Meditation On Grief

We are moving through uncertain times. Sometimes heavy burdens can lay on our hearts, and chests. At times breath escapes us. And this is an invitation to use your grief as transformative medicine. Come sit, breathe, and move it through.

Transcript

So what I invite for you now is to just find a comfortable seat or if lying down feels better for you,

Especially if you're in physical pain.

Do not get stressed at needing to be in the perfect meditation seat.

It's going to look different in each physical expression.

So I invite for you to just find what feels comfortable for you lying down or sitting up,

Maybe having a blanket around you or turning the lights down or even turning your screen down because you're not going to need to see me.

And shut the eyes down.

So as you come into that seat.

Just allowing self and self to merge here so capital self,

Lowercase self meaning the ego the roles that we wear that we project and portray to the external world.

They are here this morning.

In our names Tim and money from Tay Lee echo.

These are all welcome.

And also the true self the capital self the self that exists within each and every one of us the perceiver is the same.

So just allowing yourself to feel safely contained here in your physical expression.

Allow yourself to relax and allow all parts of yourself to be here.

No part left behind.

Now allow the breath to move in and out of the nostrils softly.

Take a deep breath.

Deep breath into your hearts.

Into that raw,

Tender and lively space.

And breathe deep and full there from the navel up towards the chest.

Feel the breath as it moves from the belly upwards cascading over the ribs across the collarbones.

And as you exhale allowing it to completely deflate on the chest down to the belly.

And as you breathe at your own cadence here fully breathing at your own pace equal inhalations and exhalations through the nostrils.

Really allow the life force of your breath to bring warmth to the front of your body.

Like a kind embrace.

And be here with it.

Be here with yourself.

Be soft.

And allow your bones to settle and your skin to breathe.

Allow the energy within to calm and settle the shores of your water like body.

Really feel the solid nature of the earth beneath you or the cushion or the block.

Really feel the body settling in space.

Feel your face relax.

And the brow line settling.

And allow your jaw to release here.

You hold so much tension in the jaw.

Let your lips softly part and settle into the coolness behind your eyelids.

Visualizing your eyes floating on cool pools of water.

And know dear friend that you are safe here.

Feel the solidity beneath you.

Feel the earth cool and stable.

And know that you are contained.

Your expression may roam free here.

And be silent.

Be still.

Listen to the breath moving in and out of the nostrils.

Maybe even tuning in to the sound of your heartbeat in the chest.

And notice the sounds around you near and far.

Notice the sensations of your sentient body.

And know that to feel is to be brave,

Fearless and courageous.

To feel is to live fully.

And where does your pain live in your body?

Find its resting place.

And where does your grief live?

So really tuning in here to your somatic expression in the physical body.

When we have heartbreak or loss.

There is tragedy and trauma that comes into our life experience.

We lodge it into the fascial network of our body.

So where does your pain and grief live?

Is it across the chest or in the hips?

Is it in the back or in your neck?

Is it all encompassing?

Be with it here.

Acknowledge its expression.

Tune into the parts of your physical and mental experience that no one claps for,

Not even you.

Tune into the softness of your shadows.

Because you are in these parts too.

And they are a part of you.

I know that times are uncertain.

And that you may feel wrong.

I know that your experience is yours.

And I can never know the depth of your pain or your grief.

But I do know that they are seeking your love.

Saying something to them within your experience here.

Saying I see you.

I acknowledge you.

And I honor your expression.

And saying to yourself,

My pain is a portal.

My pain is the key to the internal locked cage.

My pain is in the caged exile,

The small child,

Or the one that was left behind.

They seek to be loved,

Accepted,

Safe,

Seen,

Acknowledged,

And nurtured just as the light parts of us.

And know that just as you are the cage and the portal,

You are also the key.

You have the power to feed and fuel what has been left behind or unacknowledged.

And I invite you to sit in your pain.

I invite you to feel the depth of your despair.

I invite you to allow what has been disallowed.

And I invite all of you,

All parts of you to the table.

They are welcome here.

So breathe deeply from the base of your spine all the way up into the chest,

Across the heart space.

You can sigh it out on exhale if you need.

Again,

Just allowing the breaths to move in and out of the nostrils,

Listening to that ocean-like sound settling into your expression.

And knowing that what we resist persists,

What we push away will push back.

And sit tall but comfortably and proud in your physical expression.

Allow felt sensation to move through your body.

And witness.

Breathe.

Allow.

Witness your pain and grief without suffering or story.

Witness it like a guest in your home,

Temporary and invited.

Sometimes discomforting and edgy but welcome.

And know that your home is still here safe.

Full of love,

Tenderness and truth.

And appreciate the vastness of your ability to feel.

And know that no matter how painful your grief may be or how long it may last,

That your heart will heal.

That you will pick up the pieces as you always do.

And that you will tend to your home with love and care.

And you will tend to your grief.

That both love and grief are welcome in the richness of your magnitude to feel.

And you will remain brave,

Courageous and fearless.

Because you know your truth.

And you know your depth.

And you know that when the heart weeps for what it has lost,

The soul rejoices in what it has found.

So find the treasures in the ashes when the world burns down.

When the dust settles,

Open your heart and eyes to the clarity of new direction,

Power and perspective.

The depths of our pain,

Our grief and our unraveling are just reflections of our depth to love,

To care and to feel.

So settle here for moments more and stillness and silence.

And allow a smile to slowly spread across your face.

And breathe deeply.

Let the body tremble.

Let the heart beat.

Let the pulse dance at its own cadence.

Do not try to escape or move away from but leaning in to your experience,

To the depths.

And allow the body to soften in its sadness and let light shine into the crevices that are filled by shadow.

And know truly that you will rise.

And you may fall again.

And you will rise again.

And you will fall again.

And you will rise again.

And you will fall.

Just as the heart beats in the chest and the belly moves in those waves.

Life is cyclic and ebbing and flowing.

And to be any one way would be a deception of the vastness of our ability to feel so much.

And know that life is not easy for those that feel deeply.

But life is worth it.

And within each of us is an inherent part that yearns to live.

No matter the outcome.

No matter the pain.

No matter the depth of our grief and the loss of our hearts.

There is always a part that yearns to live.

So stay strong yet tender.

And stay open yet knowing that you are safe.

And remain as the witness,

The doer and the perceiver.

My heart recognizes the cadence and beat of your hearts.

My pain recognizes the sharpness of your pain.

My grief recognizes the heaviness of your burdens.

And my joy knows your joy.

My love is your love.

I celebrate all parts of you and all parts of us.

You will find your way through this time.

And you will be more powerful,

More inspired and more aligned with your truth than ever before.

So we hold on.

As we settle into more stillness here and silence.

Allow the truest part of yourself to be here detached from story or expectation.

Allow the truest part of yourself to find comfort in the unknowing and the unraveling.

Allow the truest part of yourself to be here now,

Soft and strong.

Let the next few minutes here of silence to settle in the physical body in the mind.

Allow the words to wash away and just allow your own expression of being to settle.

Deep breaths.

Continue to relax the brow and the jaw.

Every exhalation binding you to the earth,

Nurturing your stillness.

Slowly bringing the right hand to the left shoulder,

Left hand to the right shoulder,

Just letting the head to drop in here in a soft embrace.

Can slightly rock forward and back.

Just acknowledging that in times of seemingly hopelessness and darkness and shadow that our relationship of self to capital self is the most important,

The most nurturing,

The most pivotal for us to move through our grief with wisdom.

So many moments when we forget the beauty and the joy and the lightness of life and our grief begins to take over and our shadow begins to embrace us.

We breathe deeply and we step out of the past and step away from the future and just allow ourselves to be present with our softness,

Our vulnerability,

Our tenderness.

And just being to ourselves.

It's okay.

It's okay that it's not okay right now.

It's okay that this feels uncomfortable and edgy.

It's okay that there are tears and pain and grief.

What a wonderful gift to feel so deeply.

And I will feel joy again,

I will feel happiness.

And until I do I hold myself I embrace my connection to my sentence.

And I feel you bring hands together at heart center bowing head to hearts.

The warrior and war within me honors the spiritual warrior and war within each of you.

I know that it's not easy,

And I feel you deeply.

And I just invite you to always show up.

I invite us to show up for whatever it is that is being unveiled.

With love and grace.

Namaste.

Reviews

Wonderful reflection and guidance. Compassionate and deep. 🙏

Loved revisiting this❣️
Thank you kindly⚛️☯️
🙏🏽✨️🖤🪔💫

Thank you. I just found you, first meditation. Exactly what I needed. Was able to release some grief. You express and guide so beautifully. Namaste💫

Take this peaceful journey to discover yourself, find acceptance of your pain, challenge yourself to dance in your shadows to self discovery. Reveal the deep love that resides in you. Find acceptance of your grief by this gentle guidance with Echo. Her poetic words will gently bring you to discover your inner strength and the warrior that resides within you.

Much gratitude for this beautiful meditation and your inspiring nurturing words Echo.
🙏🏼Namaste
🤍 Jesse

Beautiful! Thank you! 🙏✨💜