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Detaching From Illness: Become The One Who Is Already Well

by Dr. Mariam Vaziri

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Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
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Everyone
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This guided meditation helps you step out of the identity of illness and reconnect with the part of you that remains whole, spacious, and untouched. Through gentle breathwork and visualization, you’ll release the emotional weight of symptoms, soften the mind’s fear response, and rest in a deeper sense of peace and neutrality. This practice supports nervous-system calming, energetic unwinding, and a shift from contraction to openness — letting your body move toward balance from the inside out. Use this whenever you feel overwhelmed, want emotional relief, or are ready to remember the you that exists beyond illness.

MeditationBreathworkVisualizationEmotional ReliefNervous SystemHealingMindfulnessIllness DetachmentPositive AffirmationPeaceDeep BreathingBody ScanObserver MindsetHeart VisualizationCellular HealingLight Visualization

Transcript

Welcome.

I want you to start by taking a deep breath in and slowly releasing it.

Feel your body settling into the space beneath you,

Supported and safe.

Allow your body to fully relax and your mind soften.

Let your hands rest gently.

Let your shoulders drop.

Take a deep breath in through your nose and exhale slowly through your mouth.

Again,

Inhale deeply filling up your lungs and exhale letting the tension melt down and away.

One more time,

Inhale peace,

Exhale anything you've been holding.

Let the breath fall into a natural rhythm now,

Slow,

Steady and effortless.

Each breath a soft wave rolling in and out.

Begin to sense your body from the inside now.

Not with judgment,

Not with effort,

Just noticing.

Notice where the body feels heavy,

Where it feels light,

Where there is a sensation and where there is space.

Now imagine yourself stepping back just slightly.

As if you are observing your body with gentle curiosity.

You are not the sensations.

You are the one who notices the sensations.

You are not the discomfort.

You are the awareness behind it.

Let that truth begin to open inside you like a quiet door into peace.

Breathe in and soften deeper as you breathe out.

Becoming the observer with every slow breath.

Feel yourself slipping into the role of the observer.

The deep stillness that exists beneath every experience.

And say quietly inside,

I am the awareness behind the body.

I am the witness.

I am the presence observing this moment.

Feel how freeing that becomes.

You don't have to fix anything right now.

You don't have to chase healing.

You don't have to struggle.

You are resting in the knowing that you are consciousness.

Peaceful,

Intelligent awareness.

And the body is responding to your state.

Let the breath keep flowing.

Gentle,

Effortless,

Calm.

Releasing identification with illness.

Now gently bring the mind.

Any thoughts or identities connected to illness or symptoms.

Not to cling to them,

But to release them.

Any thoughts like,

I am sick.

I have this condition.

This is who I am.

These thoughts are not truths.

They are merely passing stories in the mind.

Old garments ready to fall away.

See them floating away from you.

And dissolving into the distance.

Say silently,

I release identity with illness.

I let go of the story of sickness.

These sensations do not define me.

They are temporary.

I am eternal.

Feel that truth like a warm breeze,

Moving through you.

Illness is not who you are.

Symptoms are not your identity.

You are the consciousness.

Guiding the body into harmony.

Turning to your true self.

Bring awareness now to the center of your chest.

The heart space.

Imagine a soft,

Warm,

Golden light glowing there.

A light that has always been there.

Your true self.

Your life force.

Your pure essence.

And with every inhale,

See this light grow brighter in your heart space.

With every exhale,

Feel it spreading throughout your body.

Through the chest.

Down into the belly.

Across the shoulders.

Down your arms.

Through your legs.

Up your spine.

Peaceful warmth filling you.

Steady,

Gentle,

And loving intelligence.

This is the blueprint of your health.

Your natural state.

Repeat silently.

My body knows how to heal.

My cells follow the intelligence of consciousness.

I am already whole.

I am well.

Feel the body adjusting inside.

Like a field of tiny lights responding to a gentle command.

Reorganizing themselves into balance and harmony.

Every cell listening.

Every system recalibrating.

Every tissue softening into alignment.

Every cell in your body has tiny ears.

An army of little individuals waiting for your suggestions.

They hear your thoughts.

They hear your intention.

They,

Lovingly and loyally,

Respond to your inner commands.

Speak to them lovingly and clearly.

Cells of my body,

I am in harmony.

I am in balance.

Thank you for functioning in unity.

Thank you for protecting me.

I choose health.

I choose life force.

I choose strength.

See your cells lighting up.

Waking up.

Repairing and communicating perfectly.

Operating like a symphony.

There is nothing to fight.

Only a remembering of balance,

Cooperation,

And vitality.

You are directing,

Not resisting.

You are leading,

Not forcing.

You are guiding with gentle power.

Now,

See your awareness expanding beyond your physical form.

Like a soft field of light,

Extending around you a few inches,

Then a few feet,

Then filling the entire room with light.

You are spacious.

You are light.

You are limitless.

Illness cannot attach to spaciousness.

Symptoms release in openness.

Resistance dissolves presence.

Repeat.

I am not the illness.

I am the consciousness that heals.

I am free.

I am whole.

I am at peace.

Feel that truth echo through your being.

Soft,

Powerful,

And inevitable.

Rest in this space for a few slow breaths.

Just being.

Just existing in peace.

Nothing to do.

Nothing to fix.

Just remembering.

Just floating.

Now,

Gently begin to feel your breath again.

The softness in your chest.

The calm in your body.

Now you can start to wiggle the fingers.

Move your shoulders slightly.

Stretch the spine gently if it feels good to you.

Take a deep breath in and a slow,

Grateful breath out.

Carry this knowing with you.

You are the one who witnesses.

You are the consciousness that directs the body.

Healing is your natural state.

You are not the illness.

You are the healer.

When you're ready,

Open your eyes softly or simply sit in stillness.

A bit longer.

Welcome back.

You're whole and you're free.

Meet your Teacher

Dr. Mariam VaziriSummit, NJ, USA

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