Hello,
I'm Beverly.
Welcome.
This is a practice about remembering something you may have forgotten or perhaps were never told in the first place and that is that your worth isn't something you earn,
It's something you already are.
For the next few moments we're going to practice feeling that truth in your body,
Not just thinking about it in your mind.
There is nothing to get right here,
Just a gentle invitation to remember.
So let's begin.
Just allow yourself to settle into your body first.
Notice the breath,
Notice the sense of being here.
Take a nice,
Deep,
Letting go breath.
Breathing in and exhaling slowly and steadily,
Allowing your out-breath to be longer than your in-breath.
Let's do that again.
Breathing in and breathing out and breathing in and breathing out and continuing to breathe at a rhythm that feels soothing for you.
I want you to imagine that I could see the light that lives in you.
Not the light of productivity or achievement,
But the light that existed before you ever did anything,
Before you ever tried.
Can you sense it even faintly?
Now gently bring to mind the idea of worth.
Not worth as something to achieve or to prove,
But worth as something intrinsic.
Something that exists simply because you do.
So many of us learned often very early that worth was conditional.
Linked to doing more,
Being more,
Getting it right.
For this time allow those old ideas to rest.
Invite you to imagine a gentle,
Steady light in the centre of your chest.
Not bright,
Not demanding attention,
Just quietly,
Steadily present.
This light represents the part of you that has always been enough before effort,
Before achievement.
With each breath in,
Allow that light to grow a little warmer,
A little more expansive.
Let that light move into the chest,
The shoulders,
The throat.
Let it soften places that have held tension or self-judgment.
And if thoughts arise,
Saying this feels unfamiliar or uncomfortable,
Just notice them kindly.
Perhaps they sound like an old voice,
Maybe a parent,
A teacher or a younger version of yourself.
You do not need to push them away.
They once had a purpose.
Gently return to that felt sense of that steady presence inside you.
Worth lives in the body differently than striving does.
Striving tightens,
Worth softens.
Striving reaches,
Worth receives.
So notice right now,
Is there anywhere in your body that wants to soften a little more?
That's worth making itself known.
With each exhale,
Imagine releasing some of the pressure to be anything other than who you are right now.
Notice the body responding.
Perhaps subtly,
Perhaps slowly.
Self-worth does not shout.
It settles.
For just this breath,
Let yourself be completely mediocre at this practice.
Let yourself be average at receiving your own goodness.
Notice if that's actually harder than trying to exhale.
This is the worth.
Let the light continue to spread into the belly,
The hips,
The legs.
Anchoring worth,
Not just in thought,
But in body.
Rest here.
Breathing,
Remembering,
And I'm leaving a space.
For you to remember that you were born with the blueprint of self-acceptance.
Unconditional self-acceptance.
And in this moment,
You can reconnect with that blueprint.
And feel it as if you are downloading the purest form of self-acceptance into every cell and fiber of your being.
Just experience that into your body.
As this practice comes to a close,
Just notice what feels even slightly different within you.
The work of worth is quiet.
It doesn't announce itself,
But you might notice in the hours ahead a little more space around self-judgment.
A little more permission to simply be.
This light we've been tending,
It doesn't go out when the practice ends.
It's always been there.
You're just learning to see it again.
I'll be here when you want to remember.
Take care of yourself.
