The Necessary Struggle - Step Into The Growth Zone

Growth can be uncomfortable, and so can staying in a place we have outgrown. We delight in the beauty of a butterfly yet we can forget the necessary struggle to escape its cocoon. You're invited to reflect on where you may have opportunities to grow by closing one door and allowing another one to open for you. This meditation ends in silence for you to continue in your meditative state or drift off into sleep. Blessings. (Connect with me! Insight Timer Group: Spiritually Fit Yoga)

Transcript

Welcome to your meditation.

Make yourself comfortable.

You take a seat or lay yourself down.

Take a big breath in and a sigh release anything you want to let go.

Notice where you can soften,

Release tension,

Release tightness.

This is your time to slow down and reflect on today's theme.

Growth can be uncomfortable and so is staying somewhere you have outgrown.

Notice what comes to mind when you think about where can you grow in your life to allow one door to close and another one to open.

I love how the poet Andrea Gibson describes the journey of a butterfly.

A butterfly trying to find its way out of a cocoon can be difficult to watch because it looks like an immense struggle.

It's common for people to try to peel back the layers of the cocoon to help the butterfly into the air.

But a butterfly's lifespan can be greatly shortened if the exit from the cocoon is in its own doing.

The butterfly struggle is necessary to its chances of thriving.

To become who we are meant to become,

The becoming must be ours.

I'll let these words settle into the mind,

Into the body.

Maybe there was an image that arrived as you envisioned the butterfly.

The butterfly and the necessity of the struggle.

And if we can view the struggle as a part of life instead of as a suffering or a punishment,

It's actually a necessary step of becoming,

Of transitioning.

Both can be uncomfortable and so can staying somewhere you have outgrown.

Continue your meditation reflecting,

Noticing the breath,

Allowing you this time to be quiet and reflect within.

This meditation will end in silence.

Peace and blessings.

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Reviews

Butterfly thought was great, and I really appreciated the silence at the end. Space, and quiet always works so well.

What a beautiful visual meditation. And so very true about growth. I reflection of my life at this point. I Am the butterfly, it was a struggle…..and worth it!🙏🏾🦋🙏🏾

Lovely short mediation. Just what I needed to hear.

Namaste 🙏you’re powerful message is well received!💖🌟

Oh, this was deeply painful as my dad has advanced dementia and is dying very slowly and that is the change I am facing. Hoping the tears running down my face are taking me to a place of relief eventually. Thank you 🙏🏻

That was absolutely beautiful and so needed. I love the analogy of the butterfly, I often refer to that with my own life. I am a work in process! Thank you for sharing your gift and soothing voice with us. 🦋

A short meditation, beautifully presented and deeply thought provoking. Perfect
timing after awakening from a healing dream. 🙏

The comparison of the struggle of the butterfly and the struggle for my growth was powerful for me.
Sometimes we grow out of the stages of life, but we must transform ourselves, to benefit from the process of this growth 🙏🏻💫

This was filled with wisdom and offered new insight for my current situation.

Wonderful, just what I needed to hearthis morning.
Music was perfectly set in the background - not overpowering the words - very important.
Thank you. 🙏🏻

Excellent

Loved the butterfly analogy. I would include a bell to signal the end of the meditation. Either way, I loved it. Thank you.

I love the metaphor of the necessity of butterfly's struggle, and the reminder that it needs to be difficult to change in order for us to become what we are meant to become. Thank you as always and namaste 🙏

Thank you for this meditation. It's taken me a long time to accept the necessity of the struggle - the discomfort - that is the pathway to growing into our true selves. 💖

Very evocative. I’ll be pondering this for a while. Thank you

Profound! Extremely difficult but necessary to grasp this concept

Went right into my heart-sending shivers down my spine.

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🦋 ‘The Beautiful Struggle’

Wise and wonderful. Appreciated the silence for reflection, but needed a sound to let me know the session was over. Thank you. 🦋