Letting Go With Humor

Episode One from the Center the Absurd Meditation Podcast where we engage deeply and mindfully with the silliest and most absurd spaces within ourselves in order to find levity and relief from the pains and stresses of our human existence.

Today’s meditation practice focuses on unburdening, releasing, letting go.

Transcript

Welcome to the Center the Absurd meditation podcast,

Where we engage deeply and mindfully with the silliest and most absurd spaces within ourselves in order to find levity and relief from the pains and stresses of our human existence.

Today's meditation practice focuses on unburdening,

Releasing,

Letting go.

Start by finding a comfortable space where you can find quiet.

Find a sitting position that is comfortable.

Lie down on the floor or on a mat.

Notice the feeling of your body,

Your breath rising and falling,

The position of your arms and legs.

Feel the energy moving through your body from the top of your head and spreading out all the way to your fingertips and the base of your feet.

Now picture a clear,

Bright blue sky.

Notice the vastness,

The way the space stretches out in all directions.

See the white streaks of clouds that are slowly moving across the landscape.

You are standing in a grassy field.

Feel the soft,

Cool grass beneath your feet.

The ground and sky expand and fill the space.

Everything around you is cool,

Sweet grass and blue,

Calming sky.

The air is clean and pure.

Take a few deep breaths,

Breathing in the clean,

Pure air around you and exhaling the hot,

Stale breath from inside of you.

With each breath,

You feel cooler,

Cleaner and more relaxed.

You look up and notice you are holding in your right hand a small balloon on a string.

The balloon is bobbing in the breeze,

Dancing and swaying.

Notice the color of the balloon.

Notice the perfectly round shape.

Looking at the balloon makes you happy.

Using your left hand,

Take hold of the string in your right hand and follow it up until you find where the string meets the end of the balloon.

With your left hand,

Take hold of the balloon and pull it away.

You see that it easily pulls free from the string and is immediately replaced with another perfectly round balloon.

Pretty cool,

Right?

Now you are holding one loose balloon in your left hand and a stringed balloon in your right hand.

Notice how perfectly shaped they are.

Notice their colors.

These are really the most perfect balloons you have ever encountered.

You notice that even though the balloons are light and floaty,

When you let go,

They remain just where you left them.

You feel no worry about either balloon floating away.

You can open your hand,

You can let the string go,

And both balloons remain where they are,

Floating alongside you.

Trust the balloons will be with you for as long as you need them or until you are sick of them.

It's just you,

Open blue sky,

Soft green grass,

And two really cool balloons.

Now you become aware that you are wearing stretchy,

Oversized pants.

They are the most comfortable pants you have ever worn.

They are buttery soft and light.

While they hang loosely on you,

They remain secure at your waist.

There's no reason to fear they will drop down,

Exposing your underpants.

These pants cling perfectly around your middle and open into loosely flowing wide legs,

Only to gather again securely at your ankles.

These are the perfect pants for you.

They look amazing.

They feel amazing,

And you are amazing wearing them.

Take a breath in,

And as you exhale,

Say out loud to yourself,

These are my most amazing pants.

I am awesome when I wear these pants.

Now turn your attention to the first balloon resting in your open left hand.

With your right hand,

Pull out your waistband and stuff the balloon into your pants.

The balloon seems to magically move down your waist and hips,

Down your left pant leg,

And settles gently at your ankle.

That went very well.

Now reach up and take hold of the balloon you are holding in your right hand.

As before,

Pull it free from the string.

Open your waistband and stuff the balloon into your pants.

This time the balloon glides easily down your right pant leg and settles.

There is now a new balloon on the string.

Continue pulling the balloons off of the string and stuffing them into the front of your pants,

Feeling them settle into the stretchy expanse.

You can grab as many balloons as you want.

There's no fear of them running out.

Each time they appear,

They are perfectly shaped.

It can be whatever color you imagine.

Keep stuffing.

Balloon after balloon.

No need to count them.

No need to be worried about them popping.

These are the perfect balloons for stuffing your awesome pants.

One more balloon appears.

One more balloon is stuffed.

Your pants are now full of balloons.

You look incredible.

You were amazing and cool before you had balloon pants on,

But now,

Seriously,

You are unbelievably cool and more comfortable than you have ever felt in your life.

Take another deep breath.

As you breathe in,

The balloons in your pants expand.

You are feeling lighter and lighter.

With each breath,

The balloons are gently lifting you up.

You feel no fear.

You know you are safe.

You are surrounded by the blue sky and the soft green grass.

Up and up and up.

The balloons in your pants continue to lift you until you have reached the perfect height.

You can see everything from where you are.

You are at ease and the view around you is beautiful.

You trust that your balloon pants will hold you up as long as you need them to.

Stay in this floaty space for a moment.

When you start to feel tired or bored,

You can reach down,

Grab a balloon from your pants and let it go.

It floats slowly away.

You are not worried because it is 100% biodegradable and will not harm the environment.

Each time you release a balloon from your pants,

You feel your body moving slowly back down toward the soft,

Grassy ground beneath you.

Take a balloon.

Let it go.

You are feeling lighter and lighter.

With the last balloon released,

Your feet touch back down to the earth and you feel at home.

You take a breath in and scan the bright blue sky around you.

You breathe out and know you are safe.

It is just you,

The blue sky,

The green grass,

And the most comfortable pants you've ever worn.

You have never looked as handsome as you do in this moment.

You are relaxed and confident.

When you are ready,

Open your eyes and return to your meditation space.

You are safe here.

Remind yourself that you can wear comfortable pants whenever you want.

You can find open space within your mind and you can rest in green,

Open fields.

You can float freely.

You can lift yourself up,

Lighten your load,

And let go of whatever you are carrying.

You can return to this visualization anytime you want.

Now take one more deep breath.

Hold it for a count of three and then release it.

Say out loud to yourself,

I am safe.

I can set things down.

I can give myself space.

I can wear stretchy pants.

I am super cool.

Repeat these words one more time.

I am safe.

I can set things down.

I can give myself space.

I can wear stretchy pants.

I am super cool.

You are super cool.

Let that thought carry you through the next several hours.

You can repeat this meditation as many times as you want.

Remember to keep breathing because not breathing isn't great and you are really great.

Be well.

Reviews

This one went deep! And the music is gorgeous. I feel like I'll keep floating a bit more. Thank you so much

Relaxing calming & feeling lighter. Lovely easy start to my day… thankyou😊

I regret not hearing this sooner! Not taking myself or life too seriously is a key to my healing and this is a perfectly stretchy way to achieve that for me. Thank you!

Perfect combination of relaxing and hilarious. Made my body let go deeply by opening to laughter and helped me cultivate joy. Putting on stretchy pants now. 🌈

Made me laugh and feel great. Thanks!