On The Sidewalk - A Letting Go Visualization

This is a short, calming visualization helping you let go of your worries about the future and worries about the past. Aimed to help you feel light and relaxed. Suitable for a quick morning meditation or an evening wind-down.

Transcript

Start by taking a moment to relax your body.

Soften tension in your belly and your shoulders.

Find a posture that feels both relaxed and alert.

Now close your eyes.

Take a few moments to scan your awareness through the sensations of your body,

And wherever possible,

Soften and release areas of physical tension.

Aware of your body,

Your body breathing,

Your chest rising and falling with each breath.

Imagine standing on a sidewalk outside of your house with two heavy suitcases.

In one of those suitcases is all of your worries about the future.

And the other suitcase is full of regrets about the past.

Take a moment on the sidewalk,

Holding these two heavy suitcases and reflect on each one.

Reflect about the future,

How it will come on its own accord whenever it comes,

And that most of what we worry about will never happen.

On the sidewalk,

Reflect about the past,

The other heavy suitcase.

Consider how the past cannot be changed.

All we can do is to be in the present moment and to learn from our past.

We can become more skillful,

Become better,

And move on.

On the sidewalk,

Feeling the weight of these suitcases and absorbing the wisdom of your own reflections right now,

Make a conscious decision.

Do you want to drop the suitcase of worry about the future?

Great.

So,

Drop it.

What about the other suitcase?

Heavy with the past?

Let's make a decision now to just drop it.

Drop it.

You look down at your hands that are now empty and you feel so much lighter.

You walk into your home,

You sit down on the sofa,

Feeling so relaxed,

Like coming home from a long trip.

You smile in the present moment,

Just breathing.

You are home,

You are free.

You are home,

You are free.