When Your Insides Get Howling And Growling

Life can get our hackles up, and our minds want to keep us safe. So, we are on guard, and it can be easy to growl and bark. This meditation helps us to breathe and soften, so we can settle and let the mind quiet.

Transcript

Hey there,

Take a moment,

A moment to settle,

To draw your breath in,

To let it go.

Do you ever feel like a dog?

A dog with its hackles up,

That maybe your first instinct with life is to growl.

If that feels familiar,

If you find your shoulders up around your ears,

If you find yourself barking whenever you open your mouth,

It's okay.

Life is kind of meant to make us growl,

And yet we know that can affect things.

So,

If you find yourself feeling like a dog with those hackles up,

Take a deep breath in,

And exhale,

Let it go.

And keep allowing that breath to gently ride in and out as you drop your shoulders,

As you let everything grow soft.

Breathe and soften,

Soften and settle,

Let the mind quiet.

Now,

If your mind is like mine,

It might start to bark.

Maybe it's saying,

I can't settle.

Maybe it's saying,

But people are so annoying.

I hear you,

I really do.

And,

Like a dog,

Our minds want to work.

They want to protect us from what might be out there.

Our minds,

Our thoughts,

They want to keep us safe.

So they bark,

They growl.

Sometimes,

Our minds even sink their teeth into the soft things and tear them apart.

Stop the growl,

The teeth.

Soften your body and drop into your center.

When you find yourself on guard,

When you want to fight what is,

Pause.

Breathe in,

Breathe out.

When your insides get howling and growling,

Breathe in,

Breathe out.

Fall back into that breath.

Let everything settle.

May you live light and shine.

Reviews

You dont know how much you spoke to me. You always do. Thank you and mayyou continue your wonderful words and wisdom continue so that people like me feel less alone with our moods.

Isn't timing weird. Just written and then this comes up ......one of the most soothing 😌 vocally. And similar to what Chris Martin ( Coldplay) had discussed on a day time tv programme talking about taking 12 mins each day to write down the things that were troubling you that you couldn't say to others and then ripping it up alowing time to pause rather than react immediately. Love this and your words ...soften and settle.

Oh yes..I know this one..howling and growling 😬 your calming voice is a blessing at all times..thank you Betsy 💛🕯✨️🌟

That's me, my first response to everything in life is anger and wanting to push back, it's taken me years to learn how to be soft, but sometimes I still have to take a minute (or 10!) to get the hackles down. Thank you for what you do, your tracks are my favourite ❤️🙏✨️

Hi Betsy, thank you for this. I’ve been wondering about you, and hoping you’ve been well since I haven’t seen a new meditation from you for some time. Your timing is spot on, as usual, so thank you💕

You seem to read my heart and they drop recordings in my stream in such a timely manner .....better believe my hackles were up and some growling could be heard through the neighborhood this week .....thank you for putting into words the nature of it all🙏🙏🙏💙🕯️💙🕯️💙🕯️💙🕯️💙🙏🙏🙏

Thank you! 5 ⭐️ as usual! Love to hear your "signature" through this new meditation.

Started my day with Betsey J! Spot on and truth spoken. Thank you for your words of support in this space, straight forward analogy sprinkled with the harsh realities and humor as is your superb style!! Namaste! 🐾

As I listened to you this morning the lyric from John Lennon was circulating in my soul: “War is over if you want to.” Thanks Betsy for your dose of wisdom. ❤️

I definitely feel “growly” at times!! Perfect image! I will try to soften and breathe! 🙏🏻

Yep, lotza snapping and snarling lately, must be January...
Thx Betsy, not feeling so alone.