If you feel stuck inside this rock that blocks you and prevents you from feeling emotions in a safe,
Flowy,
And useful way,
Then this meditation is for you.
Before we sit and meditate together,
I invite you to see this concept of the three S's of a successful emotional release.
The first S of a successful emotional release is safety.
If you feel like you've been bottling up emotions at work or with your family and you're afraid of being judged,
You might refrain from actually feeling your emotions.
And maybe emotions explode in a place like that,
In a setting like at work or with family where you actually don't feel that safe.
So you might have identified feeling emotions as something very uncomfortable,
Something wrong because you get judged or because you get pointed fingers at.
Does that resonate with you?
In order to soften the edges of the rock that you feel you are immersed in,
That prevents you from actually feeling your emotions without exploding in those places and those environments that don't make you feel safe and therefore feeling uncomfortable when you're being emotional,
I invite you to notice when you can feel safe in your life.
When can you feel like it's okay to be vulnerable?
Who with and where?
Which brings me to the second S of a successful emotional release,
Space.
Can you identify one location that makes you feel safe and that can be your space to be with yourself?
Even if it's your closet or your car,
It can be a space where you allow your emotions to flow because there is no judgment.
There's no pointing fingers.
There's nothing wrong with letting the flow of emotions arise.
The third S of a successful emotional release is sanctuary.
Can you make the safe space of feeling emotions so sacred that you honor it like you would a temple?
You make it your sanctuary that you love going back to because it's not so scary.
When we pile our dirty laundry on top of the other and at some point it just tumbles and falls.
It feels like there's never ending close to wash.
Right?
But when we actually clean out the basket one piece at a time,
It feels less overwhelming.
It can be the same thing with our emotions.
So in order to not explode out of discomfort and in places that you don't feel safe.
I invite you to create a safe space sanctuary so that you can have powerful,
Successful emotional releases that are for your benefit.
And so that it doesn't feel so overwhelming next time you want to feel your emotions.
So that you can be kind with yourself and really honor that flow within yourself that just needs to be heard.
So let's do that together,
Shall we?
Let's hear and see and hold whatever is going on within yourself.
Find a safe space,
Even if it's not your sanctuary yet.
You can decide what that is for you later.
Close the eyes,
Roll the shoulders up and back.
And really allow your inner vision to lower towards the heart space.
Unfrown the face.
Unclench the jaw.
Untighten any muscles that you can notice at this time.
And allow your awareness to be in the heart.
Maybe you hear it beating.
Allow your awareness to settle within your body,
Releasing the belly and really allowing the presence of the now to be your only focus.
If you don't always and often hear your emotions,
I invite you to place your hands on your heart.
Still with the shoulders relaxed and away from the ears.
And a long spine allowing for the energy to fluidly circulate inside your body.
Please focus on your exhale.
Keeping your conscious mind busy.
And the exhale helps us to slow down,
Relax and rest.
Feeling perhaps the beating of the heart in the hands.
Mentally or out loud repeat.
I hear you.
I see you.
I'm holding you.
And we are talking to that part of you who feels emotional.
To that part of you that might feel angry,
Sad,
Limited,
Stuck.
Or to that part of you that feels uncertain,
Judged,
Pushed to the side or alone.
I invite you to feel that sensation and that emotion in your body right now.
Be with the sensation and focus on your exhale.
Repeat after me.
I hear you.
I see you.
I'm holding you.
Focus on your exhale.
Genuinely hear,
See and hold space for your emotion to arise and to be just what it needs to be.
Repeat after me.
I hear you.
I see you.
I'm holding you.
Focus on your exhale.
Notice if any other sensations arise or if they shift.
We will do it one last time and we will add a saying at the end.
Repeat after me.
I hear you.
I see you.
I'm holding you.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
Take a big breath in through the nose,
Out through the mouth.
.
.
And allow a sense of deep genuine gratitude to flow through your heart.
.
.
Through any sensations that you've experienced.
Remember that it is safe for you to feel your emotions.
.
.
And to make a reconnection with what they have to tell you,
A safe sanctuary and a space that uplifts you and that supports you.
Thank you for being here with me and with your emotions.
You have it in you.
