Allow Yourself To Feel Discomfort

We often shy away from pain instead of leaning into it, yet our uncomfortable emotions teach us the most about ourselves. This meditation helps you embrace your current state of being so you can be present with it. It offers the gift of grace, patience, and self-love for all your emotions.

Transcript

This meditation will begin with a small journal reading and end with breath work to help you process your emotions.

It will support you in finding peace with your current state of being.

I hope this is a calming session for you.

I am trying to honor this space in my life where I don't feel like myself.

Most days I wake up to an anxious pit in my stomach that tightens with each breath and broadens with each flicker of my eyelids.

It twists and turns until I lay in bed for a while longer,

Waiting for the uneasiness to subside.

I am so used to labeling myself as someone happy,

Optimistic,

And excited about life that when I feel the opposite,

I believe there must be something wrong with me.

I find myself fighting against the winter storms that wrestle within,

The tide that comes in high,

And the night sky that waits for dawn to return.

I can never sit with my shadows.

I can never allow myself to be in pain.

I am always trying to swim upstream and float above the waves crashing down on me.

The harder I resist,

The deeper I sink.

I fell asleep crying last night.

I held my face in both hands as the tears flowed down my arms to my elbows,

Until I couldn't hold myself up any longer,

Until I struggled to breathe.

It was the first time in months that I let myself feel loss,

To grieve a life that is no longer mine,

To miss someone I love.

How long have I been drifting asleep?

I allow the waters to flood.

I want to be swept into the eye of the storm.

I am no longer afraid.

My defenses are down.

Life please do with me as you will.

Please teach me what I must learn.

I will not hide from you any longer.

How often do we disregard uncomfortable emotions?

How frequently do we run from our pain?

Why is it difficult to sit in our discomfort and simply be in it?

Sometimes in our lives we are nudged to beckon our unfolding.

We are asked to let go,

Surrender,

And relinquish all expectations of who we should be,

How we should act,

Or what steps we should take next.

A great mystery lies beyond what our eyes can see.

A new life waits for us when we walk into the depths of the unknown.

Take a few moments to sit with yourself and whatever state of being you're in.

Create space to welcome your discomfort.

Invite your worries,

Stress,

And fear into your heart.

It's okay to experience these emotions that we label bad or wrong.

You are human.

You are allowed to feel everything,

Both good and bad,

And light and dark.

We are here to feel all that we can.

Take this time to simply feel.

Allow yourself to be as you are.

Take a few deep breaths.

Breathe in through your nose,

Creating space for your pain.

Exhale deeply through your mouth.

Take another deep inhale through your nose.

Breathe in your current state of being.

Exhale deeply through your mouth.

Do this three more times at your own pace.

Let go.

Say the following statements to yourself or aloud.

It is okay for me to experience all the emotions housed within me.

I love and accept where I am in my life right now.

I love and accept myself.

I am a beautiful being with the capacity to grow and expand.

What I'm feeling now won't last forever.

It is only temporary.

I welcome the unknown.

I embrace darkness.

It is through this darkness that I step into the light.

I am allowed to flow within and without my inner worlds.

I am free to be me as I am now.

Before we close this session,

Place both hands on your heart and hold yourself for a moment longer.

This is the current moment of your life.

Your next steps may be unknown.

You may not be able to see the road ahead.

But all you must do is be with yourself exactly as you are.

Lovingly as you are.

Perfectly as you are.

Cultivate gratitude for being able to feel so profoundly.

You are beautiful as you are right now.

I send you love and blessings.

May you stand forever guided in your truth.

Reviews

Beautiful voice. I saved this. I loved the journal part in the beginning.

Beautiful and powerful, especially the journal reading at the beginning. Thank you 🙏

Thank you Danielle for sharing and your loving guidance 💞 I appreciate you 🙏

Deepest thanks for this track. It made such a difference. Peace and blessings. 🪷🕊️🙏🏼🦋🩵💫

Beautifully written journal. Tears on arms etc strong image. Lovely med. Will return. Thanks.

I can see this guided meditation as one to revisit from time to time when I have lost touch with my authentic self. In Western medicine and Western society in general pain is an evil to be destroyed not endured. I have found that there is no way to escape some painful experiences other than by making my way through to the other side. Sometimes I am grateful for the experience; sometimes I am just happy when it is over and done with.

Very beautiful and exactly what I needed to hear this morning, what I was looking for! Woke up with that very same feeling and that was a really lovely way to put things back into perspective. So thank you for creating and sharing this with the world. 🌍 🙌🏼❤️🙏🏼

Such powerful and inspiring words! This is definitely a meditation session that would benefit most of us. I really appreciate you sharing this with the community, Danielle, and helping me to make space for the negatives and darkness that crops up at times. As always, very well done! Sending you love and blessings as well 😊

Thank you for this. After a very difficult day this medication helped me feelready to embrace my feelings without judgement.

Thank you! Missed your kindness and meditations.🙏☮️🌏❤️

Thank you for your words of affirmation.

Sometimes it’s nice to know you’re not alone. You wonder “is it me?” Being sick again in paradise, the perfect partner you enjoyed a day with unavailable… I have to sit with what the present delivered and thank it for the lessons and challenges that make me stronger. Thank you Danielle.