Welcome.
My name is Epiphany Mason and I'm a meditation therapist.
Today we're going to meditate on self-belief.
You're welcome to start by closing down your eyes or just bringing your gaze to one focal point in front of you.
We'll take three big deep beautiful belly breaths.
Inhale through the nose,
Breath goes deep into the belly.
Exhale,
Can you just imagine your eyes closing once more and then soften your jaw.
Inhale.
Exhale,
Soften the shoulders,
The chest and the tummy.
Really let all of that soften.
One more inhale.
Exhale,
Let all the tension you've melted empty out of the body,
Down through the legs,
Out through the toes,
Allowing your whole body to be effortless.
Please let me offer you some validation.
First and foremost,
This is a really hard thing to be doing,
To be experiencing right now.
So all of your feelings have a place here.
None of them are unreasonable.
In fact,
I think all of your feelings and thoughts and emotions are reasonable.
What would it be like just as an experiment right now,
Just for these few moments we have together,
To believe yourself?
What would it be like as an experiment to believe yourself?
Not believe in yourself,
Although I do like that,
But to believe yourself.
To believe that there is a part of you that is truly scared.
To believe that there is a part of you that actually has a right to be afraid,
To doubt,
To not want to get hurt again.
What would it be like to believe that this part is actually reasonable?
That because of the things you have experienced in your life,
This part is reasonable and fair to be concerned for you?
What would it be like as an experiment to trust that your feelings are reasonable?
They're not blown out of proportion.
You're not being too much,
None of that.
What would it be like as an experiment to trust yourself?
What would it be like as an experiment to trust yourself?
What would it be like to trust yourself?
To trust yourself.
How would you wake differently if you were able to trust that however you were feeling was valid?
How would you walk differently if you really knew,
Knew that whatever you were going through was reasonable and fair?
What if you were also able to validate the feeling of frustration at your own emotions?
What would that look like?
Because that's valid too.
That's true too.
It's reasonable to be frustrated with how we feel when it's difficult feelings.
That's reasonable too.
How would you move through life differently if you trusted yourself,
Trusted your instinct,
Trusted all the parts of you?
Let's play.
Let's experiment.
Try repeating some of these phrases to yourself,
Just in your own mind,
And see how they land for you.
See how they feel in your body.
It's okay for me to feel the way I feel.
It's okay to be having a hard time.
This is hard.
It's okay that nothing's okay right now.
It's okay I'm not okay right now.
It's okay that I don't have all the answers right now.
And if none of that was really okay for you,
Then try this.
It's okay I'm not okay with this.
Because if that's where you're at right now,
Then that's okay too.
What if however you felt was reasonable and valid?
What if I told you I believe you?
What if you were able to believe this yourself?
I think all your feelings and thoughts right now are reasonable.
I believe that what you are going through is hard.
I wonder if you could say this to yourself.
This is hard.
I'm not making anything up.
Trusting yourself is about believing that you have a right to be here.
To take up space.
To experience this life.
Because darling,
You do.
You have a right to all of it.
You have a right to all of it.
Let's take one more deep breath together.
Inhale.
Exhale,
Release.
Beautiful.
And when you are ready,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly cracking open the eyes.
Coming back to this space together.
My name is Epiphany Mason.
I'm a meditation therapist.
It's been my privilege to support you today.
And I look forward to supporting you again.
