If You're Feeling Sad

Use this guided meditation if you're feeling down. Laurasia will remind you your feelings are valid, and that joy is not as far away as you might think. You will learn to meet sadness with kindness, and rest in the possibility for happiness.

Transcript

Gently closing the eyes,

Settling into stillness.

And on your own taking a few deep,

Settling breaths.

Starting to notice where in your life you feel a bit down or melancholy.

What does this melancholy feel like in the body?

With each breath beginning to meet this feeling with kindness,

With compassion.

It's okay to feel sad.

It's okay to feel down.

It's okay to feel melancholy.

Oftentimes when we feel this way,

It might seem like joy and happiness are out of reach.

It might seem like joy and happiness are far away.

But something to remember is joy comes in waves.

It will find you again.

And happiness,

It's like the sun burning on the other side of the clouds.

On a cloudy day.

Maybe we can't feel the sun in this moment,

But just knowing it's there burning on the other side gives us hope.

So if you're feeling sad and melancholy today,

Meet it with kindness and let the possibility of happiness and joy,

Let the knowing that joy will find you,

Let the knowing that happiness is on the other side of those clouds,

Help get you through the day.

Gently coming back to the body.

Wiggling the fingers and the toes.

Coming out of practice and opening the eyes when you're ready.

Reviews

This was very much needed. I am grateful for this meditation. Thank you so much for sharing this. Namaste.
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Thanks for holding the space

Thank you so much for the reminder that happiness is like the sun behind the clouds when I am sad. It’ll come back when the sadness is over.

Thank you so much for this support that I needed today

Thank you, I needed this. 😊

This helped me sit with a very dificult, overwhelming sense of sadness. Thank you for your guidance 🩷

Great use of metaphor . It helped me visualize my emotions: the clouds or fog as my sadness/ grief and the sun waiting in tje other side! I will keep coming back to that image!

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Thank you, I like the imagery of the sun (happiness) being there on the other side of the clouds. We will see it again. Quick pick-me-up on a sad morning.

Felt like a baby being held for a second, thank you.

Wonderful and exactly what I needed, thank you xx

Lovely gentle reminder that sadness is not permanent ❤️

This was just what I needed on a sad morning. Thanks you.

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Just right. Thank you.

Thanks 🙏 so much for the helpful words and meditation!

Just what I needed

Amazing thank you so much
I loved it so much I book marked it

Great to be reminded to be kind to myself

Thank you ❤️ this helped me to sit with my sadness today and not run away.