This meditation is for quick recovery from autistic burnout.
It's really important for this meditation especially that you find yourself a comfortable position to be in.
So while other meditations we might encourage a more upright position for alertness,
For this meditation in particular I want to encourage encourage you to use.
As many cushions or pillows as your body would like.
You could also use compression wear or heavy weighted blankets.
So pause the meditation if you need to and see how comfortable you can really get yourself in your favorite chair or just on your meditation cushion set up just right for today.
Laying down.
Okay,
Now once you're in your position,
I want you to take a deep breath in and exhale through the mouth loudly.
One more of those,
Inhale.
And exhale through the mouth loudly.
And we'll begin by trying to find the most comfortable points of the body here.
So there might be something soft touching you somewhere or a place that feels like the right temperature.
Maybe you like the tightness of a piece of clothing you're wearing.
So whatever it is,
I want you to orient your awareness to that in this moment and we'll spend a few moments here.
Just being with the experience of something pleasant.
Noticing the feeling,
How it registers in the body.
You might notice if it gives you a certain emotional quality.
Creates maybe a certain brightness or calmness.
You might even let your mind play with that sensation and see if it wants to bring up any other associations of things that you really feel delight in,
Anything you really take comfort in,
Whether that's a beautiful sunset or the sound of water or light reflecting on a still pond.
An animal,
A friend.
Don't worry if it's difficult to create a sense of warmth or ease in this moment.
Just do what is available to you as much as you can here without trying to force it.
We will turn our attention now to the places of discomfort,
Knowing that the places of comfort,
Even the imaginary ones,
Are places that you can return to.
You can return to a sense of color,
A sense of warmth or coolness,
A physical sense in your body of something soft or comfortable.
So now find something that's holding tension in your body.
I know for me it's often at the base of my skull.
Can also be in my diaphragm where I may not be breathing fully.
Could even be clenching in your feet or your legs.
Wherever you find that tension.
See if you can go to it with care and compassion.
We're not trying to make it go away.
You can be here with it,
Just bringing a gentle awareness alongside of this sensation.
Slowing yourself down enough to just vibrate at the same frequency of this pain.
If it feels supportive to you,
You're welcome to place your hand on your heart.
Or on your forehead.
Or across your arms like you're hugging yourself,
Anywhere that can feel like an extra support for you to meet this pain,
Tension,
Discomfort.
If it's bringing up mental fatigue,
Intensity,
Physical sensations.
You're always welcome to try and stay with these sensations as much as possible,
Bringing gentleness around the edges.
And if at any point you become overwhelmed or you feel like you're getting flooded by the sensation,
Please remember you can return to your place of comfort or simply open your eyes,
Shift your posture.
Seeing if it's possible to deepen your breath just a fraction.
Not a lot,
Not trying to make radical changes here.
Just trying to meet the edges of this experience.
Take a little bit of the edge off.
We'll just spend another few moments here.
If you want to linger,
You're welcome to spend as long as you want to here,
Meeting your pain with gentleness.
Coming back to comfort.
I invite you to deepen your breath one more time.
Big inhale.
Audible sigh through the mouth.
Really slowly bring yourself back from this meditation.
And see if you can bring with you the movement of this place of stillness and compassion.
Thank you.
