Nervous System Regulation For A Body That Never Feels Enough

There is a tiredness that comes from measuring yourself all day, from quietly checking whether you have done enough to deserve rest. This short practice does not ask you to become more. With a calm voice and slow felt piano beneath, it walks the body out of bracing, jaw, shoulders, hands, chest, until the part of you that never feels enough can stop waiting for a verdict.

Transcript

There is a kind of tiredness that comes from measuring yourself all day. From checking quietly. Whether you have done enough to be allowed to rest. Who decided that your worth had to be earned by the hour? That question has been living in your shoulders longer than you know. Let the weight of your body be met by whatever is holding it. The chair, The floor, The bed. It is already doing its part. Let your jaw come apart. Just slightly. Let your shoulders stop reaching upward. Let your hands rest open instead of ready. This is the practice, Not fixing the feeling, Just letting the body stop bracing for a verdict that is not coming. Bring your attention to your chest. To the place that tightens when you feel you are falling short. Do not push it away. Simply breathe toward it. Slow and unhurried. Now let one breath arrive without a job to do. Let it leave the same way. Feel your throat soften There is nothing here you need to prove. Repeat quietly. I do not have to be more to be allowed to rest. My worth is not a total I keep adding to. This body is enough to be met exactly as it is. You can leave this practice without having become anyone new. The part of you that never feels enough can rest here too. Unmeasured. For a little while. Namaste. This was Meditai. Come back whenever you need to.