Welcome.
This is Taryn,
And I'm so glad that you're here.
When the social world feels windy and sharp,
Or the story of rejection begins to swirl like a storm,
We don't fight the wind.
We simply go deeper.
We find the stability that lives below the noise,
In the density of our own.
Begin to settle into the core of your being,
Feeling your tailbone,
The weight of your spine,
And notice the space that the body occupies.
We don't need to see a place of peace.
We only need to feel the one that we are already inhabiting.
I invite you to take a deep breath in with me,
Inhaling fully,
And then another short inhale,
Filling the volume of the lungs completely,
And let it all out.
Choose your foundation for this practice.
A short I am statement.
Perhaps I mindfully hear.
I am steady in my center.
Repeat your chosen foundation three more times,
Silently,
Allowing the logic of the words to seep into your bones.
We'll now move to a manual override to clear the mechanics of the mind.
With your eyes closed,
Gently move the gaze all the way to the far left.
Reach until you feel the tiny muscles behind the eyes stretching.
Now sweep them all the way to the right.
Feel the physical tension and release.
Sweeping now left and right.
You are physically discharging the Now that the mind is clear,
We'll build on our foundation.
We're building a somatic density,
Mapping the physical body from the edges inward.
Bring your awareness to the pressure.
Warming density.
Still presence.
Solid weight.
Move across the body to the right foot.
Five.
Rooted pressure.
Four.
Solid contact.
Three.
Heavy weight.
Two.
Deep presence.
One.
Unshakable weight.
Over to the left foot now.
Five.
Rooted pressure.
Four.
Solid contact.
Three.
Heavy warmth.
Two.
Deep presence.
One.
Unshakable weight.
Allow your awareness of this unshakable stability to rise.
Feel a wave of awareness wash up through the legs.
Merging into the steady core of your being.
Feel the viscosity of this awareness as it moves up the spine like warm honey.
Allow it to flow through the stillness of the throne and settle as a quiet,
Heavy space beneath the eyes.
You are a complete and steady territory.
When the world feels insane,
Intense,
Your nervous system naturally tightens in order to shield you.
Notice the storm brewing now.
The rush of wind in the waves.
The rattle in the chest.
Tightness in the jaw.
Bracing in the core.
Acknowledge this shield.
This biological event.
This is your body,
Being vigilant.
It's doing its job to protect you.
Now we toggle.
Shift your entire attention to your tailbone,
The root of your being.
Feel the internal weight moving downward.
Feel the warmth in your tailbone.
Move back to the bracing storm.
Then back to the heavy base of your being.
Notice how you arrive now at the ash state.
Neutral.
When the wind of a social story blows,
The willow tree does not fight the air.
It sends its awareness down,
Deep into the cool,
Dark earth.
While the branches may sway,
The roots are unbothered.
They are fixed.
They are home.
You are not the wind of the storm,
And you're not the branches either.
You are the firm,
Heavy root.
Exactly where you're meant to be.
Take one final double inhale,
Feeling the density of your bones.
This moment is a return to your authentic.
