Hello and welcome to this session to help you through high amounts of stress.
When we are presented with situations in our life that are very stressful,
It seems impossible to get past the stressful feelings to see clearly.
And the best way to tackle high stress situations is through full and conscious breathing.
When we are not present in our bodies,
Our thoughts can carry us away,
Making stressful situations almost debilitating.
Luckily,
When we have awareness to focus our breath and body,
We can bring ourselves back into the present moment,
Bringing us into clarity.
So,
Let's honor our breath now and how it brings us into the present moment by taking five significant and purposeful breaths.
One,
Fully inhale,
Expanding your belly and chest as much as you can,
Holding it for a moment,
And exhale,
Feeling a wave of relaxation sweep over you.
Two,
Inhale,
Filling your entire breathing system with fresh oxygen and hold it,
And exhale,
The wave of relaxation gently sweeping over you.
Three,
Inhale,
So that you are filling with air,
Holding it,
Soaking in oxygen,
And exhale.
Your body relaxes in different areas without any effort.
Four,
Fully inhale,
Feeling these breaths purifying your entire body,
Exhaling,
Just noticing how you're feeling,
And five,
A beautiful breath coming in,
Hold it,
Feeling invigorated from oxygen,
And exhale,
Allowing relaxation to sweep over you.
Allowing relaxation to sweep over you.
Take a mental note of how you feel at this very moment.
You now have an abundance of oxygen.
This is how we are created to feel.
Breathing deeply and fully is an expression of self-compassion.
Let the flow of your breath become natural and notice how abundance feels.
Now,
Visualize yourself standing in a big field and no one else is around.
Everything is calm and peaceful.
You are surrounded by nature.
Sit down in this meadow and look around,
Noticing the beauty all around you.
You are fully relaxed.
In the distance,
You see dark clouds closing in as the sky starts to grow a little darker.
You see that a small storm is forming,
And you feel some raindrops falling down.
Imagine that this storm is your stress.
It could be a mild stress with just some rain,
Or it could be a very high stress with extremely strong winds and a heavy rain pouring down.
In this visual,
We are going to face a very strong and powerful storm to make sure that we are not alone.
In this visual,
We are going to face a very strong and powerful storm to make ourselves stronger within.
So as you feel the storm getting even stronger,
And the wind is blowing harder and harder,
You sit there in the meadow,
Completely unfazed by it.
The storm cannot hurt you.
You have a choice to react to this storm with fear or with love and compassion,
Knowing that this storm is harmless in this visualization that you are creating.
Stress is our reaction to fear,
Worry,
And even high demands.
Whether the fear is real or not,
We have to learn the proper reaction to all these things.
Sometimes you can't help it,
And stress will overtake in a matter of seconds,
And we must handle it properly,
Or it will handle us.
And we must handle it properly,
Or it will handle us.
Just like sitting through the storm in the field,
Stress cannot harm you if you know that it simply passes you by.
What matters is your own reaction to the events around you.
Really embrace this stress now,
And fully let it exist without fighting it.
You see this storm of stress in front of you is very dark,
As the storm clouds get thicker,
Raining down with fury.
You decide to get up from where you are sitting,
And slowly start to walk towards it without fear nor worry,
Just pure confidence that you are safe and in control.
You get closer and closer as the storm draws near,
And the wind blows with tremendous speed.
The winds and rains have no effect on you.
It's really easy for you to step forward,
And only your clothes are flopping around.
As you look forward,
You see the eye of the storm,
And around that eye,
The winds and the rains are extremely powerful and strong,
Yet you have zero worries as you step inside of this eye.
You are now standing inside the center,
And everything is calm and peaceful here.
You look around from within the eye of the storm,
And can see all the chaos around you,
But inside here,
It's calm and cozy.
This is your space.
Your safe spot.
And so,
When the stress has fully taken over you,
You have a choice to let it blow over without a fight,
Just sitting right in the middle of it,
Realizing that it cannot hurt you here.
Witness your body is the center,
And any stress is just a storm surrounding you that comes and goes.
You are in control,
And you can go back to your safe space.
And now,
The storm is losing its power,
Dying down,
Now slowly.
The rain is easing up,
And it's only now drizzling.
You see the clouds drifting away as they become brighter.
The sunlight peeks through the clouds as they pass by,
And eventually bursts out with great intensity,
Shining a beautiful light all around you.
You see birds coming out and starting to sing.
You see butterflies and bees buzzing around the flowers that are blossoming now after the heavy rains.
Everything is beautiful now.
This moment represents you being in a beautiful state of mind where stress has no control over you as it passed you by.
Very good.
Now we're going to take three nice,
Deep breaths in,
Slowly bringing ourselves back to the present.
One.
Nice,
Full breath of fresh energy.
And exhale.
Two.
Breathing,
Taking in all that you learned here today.
And exhale.
And three.
Taking in another helpful breath,
Allowing the memory of your strength through the storm to be present in your mind right now.
And exhale.
Gently start to blink your eyes open.
Slowly take in the colors in front of you.
Welcome back.
Use this session or technique whenever you find yourself in a high-stress situation,
And you might be amazed at how you can ride out the storm of stress.
Thank you so much for joining me today.
I hope you're finding love and light and hoping that you find a little bit of peace and calmness within the storm.
