When You Feel Overwhelmed | Return To Calm & Stillness

Feeling overwhelmed, emotionally full or overstimulated?

This soothing guided meditation supports emotional regulation and nervous system relief when your thoughts feel busy and your body feels tense or restless.

You’ll be gently guided to slow the breath, soften the body, and allow emotions to move through safely, returning to a sense of steadiness and inner stillness.

This practice includes:
• Slow, grounding breath to calm the nervous system
• Cooling light visualisation for emotional soothing
• Gentle release of tension and emotional overwhelm
• A quiet return to calm presence and stillness

Especially supportive for moments of emotional overwhelm, anxiety, overstimulation, or when you need a gentle reset.

Transcript

Welcome beautiful one this is your moment to pause to breathe and to step into a quieter space within here you're allowed to slow to arrive just as you are let this be a place where nothing is asked of you only a natural settling into the present moment if it feels comfortable allow your eyes to close take a deep breath in through the nose and a long easy breath out through the mouth again breathe in calm and steady and breathe out easing the edges of the day notice the surface beneath you steady and supportive feel your jaw loosen your shoulders melt down your belly relax if you notice tension in your body allow it to be met with space not needing to change just witness as your body softens in its own time let your breath find its own rhythm now unforced unhurried unhurried supporting you gently imagine a soft pale blue light resting just above your head as you breathe in let this light drift slowly downward touching the crown of your head with a cool settling presence it moves through your mind relaxing the space behind your eyes let it flow through your neck and shoulders down your arms into your hands as though your whole upper body is being gently comforted this light continues through your chest and belly through your thighs your calves and to your feet anchoring you here in this moment now imagine a wide still lake before you the surface of the water smooth and open laying beneath a serene sky when emotions arise they move like ripples across this water appearing spreading touching the surface for a moment each ripple moves outward softening as it goes until it naturally fades back into stillness just like ripples on the water overwhelm is not a sign of something wrong it's movement completing its natural cycle this is how emotion moves through you not meant to stay fixed only to pass through and return to calm notice now how the ripples slow how the surface of the water becomes smoother how stillness naturally returns sometimes overwhelm is simply the body catching up to everything it's been holding and when it's given space it knows how to settle this is simply your body responding and now it is finding its way back to steadiness back to calm and let yourself rest here supported present you may notice a little more ease in your breath a little more space inside let these next words arise naturally within you I am allowed to feel emotions as they move through me what I feel can soften I am allowed to feel this without pushing it away what I am feeling right now does not define me it softens in its own time I am safe to slow down and let my body catch up this moment is easy even if only a little and that is enough take a deep breath in long easy breath out now begin to bring your awareness to the space around you the air on your skin the quiet sounds nearby feel the surface beneath you invite a little movement back into your body a gentle stretch through your fingers a slow roll of your shoulders perhaps a deeper breath when it feels right allow your eyes to open softly bringing this steadiness with you know that the peace you have within you can move with you into the rest of your day a quieter breath a steadier body a little more space inside you stay here as long as your soul needs