Welcome to this meditation practice,
Trusting yourself.
So in today's practice we're going to be exploring the concept of trust,
Of establishing and cultivating a sense in belief in oneself,
A sense of clarity that moves us beyond irrational and fear-based decision-making,
Moves us beyond guilt and feeling tied to other people or feeling like other people owe us,
And just connecting into that life rhythm that allows us to connect with our inner wisdom in each moment to trust ourself.
So we begin by just taking a couple of deep breaths and settling into our body,
Noticing how each breath can fill us with a lightness.
And I even invite you to bring this into your posture so as you breathe in you feel this sense of lightness and rising.
And as you breathe out this sense of groundedness,
This kind of relaxed settling into your body.
Focusing our attention on these two sensations,
The uplifting as you inhale and the relaxed groundedness on the exhale.
And if the mind contains any thoughts,
If you notice any perpetual thinking or emotions,
You just allow them to be here,
We're not fighting them.
Rather just saying,
Hello,
There you are and okay,
I'm going to come back into my breath now.
So,
Bringing our focus into the simple sensation of inhale,
Uplift,
Exhale,
Ground.
We can even link these two sensations now,
So we're creating a circle,
A cyclical motion.
As we inhale,
Do it with me now,
You feel the front part of the body,
The belly,
The chest,
Even the face.
And as you take your exhale,
You feel the back,
The back of your head,
Your spine into your base.
Inhale,
Belly,
Chest and face,
Exhale awareness down the back of your spine into your base.
And feel how there's a kind of cycle here.
And feel that with each passing breath,
You're growing sensitive to all the little details in that front and back cycle.
Really letting go of the mind and just allowing this natural rhythm of being come forward.
As you surrender to it.
Taking a slightly deeper inhalation and an exhalation through the mouth,
Let it all out.
Very nice.
So now in this meditative state,
We're just going to contemplate this idea of trust and we're going to run it through a couple of frameworks.
The one is about,
The first one is about trusting ourselves when it comes to timing and our actions.
So I just invite you to notice that feeling or contemplate that feeling of rushing our actions,
Of pressurizing ourselves to make a decision quickly,
Unnecessarily.
And how that plays out,
How that kind of attracts chaos into it.
And just invite you to contemplate what the root is of that for you.
So maybe the root doesn't necessarily lie in a thought,
But perhaps it's grounded in an anxiety,
In an emotion.
In a fear perhaps of losing opportunities or not acting at the right time,
All this kind of stuff.
And just as you allow that to all bubble and swell within you,
Just feel it can kind of,
Just as the thoughts before you can say hello,
Hey,
I acknowledge you.
Acknowledging it with a breath.
And as you exhale in the same way you acknowledge them,
You can simply release them.
Just as before you can really surrender now into this presence of yours,
The eye that observes,
The eye that can see this and allow for this natural cleaning process to unfold.
Taking a slightly deeper inhalation now in through the nose and out through the mouth.
And now we're going to contemplate trusting ourselves when it comes to relationships,
When it comes to communicating and coexisting and living with others.
So I invite you to contemplate those moments that feel misaligned,
That feel that the communication between you and another,
Be it a family member,
Friend,
A work colleague,
Just feels weird,
Just feels off balance.
When there's anger involved in the situation,
Sadness,
Resentment.
And as I say these words,
You don't have to dig into anything specific,
Just let the body and mind naturally connect the dots.
So just breathing with those dysfunctional moments and interactions.
And allowing yourself for a moment just to detach from all of that,
Just to detach from all those emotions,
See them in front of you,
Acknowledge them for what they are.
You can even feel them,
But just as before with your breath,
Taking a deep inhalation,
You can exhale and allow them to kind of dissolve and find a life of their own.
And as you do this,
A reminder to come back to your life,
To this moment,
To the deep and trusting you.
And just feel that here,
You are enough.
That you here beyond these rushed actions,
Interactions,
Chaotic and disruptive emotions,
That you are here and you are enough.
That you do not owe the situation anything.
And that people or things in the situation do not owe you anything.
That all expectation can be for this moment dropped.
Taking a deep inhalation with that inhale and exhale,
Leaving it all to float beyond.
And having contemplated all of this,
Just again reminding yourself to be here,
To integrate with the presence of your heart,
With the narrative that you are enough,
As this,
As trust,
As yourself.
Okay.
And feel that not only can you feel the presence of yourself and your hereness,
But also of your environment,
Of your very life,
Of what it means to be alive.
And so with that whole universe of things,
Just allow that to also come into you now.
Feeling your presence and the way it participates in the wider picture of happening and life.
And feeling free to let go of this boundary and just trusting what comes your way,
Trusting the way you interact with it and spread it back out into the world.
Letting go to be sensitive to this oneness and this allness.
And to honor yourself and contribution.
Your innate value.
The wisdom that hears and trust the sensation,
The voice,
The knowledge within.
And so with this in mind,
I invite you to bring your hands to your heart,
Perhaps bow your head slightly.
Just give a great thank you to yourself for being with this here.
And also giving a thank you to all those sticking points,
To all the challenges we face in terms of the turbulence and chaotic interactions with life.
To give thanks to them for reminding us of our presence of who we must be,
How we must serve,
How we must find the trust in each moment to live with peace.
And with these last couple of breaths,
Just being with that peace.
Thank you.
Namaste.
