Hello,
Welcome to this guided breathwork session inspired by vivation,
Which is a very gentle but transformative modality.
It's less about getting rid of unwanted emotions and sensations and more about being okay with them.
I invite you to just be here and try your best to just let go and surrender without any expectations.
So go ahead and go into your space,
Make yourself super comfortable.
See if you can make yourself even 1% more comfortable,
Making those minor adjustments,
Preferably laying down and close your eyes and let go of anywhere you have to be today,
Anything on your to-do list or anything that already happened today.
So let's do a check-in.
What does it feel like to be you in this moment?
And as you tune into this,
Let go of any judgments,
Let go of any identities,
Simply notice what it feels like on the body level to be you right now.
Maybe you feel nothing,
Maybe you just feel your body against the blanket or your butt on the chair,
Maybe you feel overwhelmed.
Whatever it is,
Tune into whatever this starting point is and see if you can notice it in even more detail.
Now that we have that starting point noticed and felt,
We can go ahead and begin the breathing.
Well,
You're always breathing,
But we'll breathe a little bit more.
So in this style of breathing,
You can breathe in through the nose and out through the nose or in through the mouth and out through the mouth.
But the nose is a little bit more subtle and the mouth can make things be felt a little bit more.
So go ahead and breathe in the longest breath of the day.
And on the exhale,
You just completely let go.
We want the inhales to be enthusiastic and the exhales to be just a complete relaxation of effort.
So try it in your own rhythm,
There's no right or wrong way to do it.
Just try to not have any pauses at the top of the inhale or the bottom of the exhale.
Let it be kind of like a circle.
When you can let the breath be curious,
You can let it be playful.
There's no rules or regulations as to how slow or fast you can go.
Keep tuning in to what your body's feeling.
Notice what's already here.
Forget about what you want to feel or what you don't want to feel.
Just notice in incredible detail what is presenting itself to you,
What's raising its hand.
Maybe there's a small sensation,
Tension.
But whatever it is,
It's all welcome.
Keep breathing in.
Exhaling.
Every exhale is a brand new opportunity to let go of something you've been holding on to.
Keep breathing at your own pace.
As you keep breathing,
This is notifying your body.
That it can feel more.
You're bringing more oxygen into your cells.
So you might start to feel a little funny or tingly or maybe unpleasant.
And I want us to say yes to whatever feeling comes up.
If it wasn't safe to feel,
It wouldn't come up yet.
So say yes to the feeling.
Even if it's unpleasant,
I want to see if you can try to just be open to it.
Open to the possibility that it were pleasant.
Inhale through the strongest feeling.
And see if you can find it pleasurable in some way.
Even just 1%.
Our feelings are meant to be felt.
They don't need to be analyzed.
They don't need to be fixed.
Our brains don't need to make sense of them.
They just need to be felt.
Because when you feel,
It's healing.
You can welcome any of these feelings like an old friend coming to visit.
So let's breathe a little bit more vividly now.
A little bit more oomph.
If you're fading,
Let's go for it.
Breathe more to feel more.
Really go for it.
Explore the details of this moment.
Explore what it feels like to be you.
Again,
Welcome whatever you're feeling like you would welcome an old friend.
With presence,
With love.
Pick up the pace one more time.
That's what it feels like.
Maybe slowing down the breath as slow as you can possibly go.
Just letting the tension melt away.
Whatever is here,
It's moving.
It's energy and it's not stuck.
So let it be felt.
Let it move.
Only the mind says it's stuck.
Give yourself this gift of feeling and releasing.
Of alchemizing with your breath.
Let yourself enjoy this moment as much as you can.
Not for anyone else.
Not as much as you think you can.
Not as much as you have in the past.
See how much you can enjoy this moment.
Right here.
So this is the practice of allowing.
It's the skill of doing nothing.
It's the skill of stopping the resistance and suppression.
When we don't want to feel the way that our body truly feels.
There's no wrong way to feel.
There's just you.
Your wholeness.
Your beingness.
So by welcoming all of these sensations,
You welcome all of you.
You become whole.
You include all the good parts.
All the bad parts.
All the neutral parts.
Not just the good ones.
You are not behind.
You're not late.
You're right on time.
Everything is safe to feel.
And everything integrates eventually.
No matter what you did today,
How much you breathed,
Your willingness to be here is enough.
You are enough.
So savor this moment and enjoy it as much as you can.
And see if you can take some of this gentleness throughout the rest of your day.
Thank you so much for practicing with me.
Sending so much love.
