Thank you for taking this time for yourself to acknowledge your emotions and give yourself compassion.
This act of self-love takes strength and courage.
You are so strong.
Make sure you're in a space where you feel safe and comfortable to hold your emotions or even with a good friend.
You may be seated or laying down,
Whichever is more comfortable for you.
Close your eyes.
Let's begin by slowing our breath and really feeling it flow through our body.
Breathing in and out through the nose and into the belly,
Breathe at equal intervals of five seconds,
Pausing between the in and out breaths for five seconds as well.
We'll do this a few times to get our body in sync.
Breathing in for five seconds into the belly through the nose.
Pausing at the top for another five seconds and breathing out through the nose for a count of five and holding at the bottom for another count of five.
Continue breathing like this.
Really feel the energy flowing in and out of your body.
As you breathe in,
You expand and as you breathe out,
You release.
One more breath just like that.
Breathing and coming back to your natural breath and pace.
Continue to breathe in and out through your nose.
We will release the tension being held in the body.
Starting at the crown of your head,
Feel the tension release like water flowing from a gentle waterfall.
The water flows tenderly across your forehead and brows and your eyes.
It streams down to your jaw,
Your ears,
Your lips and chin.
From each point of touch,
You feel you relax just a little bit more.
Down the back of your neck,
It's warm.
From your neck to your shoulders,
Letting the energy there free.
Feel it release.
Down your spine,
The tension releases through each vertebrae.
Down your chest and stomach.
Breathing in,
Breathing down into the stomach.
As you exhale,
The tension releases from your hips,
Thighs,
Your calves and your feet.
Now we are one with our body in this moment.
I would like you to gently bring to mind what brought you here.
What is the grief you are experiencing?
Hold this gently in your mind.
This in your body,
Where this energy is being held,
Scan as you did before.
In the mind,
The throat,
In the heart or chest,
In your stomach.
Feel the energy and let it be expressed in the way it needs to be.
Don't hold it in or repress it.
You are safe here.
Completely feel the energy in that space.
If it makes you want to cry,
Do it.
You are embodying the energy that needs to be felt.
Now that the energy is no longer repressed,
Let's transform the feeling around it.
Think about the happiness that dear one,
That relationship,
Your belief or thing gave you.
Feel the warmth of that memory.
Rest your gratitude and thankfulness for those moments.
Move that warm feeling into your space of grief.
Feel it overcoming that space,
Filling it with the warmth of the good energy,
Holding it there.
Maybe you even smile.
Bring all of the sensations into that space,
Feeling it radiate through your entire body.
You are filled with compassion for yourself and your feeling.
Moving the energy now so that none of it is stagnant.
Sense the area again.
Breathing in through your root,
The soles of your feet and your tailbone,
Into your stomach,
Up into your chest.
See and feel the energy in your third eye,
The space between your eyebrows.
Then let the breath go through the crown of your head,
Feeling the energy flow out,
Leaving you feeling lighter and expanded.
Take a deep breath through your nose,
Deep into the belly.
And do a big sigh through the mouth to let it out.
Sense the room that you are in.
Wiggle your fingers and your toes.
Stretch in the way that you feel your body needs right now.
Whenever you're ready,
You may open your eyes.
Know that grief comes in waves.
It is a process of moving forward and you can always acknowledge it.
Take space and transform it with your tenderness.
It allows you to embrace others with more compassion,
Empathy,
And love.
Thank you for taking this time for yourself.
