Live: Space For The Caregiver

Did you miss the very first live? Here is the recorded version! Whether you're caring for children, parents, loved ones, pets, a business or others in your community, it can feel exhausting when so much depends on you. As a caregiver myself, I invite you to join me in this space to slow down and give ourselves some care too.

Transcript

I don't see anyone. On the live. Oh, We have one person who joined. Hey, Jen. Hi. This is wonderful. I have a surprise for you at the end of the call. I hope you'll stay to the very end and see your surprise. Very good. Trying to figure out how this all works. A comment here that I want to post and it's not letting me post, So what if I delete it all, Maybe? Maybe it's too much. Okay, I'll just let it be. Let's just make sure it works. Yeah, My comments aren't working. Okay, So then I can't comment. I'll just speak. As is. And enjoy my tea. So this has been fun. This is my first live and I'm just trying to figure out how to get the sound right, Especially with the steel-tongued drum and how to get Everything aligned, So it was fun. I enjoyed it. I truly did. I learned a lot, So all good. Um. . . We'll just wait here a little bit to see if more people join us. And. . . If not, I'll just continue on and they'll just join in as we go. So I created this space for caregivers. As I am a caregiver myself. And I take care of my children. I take care of the community. I'm learning. To better take care of myself, Which was the intention of creating this space for today, For right now. For caregivers who. . . Take care of their partners, Their pets. Their children, Their businesses. I pretty much, I feel like it. Includes everyone, But it just brings that awareness to what we are taking care of. So. . . Feel free if you'd like to share in the comments of what you think. Of what you take care of. That would I think that would be pretty neat to share with everyone. It might make us feel less alone. And, Um. . . So yeah, Just share what you're a caretaker of. That would be great. While we move forward here and wait for the room to grow. Um. . . I also want to just say that during this call, Hey Patricia. Your son, You're a caretaker of your son, Very good. I'm also a caretaker of my children, So. Awesome, Great. But I want to say during this time together, Invites you to be aware of how you're feeling, Your body, If at any time. . . Something is triggering or maybe. . . You just feel uncomfortable, I encourage you to. . . Pause. Maybe adapt, Like let's say we're doing a shoulder shrug and that doesn't feel good. Maybe just adapt and maybe just, You know, Do it lightly or pause and skip that. Just listen to yourself. Your body holds the wisdom within. Don't force anything. Don't feel like you have to. Do what I'm doing. This is your time. This is our time, Too. Be with peace and be with ourselves. So. Um. . . Let's see. Jen, You have cared for many over the years and stages, Now also caring for me and caring for my guests. Yes. I love that. Very good. And you have many gifts to share, Too. We all do. Definitely. So I invite us to just find a spot. Either preferably seated if you can. If you're driving or doing something, I highly recommend not doing these practices if you're doing something else. So if you're washing the dishes, Maybe pause, Sit down. If you're driving, Then just listen and don't necessarily, You know, Be safe. So. . . I just invite you to. Feel your feet on the floor. Feel the earth. The ground beneath supporting us. At this time. And choose one side, One ear, And bring it down. To one of your shoulders as much as feels comfortable for you. Do not strain. Just hold. To release any tension. And now we'll do the same to the other side, Bringing the other ear. To the other shoulder. Gently. We don't want to cause any pain. Bring your head back up to center. And now we'll roll it forward again. Being careful with how we feel. Bring our head back up to center. Roll our head back again. Being aware of our bodies. Do not force. And bring our head back to center. Now I invite you to With your shoulders, We're going to squeeze. Squeeze up to our ears as much as you can. And release. We'll do this two more times. Squeeze up to your shoulders. Squeezing that tension, Moving it, And release. One last time. Squeeze up to the shoulders. And release. Now invite us to roll our shoulders forward three times. One, Two, Three. Three and then backwards. One. Two. 3 Very good. Hi, Cecilia. Thank you for joining us. Listen to your body, Cecilia, As we do these if anything feels uncomfortable. Adapt, Change it, Or just be a witness. Thank you. Next up, We're going to do a practice that I like to do, Especially in the shower. I find it brings me Thank you so much. Lightness, Like I literally, My body feels light when I finish this practice. And it's called havening or havening. I think havening. And you can follow along with me. So what we will do is we'll take our hands to the top of our heads. And we are just smoothing our energy down. In front of our faces. And then back at the top and we'll smooth back behind our heads. Back at the top and smear down the sides. And then this is the part I like. You can physically touch your body. Um. . . Gently and Rub your hand down your arm. And at the very end, Just flick any tension out. So when you're in the shower, I would do this three times. And I would flick it down to the floor under the water. And then the third time. Let's flick. And we'll do that to the other side, Taking that tension that we brought from our heads down. All that we carry in our shoulders, Moving it. What we're ready to release out through the fingers. Bring it down. And it's nice to touch our bodies, It brings soothing, Peace and calm. Now we'll go to the undersides of our arms and do the same thing. And the other arm on the other side. Three times. And now we'll go to the front of our torso. You can touch your body or you can move. Out around your body it's up to you whatever you feel comfortable doing and just moving down to the waist pretending and envisioning actually that you're taking that your arms are actually moving down your back and then you're going to catch it here Bring it down so there's no gap there. You're envisioning it going all the way down. To the hip area. And then while we're sitting. I'll just stand here to show you. You can go here down the legs, Down to the feet. And then again on the sides down. To the feet. And then the back. Go through your buttocks all the way down to the feet. And the inner thighs. Down to the feet. And since we're sitting. . . Even if we're in the shower, You would want to hold on to something. And lightly tap your feet against the earth. You can use your hands to flick out the energy like we did with our hands. Or you can imagine. Your toes flicking out the tension that's ready to be released through our feet. Very good. So now that we might feel a little less tense up here, Maybe a little light throughout the body. Even if it's just a small degree, That's a lot better than where we were a couple minutes ago. So. I invite us now to. . . Join me in a breathing exercise. That helps bring me to center. This is something I do if I feel triggered. Maybe I'm about to react in a way that I don't want to react and I'm able to catch myself this time before I actually react the way that I don't want to react. I don't do that all the time, But. It happens, So. Something that I can bring back to the remind myself is to breathe. End. One of the ways that. Really have been beneficial to me is including visionary, Techniques. While I do this practice. So. While we're focused here on the feet, We were just releasing the tension. What no longer serves us through our feet, I like us to now. Close your eyes if you feel comfortable. End. Imagine. The Earth. Feel the earth. You don't really have to imagine much if you feel it below your feet. Feel her. Feel the support that is always there. Waiting for us. As we take a deep breath in through our nose slowly. I'd like us to imagine that support. Moving up our legs. Upper thighs. Up through our torsos, Through our neck. Up through our stomachs to the crowns of our heads. Here we'll hold our breath at the top. And when we release through our mouth, We can imagine. What no longer serves us, What we are ready to release. Coming out the tops of our heads into what we might call our aura. Where it will gently float back down to Mother Earth to be transmuted. Ready for our next inhale. So join me. As we breathe in through our nose slowly. Hold. And will release through the mouth. Hold. Take another breath in through the nose. Hold. And release through the mouth. Take another breath in through our nose. And release through our mouth. Very good. Take a moment and just notice how your body feels. Remember. You are included in the care that you give. It reminds me of being on a plane and The flight attendant goes through her. Safety regulations in front of everyone. And they talk about the mask falling. And saying, To put the mask on first before you put on the mask. One of your child or another that is with you. Because we can't be of much help. If we are not here. If we are not present. Our cup is not full. In the same way, I feel that applies to being a caregiver. To make sure that we are cared for. To be aware of what we need. When we have our cups filled. We are able to Give more freely. Give in ways that it doesn't even feel like giving. It might. Actually feel like playing. Genuinely. Like a child playing. What does peace mean? Feel like to you. Right here. Right now. While we sit with that. I invite you to relax. Maybe take a sip of water. And allow the notes. From the steel tongue drum. To bring everything together. Before I play the drum. There is. One thing I would like us to participate in. And that is looking within. Right now, Look within. What is one thing? That we could set down. Beside us. On the earth. Maybe it's a task. And expectation. A worry or concern. Maybe it's the pressure to do more. Give it a shape if it feels helpful. Maybe a color. You don't have to figure it out or solve it right now. Even if it's a loved one. We can still to set down the pressure and the worry. Our love can stay. Let's loosen our grip. And set it down. Just for a moment. While that is sitting beside us. We can. Allow the notes from the steel tongue drum. To fill up some of that space. That we made available just now. And I want to say, If at any time this does not sound right, Please somebody let me know in the. . . In the chat. I'm pretty sure I have everything set up right, But this is my first live and work with me here. Thank you. I guess I won't put my candle right here anymore I just noticed that. Hello. It's just sick. Hmmmm. . . Imagine all of us sitting here together. All eight of us. Sitting here in a circle. With our burdens beside us. Hmm. . . No judgment. It just is what it is. Only now we have a choice. Now we can. Choose. Do we allow it to sit? There longer. Can we allow it to just sit there for a minute longer? Do we have to pick it up right now? Is it possible? Looking at it. Through a different perspective. Is it possible? That we could find support. And carrying this particular burden. Must we even pick it up at all. That's a decision only we can make for ourselves. I see Jen is here with us and I told her. She hasn't a clue. I didn't really share with anybody that I was going live. My first live today and I just wanted to see who would be here. I thank you all. Let's see, Trish, Cecilia, Patricia, Solomon, Eric, Mally, Jim, Thank you all for being here with me. It truly is. Is an honor to spend and share this space with you. Um. . . So with that said. . . These cards were created and designed by Jennifer Trepanier and her friend Catherine. And. . . This was her very first deck that she gifted to me. And I am truly appreciative of that. As I use them. I find the messages. R. Just what I need to hear at the right time. I feel lighter. I love that they're used with children. They use these in school communities and in classrooms. The way that they feel, They have like a velvety softness to them, So with my sensory. Gifts, I just, I love that. So I would like to pull a card live for us here. Just to see what message. That we might. Want to carry with us moving forward after our time together. Let's do that. What message? Is for our highest alignment. To carry with us. Moving forward. Okay, There we go. Let's see what the card is. Of course. This does not surprise me at all. Love. And on the back it has a message. It might be backwards, So I'll allow you guys to take in this visual while I read it. Open up. Fear less. And love more. Tiger Singleton. Today. Can you allow someone to see and love? Who you truly are. Today. Can you believe? That you. Are worthy. Can you believe that you are worthy? Of giving and. Receiving love. Oh, It's not backwards, Cecilia? Good. It's backwards for me. May we walk with love today. And thank you again for these cards, Jen. If you'd like to learn more about me, The work that I do. Feel free to go to my About section. There's a link at the very bottom, You can click on, And that'll take you to my landing page. Um. . . Other than that, I truly. . . Enjoyed our time together and Here's a little trick if you guys want to join me in this. It's something I learned through a Reiki teacher. I understand that we're all, This is just my knowing, That we're all connected, The thread, And all the love and everything. However, The light in me that sees the light in you. And then I release that connection. I just take my hand down just to release, Just so what is mine stays with me and what is yours stays with you. You're welcome to join me in doing that here now. And gives me that inner peace of knowing that I'm not taking any of your karma with me and vice versa. Thank you so much, Everybody. I look forward to doing more lives together. This was a lot of fun. I was a little nervous. Um. . . But I truly appreciate you guys supporting me for my first live. If you'd like to follow me for more lives in the near future, Please do. And I'm so excited about the new feature that Insight Timer is putting up, Where we can actually see each other face-to-face. It would be. I think that will. Help me with. Not feeling like I'm talking to myself here, But the comments do help. So thank you guys. So we will go ahead and end the live. I hope you all have a beautiful day. Take care. I love you guys. Bye.