Meditation For Loneliness, A Doorway To Connection

Go deep into feeling of loneliness to find connection. From our Meditation Oasis® podcast --15 mins of voice guidance with 5 minutes music continuing.

Transcript

This is Mary Maddox with MeditationOasis.

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This is a guided meditation for loneliness.

There can be many experiences that come with loneliness.

Usually there's a deep sadness,

And in that sadness you may find there's a longing for connection.

You could also feel anxious if you are not feeling connected with others.

The feeling of loneliness is amplified if we feel that there's something wrong with our current situation,

Or if we feel that we should not feel lonely.

Remember that loneliness is a reflection of your capacity for connection and a normal human experience.

In fact,

You could think of loneliness as the doorway to connection.

In this meditation,

I'll be encouraging you to go fully into whatever it is that you're experiencing.

It's an opportunity to relax into the feeling,

Embrace the feeling,

And then find your capacity for connection within it.

Now we'll begin the meditation.

Take some time to find a comfortable position and now close your eyes.

Bring your attention to your breathing.

Notice the in and out of your breath.

Notice the in and out of your breath.

Notice the in and out of your breath.

Notice the in and out of your breath.

Notice how your body moves and feels as it breathes.

Notice how your body moves and feels as it breathes.

As you meditate,

Thoughts will come and go.

That's fine.

Whenever you notice that your mind has wandered,

Just bring it back to the meditation.

Now easily notice what else you're experiencing along with the breath.

What kinds of emotions are you having?

What are you feeling in your body?

What are you noticing in the environment around you?

You don't need to name and label these things.

Simply be aware of what's going on.

You don't need to name and label these things.

Simply be aware of what's going on.

Now bring your attention to your body.

Now bring your attention to your body.

If you are aware of the feeling of loneliness at this moment,

See what it's like.

How do you feel it in your body?

Where do you feel it?

Notice where it's located.

Notice if it seems moving or still,

If it has a texture.

Simply be aware of all of the details of the experience of loneliness.

If you become aware of some resistance or some kind of fear,

You can feel the presence of some kind of fear.

You can feel the presence of some kind of fear.

You can feel the presence of some kind of fear.

If you become aware of some resistance to that feeling,

Let it go.

Allow yourself to sink completely in to that feeling.

Let it go.

Allow yourself to sink completely in to that feeling.

It may be that you're having thoughts about the loneliness.

Let go of the meaning of those thoughts and simply be aware of the feeling in your body.

As your awareness is on the experience of loneliness,

Chances are it will change in different ways.

It could become more intense.

It could ebb and flow.

The particular emotions you feel may change.

All feelings come and go.

All sensations in the body come and go,

Allowing it to go the way it goes,

Letting yourself sink into the feelings,

Sink into the feeling.

Letting yourself sink into the feelings,

Let yourself sink into the feelings.

Letting yourself sink into the feelings,

Sink into the sensations in your body.

If anxiety is present,

Let it be there.

See how that feels in your body.

If sadness or grief is present,

Let yourself experience it fully.

Let go of resistance to any experience.

You may notice some tension in your body,

Some tightening up around some emotion.

Let your body relax.

If tears come,

Let them come.

Even if you are alone at this moment,

You are not alone to yourself.

You are being present to yourself,

Giving yourself room to be and feel.

Letting yourself sink into the feelings,

Let yourself sink into the feelings,

Let yourself sink into the feelings,

Giving yourself room to be and feel.

This is the essence of connection.

This is your ability to be connected.

Simply continue in this way,

Letting go of thoughts and being present to whatever is being felt.

Letting go of your thoughts and being present to whatever is being felt.

Simply being present to yourself,

Finding and strengthening this connection with yourself may be enough,

But if you'd like,

You can take some time now to find connection with someone else.

Bring your attention to the area of your heart or somewhere in your body where you can feel connection.

Feel the aliveness there.

Imagine for a moment that you are going to connect with someone,

That you are going to reach out.

Could be to a person,

To a pet,

Even to something beautiful that you love.

Notice the place in your body that begins to make that connection.

As you imagine connecting,

You'll feel that somewhere in your body,

Maybe in your heart,

Or in your solar plexus somewhere.

And now let's take a moment to think about how you can connect with someone and how you can feel that connection.

And now let someone come into your awareness.

Whoever or whatever spontaneously comes into your awareness.

And let yourself connect with that person or thing that naturally is reaching out.

Perhaps it's just a feeling of yearning that goes out in their direction.

Or it could be a sharing of how you feel.

It could also be some feeling of affection.

Let yourself feel that being returned to you.

Let yourself feel that being returned to you.

And now I'll give you some time to spend with this.

You can imagine that connection happening in any way that comes naturally.

And now let's take a moment to think about how you can connect with someone and how you can feel that connection.

Good.

Now the music will continue for some time.

And you can continue in the meditation on your own.

If you'd like.

Whenever you're ready to end the meditation,

Take your time to come out slowly.

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Well done.

Thank you very much.

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Thank you for listening.

Come and join us again for another video.

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Reviews

Thank you for helping me with reframing loneliness

This was very soothing and comforting...thank you! 💚🙏

Another beautiful and healing meditation! I really enjoy your offerings and love the music too. Thank you so much, Mary 🙏🏻💚

Lovely voice, as always. I learned I don't feel lonely at the moment. Any truth is good information to discover in the moment.

Very much needed this. Particularly like the idea of loneliness as as gateway to connection. Connecting to self is valuable to me. Thank you !

"You're feeling of loneliness is a reflexion of your capacity of connectedness". Great and insightful! Got me emotional.

Thank you for this and including a fair amount of non listening time to complete the meditation.

Fantastic! Your voice soothes, you'r instructions gently guide, the music softly supports. Just what I needed to go inside and be with myself. Thank-you

This is a nice meditation for sitting with your emotions stemming from loneliness. Also a good check-in while many of us experience pandemic loneliness.

What a surprisingly good 'return on investment' 😘 this lovely meditation turns out to be!! At the start, you kindly brought to my attention that my body was very tense and painfully holding a lot of 'stuff'. Gently feeling into and then bringing awareness so one could consciously choose how to approach certain things - including letting go of painful emotions and choose connection was liberating. And then, my body suddenly just started letting go, as well!! All that tension just started melting away, little by little, as I was thinking of all the ways I was coming home, first to myself, and then - wholly and authentically, to connect with everyone else. Bless you, sweet Mary. 🙏 Deepest gratitude! 🕊💕

My soul thanks you. Gracias🙏

I appreciate this meditation on loneliness. Sadly, I’ve set up my life where I spend too much time alone. I relate to the sadness and longing for connection by embracing the feeling and locating it in my body. Thank you so much for helping me nurture myself this way.

Lovely thank you 🙏

Thank you Mary... Calmingl and soothing 💜x

Inspiring meditation. It is good to give space to the feeling of loneliness, to feel where and how it expresses itself physically.

I think I still need to meditate to this again, but it was a great way to remind myself that I can connect with people.

Thank you so much. This helped me in quite a dark time. ❤️

Kind & compassionate, very healing
Thank you ❤

Great. Thank you Joe xxx

Allowing yourself to feel the feeling... this is the basis of connection...