Practice: Dia De Los Muertos Guided Meditation: Tapping into Ancestral Wisdom

What if a single, steady breath could turn a key you’ve been carrying your whole life? Nikki opens a quiet space and step through a threshold of diamond light to meet the ancestors—by blood, culture, and spirit—who stand ready to remind us who we are when we feel held. 

We explore how to trust what arrives without forcing it, how to ask honest questions, and how to listen for guidance that lands in the body as a clear, grounded response. Messages may come as words, images, or simple knowing. Doubt is welcome, and so is curiosity. This is a living practice of remembrance: reconnecting to wisdom that predates our stress and recovering dignity where life has felt heavy.

Return as often as you need support, clarity, or companionship. If this practice nourished you, subscribe for weekly sessions, share it with someone who needs calm, and leave a review to help others find this space.

Thanks for listening to The ModernZen Collective Podcast.

✨ Want to stay connected between episodes? Join our email community to receive first access to new offerings, seasonal challenges, and exclusive wisdom from The ModernZen Collective—straight to your inbox.

💫 Looking for deeper guidance on your path? Explore our vetted, curated Collective of holistic practitioners—perfect if you're ready to deepen your practice or fast-track your transformation with expert support.

🌿 Follow us on Instagram @modernzenco & personally at @lizzysutton.co & @nikki.sucevic

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome & Practice Intent
• 0:46 Grounding Breath & Golden Light
• 2:03 Roots into Earth’s Crystalline Wisdom
• 3:10 Merging Heart, Light, and Earth
• 3:51 The Threshold of Diamond Light
• 4:36 Entering the Ancestral Circle
• 5:23 Receiving Presence, Safety, and Pride
• 6:04 Messages, Guidance, and Questions
• 9:39 Gratitude and Gentle Closing

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 0:08

Hi, I'm Lizzie.

SPEAKER_00: 0:11

And I'm Nicky.

SPEAKER_01: 0:13

Have you ever felt that your life was missing purpose, joy, or deep connection? Welcome to the Modern Zen Collective Podcast, where we embrace holistic living for a joyful, purpose-driven life.

SPEAKER_00: 0:26

In today's episode, we will be sharing one of the practices we use to help us release, receive, come back into alignment, and connect with the divinity within and all around us.

SPEAKER_01: 0:37

We hope you enjoy it and continue to join us weekly on the Modern Zen Collective Podcast, Elevating Your Mind, Body, and Spirit. And now today's practice.

SPEAKER_00: 1:03

Exhale slowly, allowing yourself to settle into the surface beneath you, relaxing into your space. Continue with long, slow, deep breaths. And as you breathe, imagine you are surrounded by a soft golden light. This light is both protective and welcoming, guiding you into a sacred space, into a space of remembrance, protecting you, lighting you up, and aligning you with the frequency of your ancestors. Continue your long, slow, deep breaths, and feel the weight of your body against the earth, how you were grounded. Imagine roots coming from your body down into the earth. The roots are coming from your body and going down past the top, into the ground, into the earth, down deep into the crystalline structures, anchoring there to totally ground you during this experience. You are anchored and start to bring your energy back up, bringing in all of the healing elements of the crystalline structures, all of the wisdom anchoring you into Mother Earth. With each breath, you feel supported, with each breath, you feel held, you feel calm, relaxed, and in ease. Bring that energy back up into your heart space and merge the two energies, that beautiful energy that's all around you, that soft golden light energy merged with the grounded energy, with the crystalline structure, wisdom, and healing properties. These are merged around you, healing you, protecting you, anchoring you, and aligning you with the rhythm, with the frequency of your ancestors. Now bring to mind that you're standing at a door, and this door's beautiful white light, diamond light energy. It's inviting, it has its own vibration, and you feel absolutely calm, at ease, and safe at this door. Step over to the door and push it open. As you push it open, stepping through the threshold, you feel goosebumps, you feel lighter, you feel calm, relaxed and peaceful. You feel safe, surrounded by energy that protects you, lifts you up, aligns you, heals you, and is here for you. Stepping through this threshold brought you into the area of your ancestors. Not only your family by blood, but also those of spirit, of culture, soul family, guides. See them gathering around you, a circle of light. Some you may recognize, others may appear as symbols or energy, colors. Trust what comes forth. Breathe here, breathe through it. Nice long inhales and exhales, just enjoying this presence, this lightness. You can feel the healing energy coming from them, you can feel the wisdom coming to you. You can feel the safety coming to you. Allow yourself to feel their presence, gentle, loving, guiding. They are here for remembrance, to remind you of your strength, your wisdom, and how proud they are of you, of everything you do every single day. They are here with messages, messages for you. Inhaling and exhaling here in this beautiful space with your ancestors around you. Take a deep breath in and relax into your space and allow for messages to come forth. What are the messages? How are they coming through? You don't need to think about who is saying them. If they present themselves, that's great. Allow the messages to come through, giving you guidance, wisdom, and allow yourself to ask questions. Is there anything you want to know? Anything you want clarity on? Your ancestors are here for you to help you, to guide you. They are always here for you. And at this time now, in this sacred place and space, with this healing, protective light grounding energy around you, you have a beautiful, beautiful time with them to ask questions or just receive. Allow the messages to flow through. Allow yourself to ask questions and enjoy a lot of people. Ask as many questions as you would like. Feeling that gratitude in your heart. Put one palm on your heart, the other one on top. Having tremendous gratitude for these messages, this energy, this healing, this protection. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your ancestors, guides, and anyone that was with you at this time are so grateful that you visited, are so thankful, and they welcome you back at any time. Just walk through the threshold and come to see them.