Welcome to this meditation that will help you through high amounts of stress.
When we're presented with situations in our life that are very high stress,
It seems impossible to get past the stressful feelings to see clearly.
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 on your breath and body,
We can bring ourselves back into the present moment,
Bringing us clarity.
So,
Let's honor our breath now and how it brings us the present moment by taking five significant 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,
Hold it,
And exhale,
The wave of relaxation gently sweeping over you.
Three,
Inhale,
So that you're breathing with the air,
Holding it,
Soaking in oxygen,
And exhale,
Your body relaxes in different areas without any effort.
Four,
Fully inhale,
Feeling this breath purifying your entire body,
Exhaling,
Just notice 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.
Take note of how you feel at this very moment.
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.
Good.
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,
And you are fully relaxed.
In the distance,
You see dark clouds closing in as the sky grows 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 and a little wind,
Or it could be a very high stress with extremely strong winds and a very heavy rain pouring down.
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 here.
You have a choice to react to this storm with fear or with love and compassion,
Knowing that this storm is harmless.
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 take over in a matter of seconds 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 don't react to it.
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 is not a big deal,
It is just a small part of it.
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 walking 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 is really easy for you to step forward and only your clothes are floating around.
As you look forward you see the eye of the storm and around that eye the winds and the rain are extremely powerful and strong,
Yet you have zero worry as you step inside of this eye.
You are standing now inside this center and everything is calm and peaceful here.
You look around from within the eye of the storm and you 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 in the center and any stress is just a storm surrounding you that comes and goes.
You are in control and can always come back to your safe place.
And now the storm is losing its power,
Dying down now slowly,
And it's only now drizzling.
You see the clouds drifting away as the sky gets brighter.
The sunlight peaks through the clouds as they pass by,
Then eventually bursts out with great intensity,
Shining a beautiful light all around you.
You see birds coming out and start singing.
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 of you as it passes you by.
Very good.
Now we are going to take three nice deep breaths,
Slowly bringing ourselves back to the present moment.
One,
Nice full breath of fresh energy.
Two,
Breathing,
Taking in all that you learned here today.
And three,
Taking in another helpful breath,
Allowing the memory of your strength through the storm to be present in your mind right now.
Use this session or technique whenever you find yourself in a high stress situation and you will be amazed on how you can ride out of the storm of stress.
Thank you for being here and I wish you an abundant universe.
