This is a meditation when things are feeling a little off.
When you're ready,
Get into a comfortable seated position and gently close your eyes,
Taking an inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth.
Again inhale through the nose and exhale.
As you come to this moment,
Know that it's okay to feel everything that you are feeling right now.
Gently allow yourself to be here with everything that you are feeling.
Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth.
Again inhale through the nose,
Filling up the belly and the chest.
And then release through the mouth.
Start to bring a gentle awareness to your body.
What do you feel?
Where do you feel it?
Inhale taking that inhale to that area and then exhale letting it go.
And inhale bringing the breath to the area of tightness and then allowing it to release.
One more time inhaling.
We start to bring awareness to the areas of our body that are tight,
Holding,
Clinging.
May we show gentle loving kindness to ourselves.
Maybe we can put a hand on our heart or on the area that is holding the tightness,
The pain,
The clinging.
And again we breathe in.
Bringing loving kindness to that area and then releasing the tightness,
The clinging.
Knowing that it's okay that in this moment we are safe,
We are supported.
Our breath can bring so much to us if we remember to breathe.
Inhale the love.
Exhale the stress.
Inhale the light.
Exhale the pain.
Inhale the hope.
Exhale the worry.
Gently allow your attention to come back to your breath,
Coming in and out of your nose.
Ease into your heart.
Gently let it open.
It is safe.
Ease into your body.
You are supported.
Inhale ease.
Exhale effort.
Inhale love.
And then let go.
In these next few minutes,
Allow your thoughts to come and go.
And just be with yourself knowing that you are safe and supported and loved.
I'll bring you out with a bell.
I'll bring you out with a bell.
I'll bring you out with a bell.
I'll bring you out with a bell.
I'll bring you out with a bell.
I'll bring you out with a bell.
Now with your eyes still closed,
Placing your hand on your heart,
Maybe you can thank yourself for taking this time to be compassionate towards yourself and loving.
And when you're ready,
You can open your eyes.
