner healing, and spiritual awakening.

Best for:

• Releasing limiting beliefs and conditioned patterns

• Reconnecting with your authentic, original self

• Deepening awareness of nonduality and pure consciousness

• Spiritual growth and self-realization

• Letting go of emotional and mental burdens

Music: “432Hz Healing Music” by Jason Stephenson

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

What happens after the ego softens and we remember our connection to pure consciousness?

In Part II of The Rudderless Self meditation series, you’ll explore how to live with one foot in both worlds—fully human while rooted in the vast field of nondual awareness. This guided meditation helps you experience yourself as both the wave and the ocean: a unique individual expression and the infinite consciousness from which all experience arises.

Through deep relaxation, expanded awareness, and practical integration, you’ll practice returning to the eternal Self even during ordinary moments—conflict, self-doubt, or everyday responsibilities. This meditation supports spiritual awakening while helping you remain grounded in daily life.

Perfect for meditators exploring nonduality, pure consciousness, unity awareness, ego integration, and quantum field spirituality.

Best for:

• Experiencing unity consciousness while living daily life

• Integrating nondual awareness into relationships and work

• Deep relaxation and nervous system regulation

• Spiritual awakening and self-realization practices

• Developing awareness beyond the thinking mind

Music: “432Hz Healing Music” by Jason Stephenson

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

This short guided meditation is designed to help you quickly release mental clutter, soften ego tension, and reconnect with universal awareness. Moving from the familiar sense of “I” into spacious presence and back again, this practice offers a gentle ego reset—leaving you calm, grounded, and energetically refreshed.

Perfect for daily use, this meditation supports emotional regulation, clarity, and a renewed sense of connection to something greater than the thinking mind. Ideal for morning intention-setting, evening unwinding, or anytime you need to recalibrate and return to center.

Music
"Concentration" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

In Part I of The Rudderless Self meditation series, you’ll gently practice loosening identification with the ego and reabsorbing into pure consciousness. Through small, guided steps—like releasing the rudder of a boat or watching a wave dissolve into the ocean—you’ll experience what it feels like to let go of control and rest in nondual awareness.

This meditation supports spiritual awakening, ego softening, nervous system regulation, and a deeper trust in the intelligence of the quantum field. You’ll return grounded in your human self while sensing your ongoing connection to the unified field of Being.

Perfect for seekers exploring nonduality, mindfulness, ego dissolution, and conscious living.

Music: “432Hz Healing Music” by Jason Stephenson

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

Remembering What You Are [Reconnection to Origin]

[Meditation duration: 24 minutes]

This guided meditation invites you to loosen identification with the everyday “I" and rest in the deeper truth of who you are. 

Moving beyond roles, labels, habits, and self-concepts, you’ll experience a return to pure awareness—the field of consciousness from which all form arises. From this place of unity and nonduality, you are guided back into human life with intention, choice, and freedom, remembering that you are both a unique expression and the whole itself.

Ideal for times when you feel over-identified, fragmented, or disconnected from your deeper nature.

Music:

“Light-Matrix Portal” by Max Corbacho

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

Bring Fear Closer [Brief CORE PRACTICE]

[Meditation duration: 4 minutes]

A brief meditation to practice bringing a manageable fear closer. 

Music:
"Fluidscape"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

The Point and the Field [Self-identification]

[Meditation duration: 23 minutes]

In this guided meditation and shared space, we’ll explore the paradox of being human: that you are a unique expression of Source, shaping reality through your presence, while never separate from the whole that holds you.

Together, we’ll gently reconnect with:

• Trust in where you are right now

• Your capacity to create through awareness rather than force

• The quiet power of letting go and allowing yourself to be guided

• Your role as a contributor to the collective, simply by being you

This is not about becoming something new. It’s about standing firmly in who you already are.

Music: “Reiki Zen Meditation Music” by Meditation Self

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

The Living Story [Moving Beyond a Block]

[Meditation duration: 26 minutes]

This guided meditation is rooted in the mythic hero’s journey—an epic inner voyage designed to help you resolve a long-standing block and reclaim a deeper sense of purpose.

This practice will guide you to:

• Meet resistance with compassion
• Call upon the wisdom of your Highest Self
• Transform old inner obstacles into allies
• Return with a symbol, insight, or knowing you can carry into the year ahead

This is a meditation for those who feel ready—even if a little afraid—to answer a new call.

Music: “1-Hour Spa Music for Calming and Soothing” by Music Masters

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

You Are an Ambassador of Source [CORE PRACTICE: Daily Inspiration]

[Meditation duration: 11 minutes]

This meditation guides you into a safe, inner sanctuary where you can meet the part of yourself you tend to push aside—the prickly one, the overwhelmed one, the version of you that’s hardest to hold with compassion. Through gentle imagery and intentional breathwork, you’ll begin a meaningful dialogue with this aspect of your psyche, uncovering what it truly needs beneath the resistance.

Rather than “fixing” or suppressing this part of you, the practice helps you soften toward it—listening, witnessing, and opening space for transformation. Expect surprising insights, emotional relief, and a renewed sense of inner unity. This is where self-compassion shifts from concept to lived experience.

Music: 

"Ethereal Relaxation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
 Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA

A Year of Remembering [WYSO End-of-Year Celebration]

[Meditation duration: 15 minutes]

A celebratory guided meditation honoring the inner work of the past year and reaffirming connection to the Highest Self, ancestral wisdom, and collective consciousness. This practice invites participants to recognize their growth, reclaim their inner knowing, and step into the new year grounded in trust, purpose, and quiet personal power.

Music: 

"Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
 Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

• • •

Write Your Self Open is a revolution in self-development that blends guided meditation, journaling, and supportive group discussion led by holistic psychotherapist Rachel Astarte.

It's all the benefits of personal transformation + community-building without the constraints of talk therapy.
Join anytime. No previous meditation or writing experience necessary.

To join or share, visit writeyourselfopen.com

_____________________________________________
Before you begin

• Prepare your space and ensure you will not be disturbed.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Use an eye cover, if preferred.
• Have a notebook/journal and pen ready.
• Optional: Prepare a question for your journey. It could be anything you’re grappling with at the moment. 
  • Note: It’s best not to ask a “When” question; in Non-ordinary Reality there is no “time” as we understand it. 
  • Write your question in your notebook or journal.

After the meditation

• Sit up slowly. Take a moment to return to Ordinary Reality.
• Write whatever you remember from your journey into your notebook/journal. Use all the senses!
• Consider how you might incorporate the offerings you received from the journey into your life, starting today.

Good luck, and blessings on your journey.

xo RA