Betrayal Alchemy: Session 2 - Rising Above

The Betrayal Alchemy series continues with a journey of perspective and reclamation. Betrayal can pull you into the eye of the storm — but healing begins when you rise above it. In this guided meditation, you’ll learn to observe the tornado without being consumed by it, releasing what is not yours and remembering who you truly are.

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Transcript

Welcome back,

This is session two of Betrayal Alchemy Today,

We dive into shifting our perspective and claiming space This session will move a little deeper and we will explore how you show up in your relationships How you hold yourself in the midst of betrayal How you reclaim your power,

Your space,

And your perspective As a reminder,

This is not about changing anyone else But focusing on you and what you can control So let's dive in The way you hold yourself and the way you show up matters more than anything Until you can hold yourself fully and see the situation completely clear For exactly what it is and exactly what it is not,

You cannot move forward in the way that you need to This is challenging,

It's hard work,

Especially when we're in the midst of betrayal Because betrayal pulls you into the center of a whirlwind In that moment,

Everything begins to spin around you You are caught in the eye of the storm,

In the middle of a tornado And until you can rise above it and witness it for what it is Without it being a part of you and without you being a part of it Healing feels impossible And to be honest,

It is impossible to heal while you're still so deeply attached So let's talk about the whirlwind of betrayal When betrayal happens,

And I say this carefully Because some of you listening have been betrayed repeatedly The moment that it happens,

When you find yourself in that situation It hits like lightning,

It's instant And in that instant,

There's a rage,

Fear,

Confusion,

Grief,

All the unknowns And they begin to swirl around you They begin to take over your entire energy field And often we place ourselves in the center of that storm Because we make the storm about us And as you do this,

The storm spins faster and faster And it starts to pull everything into it So even pieces that had nothing to do with the moment,

The decision,

The core issue at hand Now become wrapped up in this much bigger story And you're the one creating the story in this moment Because you've learned something,

You felt something,

You've had an experience You've been hurt in some way,

You've been betrayed And you start to question everything that you knew to be true And as you do this,

Fragments of memories and fragments of all of that world Begin to fall apart and they become part of this spinning tornado As this happens,

And as you sit in the center You begin to feel absolutely exhausted And it can feel hard to move out of that storm And sometimes you don't want to,

And that's okay Because sometimes stepping out means that something must change And sometimes that change feels heavier,

More unpredictable And more overwhelming than sitting in the middle of the tornado So I just want to preface that here That if you're in the moment and it feels too much to move I invite you to go back to session one and listen to that again Or if you've never listened to session one,

I invite you to start there Then when you're ready,

You can come back here If you're ready to pick up the blindfold And throw it into the fire and get rid of it Throw it into the eye of the storm,

You're in the right place If you're not,

And if you want to pick the blindfold back up Cover your eyes or numb out or tell yourself a story that keeps you safe That's okay You get to be ready in your own time And you get to choose what that journey looks like You may make excuses for the other person's behavior You may listen to the lies You may pretend to be okay with the situation And you can do this for as long as you need to It's it is a coping mechanism But it's also a survival instinct And it's perfectly acceptable You get to decide the course of your own healing and the timeline for that And being in a seat of seeing something for what it is And not being ready to make a change Is an important place to be Because it allows you to sit calmly And maybe not always calmly But to sit in it to feel the emotions that rise and fall And to see it And then to notice for yourself Where do you want to put the blindfold back on?

Where do you want to numb out?

Where do you want to tell yourself a story?

Where do you want to believe a lie or a story?

And then you get to dig a little deeper into the why And then when you're ready,

You get to start to heal But you get to decide that And I think that at this point,

It's very important To just be clear with yourself about where you are on your own healing journey And know that wherever you are,

That's okay But eventually,

There is a part of you That is going to get tired of repeating the same cycles There is a going to be a part of you That's going to want something different And when that part begins to stir This is where the work of the alchemical transformation begins So let's talk about the shift in reclaiming your power And this program This practice is not a 30-day cleanse It's not a six-week detox And it's also not another how-to program It doesn't demand anything from you Other than a small internal shift Where you begin to place yourself in your situation differently You position yourself in a different relative space to the storm You do not change the storm The tornado,

The whirlwind continues to swirl And you allow it to continue to swirl You do not change the other person This is not about couples therapy This is not that You simply change your position,

Your perspective,

And your focus Right now,

You are in the center You are living within it And until you can move out of the center See the storm from above Move away so that it is not a part of you And you can see it as not a part of you You are carrying something that is not yours This is the real lesson here The whirlwind that you see That tornado That spinning of emotion and rage and betrayal and hurt and grief and fear and all of it Yes,

You feel that But it is not yours to carry It is theirs And for you,

Until you rise above it It will continue to affect you Today,

We will learn to do exactly that To rise above,

To move to the side,

And to create distance And that does not necessarily mean distance between you and the person It is you and the situation You and the betrayal You and the feelings You will discover that changing your perspective changes everything Even if nothing in the tornado itself changes If everything about the storm stays exactly the same If the chaos continues The person never changes Their behavior doesn't change Instead of pouring in and begging and wasting Because truly you are wasting so much of your energy Trying to get someone to change Or trying to change and manipulate a situation That you really have no control over because it is not yours What you can control is your perspective And how you show up And so we're going to do just that It is time for our guided meditation I invite you to come into a comfortable seat and close your eyes And again,

If closing your eyes is not available to you Or doesn't feel comfortable and safe That's okay Allow your eyelids to become heavy Take a deep breath in And exhale it fully Feel the surface beneath you Feel yourself held in this moment I'm going to begin to count backwards from 10 to 1 As I do,

I want you to allow yourself to go a little deeper Deeper within Until you're at the very core of your being Whatever that looks like for you 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2 1 1 Now you cast yourself out And imagine that you are standing in a desert,

In a field In an open terrain of your choice And as you are here,

You begin to see a spiraling and a swirling form around you You see it continue to grow wider,

Taller,

Thicker You are in the center of the storm You feel the energy The emotion And the weight of it surrounding you You are safe where you are in the center But you are aware of its power You look around at your feet And you notice a blindfold or sunglasses Something material,

A physical representation that has kept you from seeing a situation clearly This object represents avoidance,

Pretending or numbing yourself to the truth And as you locate this object and pick it up,

You hold it in your hands And for a moment,

You think of what it would be like to put it back on And then in the next breath,

You realize that you're done with that story You take this object and you throw it into the swirling around you And you watch it as it disappears And you make the decision to see clearly from now on And as the object disappears,

Your feet become ungrounded from the earth and you slowly begin to rise You feel your body lift in space And you see the tornado getting smaller,

The whirlwind,

The swirling You rise above the storm and you're hovering over it From this angle,

You can see that the storm is unchanged But your perspective has shifted You're no longer in the center You are observing,

Witnessing,

And gaining clarity And from this angle,

Take a moment to sit,

To observe,

And just see what you see And notice how it feels to be out of the center And then you begin to fly just a little bit,

So that you're over to the side and no longer above the tornado When you find a clear spot of earth,

You land on it And you look beside of you and you see the spinning whirlwind Now from a different angle Perhaps you see details of it that you never noticed before Small moments,

Patterns,

Or truths that were hidden within the spin Now that you are no longer trapped within its chaos Feel the energy around you,

Feel yourself,

Notice any parts of you that feel different And bring your hands together so that they are cupped in front of you As if you were scooping up water and trying to hold it between your palms And imagine a ball of all of your energy,

Your life force,

Your presence,

Forming in the palms of your hand Watch your own energy swirl and form into any shapes Any colors,

Patterns And with your energy,

You begin to push the storm away from you Creating distance between you and it And moving it to a distance where it no longer controls you or your space As you do this,

You realize that you have the ability with your own power to pull it closer So that you may choose to zoom in or examine a small section or a situation Or to push it farther away and observe it from a distance Play around with this for a moment,

Pulling it in and pushing it away Reminding yourself that it is not yours to carry,

It is theirs and you are free Take a few deep breaths as you do this Feel your sovereignty,

Your power,

Your strength You are not broken by this storm,

You are not the storm You are the one who rises above it,

Who claims your space and who witnesses with clarity Take one final moment to create whatever distance feels good between you and the storm Whatever perspective and position you would like to take Bringing your life force back to the palms of your hands And then bringing your hands together at your heart space Reminding yourself that this is yours,

Your power,

Your energy And you decide how to use it and where to share it Take a deep breath in And sigh it out And when you are ready,

Begin to wiggle your fingers and your toes and open your eyes Allowing yourself to come back to this moment Being proud of yourself because today you took a powerful step You shifted your perspective,

You claimed your space The storm will still spin,

But you are no longer in its center You are free to move,

To see,

And to fully show up in your life Thank you for taking the time to do this work For rising above and for creating the space to see clearly When the storm returns,

You now know that it is theirs and it is not yours And that you have the power to rise above it,

Move beside it,

And move beyond it Anytime,

In any way As always,

If anything showed up for you during this meditation,

During this experience I invite you and encourage you to take the time to write that down And as you go through this work,

If you have any questions,

If you feel like you need additional support,

Please,

Please do not hesitate to reach out And if you have any questions,

Please do not hesitate to reach out Have a beautiful,

Beautiful day,

Evening,

Night My hopes and prayers and guiding light are with you on this journey Blessed be,

Blessed be,

Blessed be