Stress And Uncertainty Release Meditation (Live Recording)

Join us in this meditation as we leave uncertainty and step into true safety. Bring your stressors and worries and leave lighter and more grounded. Please note this audio is pulled from a live recording.

Transcript

I welcome you to close your eyes and just there's nothing really you'd have to do in this space right now just enjoy your eyes being closed maybe they were looking at stuff all day maybe it was looking at screens all day and maybe you notice now wow my eyes were actually really tired and this is the first time I've closed them all day I start to just breathe a little deeper here aside from sleeping or napping our eyes are always on call I suppose they're always active they're always doing their job so on Friday after a long week of staring at the screen we're working from home it feels really nice to just let them not have to do anything breathing in here together we'll inhale and exhale good one more inhale exhale good continue to keep this pace on your own this deeper breath this slower breath all the while letting those eyes rest maybe seeing if you can let those eyelids drop a little more relax a little more hmm there's all these little muscles that control our eyelids and not to mention the eyeball as you breathe see if you can tap into those muscles and let them relax breathing in here inhale exhale exhale good one more in exhale and as you can see it right here I'm doing open mouth exhales that's always really nice to release anything that you want to let go of whether it be stress or grief or worries and you can play around with the exhale as well maybe a loud sigh you can adjust the shape of your mouth as you breathe out maybe breathing out and making different sounds playing with that seeing how that feels it's like the stress is built up over the week and it just wants to escape our body in different ways so welcome that flexibility into your body and your body and your body and your body and just what feels good guide you into those different types of exhales breathing in together here exhaling good one more inhale exhale good one more inhale exhale continue like this on your own I'm just taking some time to allow that surface to come back allow that surface level stress to evaporate before we go deeper in our meditation so if it feels good right now you can start to invite some movement maybe some shaking of the hands maybe some neck rolls couple that with the dynamic exhales maybe if your feet are on the ground tapping them on the ground just letting any tension any movement anything that wants to be wiggled out of us let that go giving you permission to move to shake the way you want to and then gently returning to a stillness checking in here breathe in together exhale exhale good one more exhale great continue breathing like this slower deeper and by now you may find that this slower deeper breath comes a little more easily now and that we have shaken off that surface level stress we've let what needs to be moved out of us move out of us for now and now we have this wonderful stillness this empty space so just breathing in here letting yourself occupy that space and while we're in this space I want to give you some time to gather up whatever has been making you feel especially uncertain these past few days these past few days this past week these past few months here years whatever it may be gather it up and as you gather it up in your mind's eye notice if anything changed if you feel a little tense if you feel a little nervous just by calling those things up and that's totally fine that's very normal so breathing in here inhale exhale good one more in and down continue like this on your own and as you're breathing go ahead and place your hands on a surface or the ground in a comfortable manner so that your palms are facing downwards your palms are touching the surface or the ground and from here just establishing that connection to the earth or to the environment outside of us by pressing down a little bit seeing how the surface of the earth pushes back on us breathing here maybe moving your palms around a little bit feeling the texture do you feel like you have a nice connection to the surface or the ground i want you to start breathing here with me breathe in breathe out good one more in and down excellent excellent now i want you to start and take whatever you gathered up all the things that make you uncertain and with every exhale i want you to send all that stuff whatever that may be send it all through your arms out of your palms and into the earth or into and out of you and into the environment so we'll inhale here gathering and then exhale releasing gathering on the inhale gathering on the inhale releasing on the exhale good one more in release and just go ahead and explore this on your own you may find that incorporating some of the dynamic exhales will help you push certain things out if you want to release anything that feels particularly sticky you may find that after a couple of releasing exhales you want to check back in with yourself and just do a couple normal slower deeper breaths and then you may find that hey there's actually a couple more things i want to release and go back to that dynamic exhale and releasing breath i'm giving you a couple moments here to experience and play around with that so on the exhale it might feel like you're clearing things out you're draining things that you don't want anymore oh you're just letting it flow out with your breath through that connection in the earth and if it's helpful for you you can think of it as a stream or a body of liquid all these things that are making one certain or worried and at times there's a lot of stuff that you want to release and that becomes a strong push you're like forcing that out of you so and then you might find that after a couple of those breaths it starts to slow down to a flow but you still want to release it and that breath might sound like breath might sound like something more easy so we'll inhale here together in we'll exhale inhale one more in release good one more time inhale and exhale so by now hopefully you're even more emptied out of stressors of things that are making you feel worried about the future grief and now you feel nice and empty or open clear whatever it is just go ahead for the next couple of breaths enjoy this feeling almost like melts into this feeling it's Friday that feeling of it's Friday you can welcome that into this meditation like a feeling of i just did some internal house cleaning and that feels so nice internal house cleaning and that feels so nice lounging luxuriating even in this space that we've created in just a few short moments so and from this space of clarity and ease or just a space of feeling better on the next breath I invite you to wrap your arms around yourself like you're giving yourself a hug breathing in here feeling how nice it feels to have your arms around you like this maybe the warmth or the texture of your hands and your clothing feels nice or that feeling of being contained and held even if it's by yourself that's also really nice so breathing in here and enjoying it inhale exhale exhale good one more inhale exhale and if it feels good you can start swaying or moving a little side to side like you're giving yourself a really nice really rejuvenating embrace enjoying how supported that makes you feel welcoming any feelings that come up so making sure you're continuing to breathe in nice and deeply here and again just allowing yourself to melt into this space melt into yourself hold support and contain yourself so breathing in here inhale exhale on the next inhale you can place your hands wherever they want to go and check in with yourself now it's only been about 20 minutes but in this time we've done some releasing some resetting some self-soothing noticing what comes up here knowing that no matter what no matter what we're going through now what we're worried about or we may face in the future that this feeling is always accessible this feeling of clarity this feeling of I've got you or I've got myself is always accessible it's always here for us if we need it and with that being said when you're ready you may open your eyes and come back