I know that life can feel heavy at times and if we don't manage this heaviness,
We can become overwhelmed.
Some of us have learned to find escape in a funny movie,
A good book,
Time out in nature or with friends.
And others of us have seeked escape within alcohol or drugs,
Smoking.
But what if you could find escape not by looking outside of yourself,
But looking within yourself?
There is a place inside of you where you can escape,
A place where you can release the heaviness.
Let's go there now and find yourself connecting to your breath,
Slowing the breath down,
Allowing the breath to flow gently in and out.
And as we connect to the breath,
Our body begins to soften.
And allow yourself to relax and find yourself connecting to nature.
Visualize that you have roots growing from the soles of your feet.
And these roots are growing through the earth all the way to her core and grabbing on.
In this space,
You are safe.
And bring your awareness to your heart and breathe deeply.
And keep breathing,
Drawing that breath into the heart space.
And as you breathe into the heart,
The heart begins to soften.
It is here in your heart where love resides,
Where compassion can grow.
As you breathe into your heart,
You can feel your heart softening more and feeling with love.
And as your heart feels with love,
It pushes out any heaviness.
And let's deepen this feeling of love and bring to mind what it feels like to hold the hand of a child,
To be embraced by a friend,
To pet a puppy,
To gaze upon a sunset,
To put your full faith into the divine.
Let these feelings fill your heart.
Let them bring you the emotion of love,
Compassion.
We bring our awareness to our heart.
For this is where we go to escape,
To release the heaviness of life.
We come to the heart to find a moment of peace.
We come to our hearts.
And your magnificent heart is so powerful that you can share this love,
This compassion with others.
And bring to mind someone in your life,
Someone else that is feeling the heaviness.
Maybe someone that you have noticed is starting to feel overwhelmed.
And begin to share that love out to them.
Feel the love that has grown in your heart space,
Moving out and touching the heart of this person,
Lightening their load,
Helping them to release the overwhelm.
We come to the heart.
We let go of the heaviness.
And we'll spend a moment here,
Breathing into the heart.
Bring your awareness to the breath flowing in and out of the body gently.
And place a smile onto your face,
Recognizing how fortunate we are to have such a special place in our body.
A place where we can come to release the heaviness of life.
A place where we can share love and compassion with others and help them to lessen the heaviness.
And set the intention to come back to this place often,
This special place that lives within you.
And as we come back to our day,
Drop your awareness back into your feet,
Reminding yourself that you have set roots out to the core of the earth.
And begin to pull these roots back up.
And as we pull these roots back up,
We take with them a bit of earth wisdom.
And you may carry this wisdom with you through your day.
You may carry the love and compassion that lives in your heart with you.
Namaste.
