Welcome,
My soul friend.
We all tend to feel overwhelmed with pressures and responsibilities from time to time.
This can really stop us in our tracks and make us feel stuck,
Frustrated,
Confused.
We've all felt it.
So,
In this meditation,
We will break through those dense clouds of overwhelm and frustration that have been building up and allow them to dissipate so we can feel more at peace and identify our next steps clearly so that we can get to where we want to go with ease,
Grace,
And clarity.
So let's go through this together.
Let us begin by taking a comfortable position and letting our eyes close as we gratefully rest our eyes and our brains from all that important work they've been doing.
Just releasing some of the tension now from our head,
Our eyes,
And forehead.
Taking a deep breath in and relaxing with the exhale.
Relax your head even more,
Un-scrunching your eyebrows and your forehead,
Relaxing the muscles around your eyes,
Temples,
Cheeks,
And nose.
Take another deep breath and exhale.
Keep relaxing your face,
Your ears,
Your jaw,
Your tongue,
And all the muscles in your throat.
You can already sense a difference in your whole head and throat.
Extend the relaxation down to your shoulders,
Releasing all the tension there,
Feeling it melt away down your arms and hands and out your fingertips.
Then,
Relaxing from your shoulders down your back and spine,
Relaxing your upper,
Middle,
And lower back.
Relax the front of your chest and even your lungs and your heart.
Moving down,
Take a deep breath in and out,
Relaxing your stomach,
Pelvis,
And your hips.
Continuing to relax through your upper legs,
Knees,
And lower legs.
Finally,
Relaxing all the muscles in your feet and toes.
Now really ground yourself into your seat and feel the support of Mother Earth below you.
Let's imagine you are sitting on the top of a tall mountain.
The mountain is strong and solid,
Holding you up and supporting you at all times.
You can even send a cord of light down through your feet into the earth.
Imagine it anchoring into her like deep,
Solid roots of a tree.
Feel the love and support of Mother Earth reach up your roots,
Rising into your body,
All the way up into your heart space.
She is there for you.
Now is the time to release all of those energies from other people and places that you've picked up during the day.
Just intend that they go where they need to go.
Send them out of your body and energy field,
Wherever they need to go,
Now.
And then call all of your own energy back to you,
Back to this present moment,
Back from worrying about the past and the future.
Call all your energy back to you and see and feel it all enter your body,
Filling you up from head to foot.
Good.
That feels better already.
And now is your chance to release all that frustration and overwhelm that has been accumulating in your body and energy field.
All the pressures of the day,
All those tasks to be fulfilled,
All that stuckness when it looks like you're not making progress toward your goals.
There may also be a sense of confusion,
Where you're not sure in which of the thousand possible directions you could or should be going.
Allow the overwhelm,
Frustration,
And confusion to arise now in your body.
Don't resist it.
Feel as best you can where it is in your body.
Allow those feelings to expand out from where they've been hiding inside you.
Imagine these energies are bursting open out of yourselves,
Forming clouds like thick,
Dense emotional fog.
Allow those clouds to expand out of you.
See in your mind's eye those clouds of overwhelm all around and within you.
They are so dense you can barely see anything in front of you.
And that's okay.
Just allow them to be there.
That's how we release them.
First,
Let's send a message to this.
Overwhelm,
Frustration,
Confusion,
You are welcome here.
Thank you for your service,
For trying to protect me,
For trying to keep me alive and functioning,
By reminding me of everything I need to do,
And making sure I don't fall behind.
I want to see what you're really made of.
Please reveal to me the fear that is driving you.
Sense that there is indeed a fear inside of those clouds.
From your safe space grounded and held by the earth,
Observe it.
Get curious.
Look closely at the fear.
What is that fear?
Is it a fear of everything falling apart?
A fear of not making enough money to survive?
A fear of disappointing someone?
Of disappointing yourself?
Just sit with that for a moment.
Acknowledge that fear.
It has taught you something just now.
Hold it in your loving awareness.
View it with compassion.
It's a part of you doing its best to help you survive and be loved.
It just so happens that this protection is no longer needed.
You know,
Deep down,
That your essence is eternal,
Powerful,
Invincible.
You will be okay,
No matter what happens.
There is unlimited support available to you.
And you are ready to feel safe and secure in life no matter what comes your way.
And then,
Start to notice that the fear is gently dissolving in the light of your loving,
Non-judgmental awareness.
You have received its message and gained some wisdom.
That learning will stay with you.
And so the fear can now dissolve,
Gently dissipating as your compassionate awareness engulfs and embraces it.
You can sense it melting away,
Transforming to merge into the light of your compassionate awareness.
You notice now that those clouds have started to dissolve as well.
Their intensity has diminished.
Nothing is holding them together now.
You feel a fresh wind blowing,
Dispelling the clouds even more.
And then the rains come.
This warm,
Gentle rain falls over you.
The drops touching your face,
Rolling down your cheeks,
Wetting your hair.
It's a gentle downpour now.
And you allow it to wash away the remains of those clouds.
The rain is all around you,
Washing away the residues of the clouds and any remnants of dense energies.
It is purifying you inside and out.
You can even catch a droplet on your tongue if you like,
Just for fun.
Now all is clean and clear around you.
The rain gradually stops,
And you realize you can see clearly 360 degrees around you.
You remember you are on the mountaintop,
And now you can see clearly in every direction,
Far out into the horizon.
And the sun is out,
Illuminating the valley below.
Looking down,
You now can see clearly two houses in that valley.
One house represents your situation now.
The other represents where you want to go,
The goal you want to achieve,
Or the life you want to have.
With the sun shining brightly,
It illuminates a path between those two houses.
You can clearly see the whole path,
And the individual stages along the way.
You can see the important steps you'll want to take to reach your goal.
For now,
Just take a closer look at the first step on the path.
Get a sense of that first actionable step you will take to reach your goal.
You now know what needs to be done,
And with your renewed sense of clarity and fresh perspective,
It'll be a piece of cake.
It really can be this easy.
You will get there.
Resolve to take that first small action as soon as possible.
Commit to yourself,
Because you're worth it.
And the entire universe conspires to support you when you take that first step.
I know I'm rooting for you.
Namaste,
My friend.
