Wind Down Meditation: Dropping The Social Mask

This meditation is focused on taking off the mask you might have to put on for various situations in life. I always encourage you to drop the mask entirely, but I understand some masks must be worn.
You might be here right now:
Can't come down from the performance of holding the mask
Holding a version of yourself you no longer need
Or even your not sure who you are without the role, which is alot to be with. IN these moments you must have grace for yourself.
The performed self doesn't clock off automatically. It needs to be released. And when it isn't — it bleeds into everything after. This is how you let it go.
What you'll leave with
The performance acknowledged and put down. Not rejected, just consciously released. It did its job. The day is done.
A clear sense of the gap. Between who you appeared to be today & what was actually going on underneath. That gap is worth knowing.
Contact with who you are without the costume. Both are real. But only one of them is you without it.

Transcript

You've been performing all day. Maybe not consciously. But there was a version of you that showed up at work in conversations, In the way you carried yourself around other people. Capable. Composed. Handled. And now the day is done, But that version of you is still here, Still switched on, Still holding the shape. Tonight we're going to let it go, Not because it was wrong, But because it was for out there. And this is in here. Let's start by letting your body actually arrive home. Feet on the floor, Hands resting somewhere easy. Slow breath in through the nose, All the way down into your belly. And now, Long and complete. Let your face soften, Your jaw unclench. Whatever expression you've been holding all day, You can let it go now. One more breath. And out, Slowly. Nobody needs anything from you right now. No one is watching. You can just be a person. Think about who you were today, Out in the world. The version of you that managed conversations, That held things together, That made decisions, That kept whatever was going on inside, Mostly inside. Just notice, What did it take to hold that together today? Where does the tiredness of that performance live in your body right now? Stay there for a moment. There's probably more there than you've acknowledged yet, A kind of accumulated weight from the day. Let yourself feel it. You don't have to fix it, Just let it be known. Most men go through their whole day presenting one version of themselves to the world. And never consciously putting it down. The perform cell doesn't clock off automatically, It needs to be released. And when it isn't, It bleeds into everything after, Into how you are at home, With the people you care about, In the quiet moments that should be yours. Was there a gap today between how you appeared and how you actually felt? What was on the other side of that gap? Take your time. And what does the version of you underneath the performance actually need right now? Let whatever comes up, Come up. You you And remember this is deep work. If you feel called, Reach out. I'd be honoured to witness your being and becoming.