Hello everyone.
Welcome to this guided meditation.
Today we're going to be exploring resistance versus acceptance.
And with that I would like you to take a deep breath in and a long breath out.
I'm just settling into this moment,
Feeling your weight supported by the chair,
Allowing your belly to be soft and full,
Nowhere to go,
Nothing to do,
Giving yourself full permission in this moment to be.
Now bringing these thoughts to mind,
I'll read them one at a time.
I shouldn't be feeling like this.
This shouldn't be happening.
I should be doing more.
I shouldn't have reacted that way.
I should know better.
I should feel different.
I'm taking a deep breath in and just noticing the emotions that those thoughts bring up in your body.
When you tell yourself that you should be doing something different,
Be acting different,
Be feeling different,
Oftentimes we have this inner dialogue about what we should and should not be doing with our lives,
With our voices,
With our actions,
With ourselves.
And I know from my perspective,
This voice is strong and it never makes me feel good.
I never feel good when I am telling myself that I should be something that I'm not.
And now closing your eyes,
Again taking a deep breath in.
And now I'm going to read some different language to ponder.
Yes,
This belongs.
All of what I'm feeling,
All of what I'm experiencing,
All of who I am,
Yes.
This belongs.
Yes,
Right now it's like this.
I accept that it is like this.
I'm not going to try to change it,
Manipulate it,
Think about it differently.
I am going to acknowledge and accept that yes,
It's like this.
I'm doing the best I can in every moment.
I am truly doing the best I can in every moment.
And taking a deep breath in and a breath out.
And noticing what these thoughts and what these words elicit in your body.
Noticing what emotions are present when you do accept and forgive and acknowledge and not try to change whatever is happening,
Whatever you are feeling.
Fully surrendering and opening your arms to whatever arises and saying yes,
This belongs.
This is part of me too.
I'm doing the best I can.
And it's not changing your circumstances in any way,
But it's really reframing,
Reframing how you're seeing things.
Noticing that when we're in resistance and we are expecting that we should do things a certain way and we should be feeling a certain way,
Just noticing the constriction in the body,
The constriction in the mind and the heart versus the acceptance.
Recognizing that this is what the moment is asking of you.
This is what's here.
And noticing what acceptance feels like versus that resistance.
You may feel an ease in your heart,
A warmth in your body,
Relaxation in the tightness in your chest,
A trapping on your shoulders,
A very visceral response to acceptance.
And so whatever any moment is asking of you throughout these difficult days and weeks and months that we've had and that we will likely continue to experience just noticing when you are in resistance and when you are in acceptance.
And with that,
I'll invite you to take one more deep inhale in and exhale out.
And allowing your eyes to come open and coming back into the space.
And I want to send you acceptance and love and gratitude.
And I also want to tell you that we are all doing the best that we can in every moment that is now.
And please be easy on yourself and spread that ease to those around you.
Have a great day.
Thank you.
