Welcome to this session of sitting in discomfort.
It's going to involve a little bit of physical movement,
A little bit of meditative activity,
And a bit of intensive conscious thinking.
So if you are not able to dedicate time to your presence,
To your body and mind right now,
Please save this recording for later.
And if during these activities you find that some of the movements,
Which are going to be quite simple,
But still if you find that they are outside of your range of possibilities,
Which is totally okay,
Please adapt and find other types of movements for yourself.
We are beginning now.
You can close your eyes or leave them open and try to think about some warrior trouble that you are having now in your life.
Try to filter out all the small and unnecessary thoughts.
Let them just stay outside for a while and concentrate your mind only on the most important thoughts.
Those can be positive or negative,
Big joys or big sadnesses or worries or troubles in your life.
Think about your plans for the day,
For the week,
For the year.
Is there anything that causes you to stress,
To be insecure,
Maybe annoyed and irritated?
There is surely a challenge in your life,
Maybe it is an internal challenge,
Maybe it comes from the outside world,
But so it happens in our lives that there are always some challenges.
So please pick one for yourself right now and formulate it.
Good.
If you haven't formulated it well,
Don't worry,
Now we are going to get into a meditative state and help ourselves to formulate our trouble.
Please be aware that this session is dedicated to intentionally being present with what is causing you discomfort.
This is a very helpful and healthy exercise for your mind,
But it is not useful at any given time.
If you feel that you are ready to be present and sit with this discomfort that you have just identified,
Then please proceed.
And if you are not ready right now,
Then just be satisfied that you have formulated the discomfort for yourself.
You can write it down and just thank yourself for paying attention to this discomfort and return to this practice later when you find time and strength to be present with this feeling.
And now close your eyes and breathe.
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
In a natural way,
Slowly deepening your breath.
And as you deepen your breath,
Slowly repeat or come up with the precise formulation for your discomfort.
For example,
Preferably start with I.
For example,
I am not being given this thing that I want.
Whatever is happening to you or inside you,
Just start with I.
And then try to identify what you feel about it.
For example,
I am anxious,
Or I am irritated,
Or I am restless because I am not being given this thing that I want.
Yes.
Now if you have succeeded in formulating this,
This is already good.
And now please move into a less comfortable,
But still healthy position for yourself.
For example,
Find yourself in a stretching exercise that is familiar to you.
If you are sitting on a floor or on a couch,
You can stretch your legs widely until you feel discomfort of this muscular stretching.
You can help yourself with your hands,
Hold on to something,
But be sure that you have just a little mild bit of discomfort.
Please be advised to not proceed if this is becoming painful or if you know that you have any medical prescriptions or warnings against it.
Just a bit of stretching to the extent that it is already uncomfortable for you,
But not yet painful or harmful.
Please judge for yourself.
And now repeat this.
I am angry or anxious because I am not given that what I want,
Repeat your own wording,
Feel discomfort.
I feel in a hurry because I want to achieve things faster and I don't see the possibility,
And it's making me anxious.
I am anxious because of this.
I feel anxious.
Now use this formulating,
This wording,
I feel,
I feel anxious or I feel angry,
And try to imagine your feeling being located in this stretching place in your body,
But now,
And this is important,
Do not force yourself to be more successful in this stretching exercise,
Just be present with what is,
As well as you can stretch,
Just be in this position and know that for now this is how it is supposed to be.
You do not need to go further.
And there is a bit of discomfort,
But you are present with it.
And now start taking deep breaths in and out,
Without hurry,
Deep,
Long,
Conscious breaths,
Concentrating more on breathing out and you can even make sounds with it,
Like that,
Feel the resonance of the sound in your body and try to direct it to the place in your body that is being stretched,
That feels uncomfortable,
Like that.
Locate your discomfort in this stretching place.
And with each breathing cycle and sound send compassion and love and softness to that what is being stretched and giving you discomfort,
And represents an uncomfortable state and feeling in your life.
Now you can gently lean a little bit further into the stretching position,
Just be gentle and careful and give it one more big breath in and a sounding out.
Like that.
Alright,
You can go again and again and now smile,
Smile to yourself and softly start releasing.
First release any support that you might have had to do the stretching,
And slowly help yourself very gently to come back to a normal seated position.
Alright,
This is good,
This is very good,
You've done exactly what needed to be done.
Now you should feel an aftertaste of this stretching,
Healthy for your muscles that are actually being relaxed now.
You have set in the present of your both physical and immaterial discomfort.
And now observe how your physical body is responding after this discomfort and has received some benefit,
And now for the whole day your muscles will be a little bit more relaxed and beneficial processes will go on in your muscles.
And just like that without you paying any specific attention your side of life,
This aspect that is giving you discomfort,
Will also be beneficially healed through this day.
Smile in recognition of this,
Thank yourself and I am thanking you for participating in this session and wish you the best outcomes and learnings from all your life experiences.
Now this practice is complete.
