Welcome to your session today.
Today's session is a little bit heavier,
A little bit deeper.
We're going to be talking about sadness,
Creating permission to just feel our way through it,
To sit with it,
Acknowledge it,
Understand where it comes from.
So if you can,
Get something that makes you feel comfortable,
Protected and safe,
Whether that's a cozy blanket,
Something warm,
Something to hold in your hands,
Whatever that is,
Please go grab it.
Return to the recording,
Wrap yourself up,
Get nice and comfortable with your body and your space.
If you're sitting,
I recommend that you plant your feet firmly down on the ground so that you can stay grounded.
If you're lying down,
By all means,
Give into that feeling.
Today we're going to be creating permission for sadness.
We live and exist and breathe and move through a world that tells us the emotions that are uncomfortable,
Sadness being one of them.
We shouldn't share,
We shouldn't outwardly express because it might make someone else feel uncomfortable.
So instead,
We hide it all inside,
We bury it down,
We cage it up until one day it rattles the cage and it breaks free.
Today we normalize that sadness is a normal human emotion.
It carries a story,
Oftentimes it carries love.
So as you gently close the windows of your eyes and you melt down into your space,
I invite you today to just listen.
There isn't anything that you need to do,
There isn't anything you need to visualize,
You just need to listen and arrive here in this space of openness to create a permission for sadness.
Start by taking a big breath in and out,
Emptying out any of the air that carries you forward and I suppose a little bit of mantra work today.
I give myself permission to be sad.
If those words make sense for you and what you are going through,
I give myself permission to be sad.
We spend so much time hiding away the sadness,
Hiding away the grief,
Not talking about it because talking about it makes it real.
Talking about it acknowledges that you have lost something.
I give myself permission to be sad.
Maybe you feel that tears are starting to well up in your eyes,
Maybe your heart is beating a little bit fast,
Maybe you feel unsteady,
A little shaky.
I give myself permission to be sad.
There is no loss too small to grieve.
Every loss is deserving of your sadness.
It's a direct reflection of how much you care,
How deeply you love,
How present you are and instead of hiding it away,
Pushing it to the side,
I give myself permission to be sad.
I give myself permission to be sad.
I encourage you to sit in the quiet for the next little bit,
Listening and leaning in.
Maybe hands have made their way up over your heart,
A sign of protection maybe,
A sign of comfort.
I give myself permission to be sad.
Understanding that your sadness is a burden to no one.
You are allowed to feel this.
I give myself permission to be sad.
Now I encourage you to check in with yourself.
How does it feel to create that permission and that space for something that feels uncomfortable?
How does it feel to give yourself permission to just be sad?
We live in this world that keeps sadness under wraps.
It keeps it caged behind a door,
On a shelf,
Hidden away.
But notice how differently you feel when you can just give yourself permission to be sad.
It's okay that you're sad.
It's okay if you need to reach out and feel the compassion of another human being within your sadness.
It's okay to ask for help.
It's okay to ask for support.
Sadness is one of the most common human emotions that connects each and every one of us.
I give myself permission to be sad.
A couple more breaths here.
Ever so gentle with yourself.
I give myself permission to be sad.
When it feels right to you,
Keeping those hands gently over your heart and protecting that space before opening the windows of your eyes and coming back into your space.
This is an excellent time to tell the story of your sadness.
To write it down and validate just how much you loved,
How deeply you cared,
And how present you were.
Your sadness is a reflection of all of that.
I give myself permission to be sad.
With so much love,
Compassion,
And gratitude,
Thank you for sharing in this with me.
This is what connects us all and holds us present.
