Welcome,
Dear friend.
Welcome to this meditation on safety.
You see,
In order to move through the world gracefully and easily,
We need to feel safe.
We need to feel safe inside ourselves,
And we need to be able to feel safe as we relate to others.
And many of us did not grow up feeling safe,
Or maybe we still don't feel safe moving through the world.
So this is a meditation on finding,
Creating,
And cultivating safety.
Safety inside yourself,
The kind of safety that allows you to relax,
The kind of safety that enables you to relate,
To relate directly and clearly,
Because,
Because my friend,
You are connected to yourself at a deep level,
Connected to that place of sanctuary,
To that direct experience of embodiment where you are occupying that sense of safety.
Because when you do,
You are not looking for it on the outside.
You're not looking for people to approve of you or provide you some sense of safety.
Now,
Of course,
If you are in a situation that is physically dangerous,
Then you need to seek shelter.
You need to find safety,
And I'm talking about internal safety,
So that you are not clamoring for attention.
You are unwilling to sell out for apparent safety and security.
You know what it means to feel safe inside yourself,
And this takes practice,
Intentionality,
And a sweet remembrance of turning toward yourself in any given moment and feeling,
Where do I feel safe inside myself right now,
And where do I feel afraid,
Because fear is natural.
You don't need to get rid of it.
You can include it,
Give it a place to rest in this larger container of safety that you find inside yourself,
And this,
My dear friend,
Can be so freeing.
It can be the end of trying,
Trying too hard,
Of pushing and pulling,
Strategizing and cajoling.
You can set that down and tend to yourself so that all of those parts that didn't get held or loved the way they needed to,
Even though those who raised you did their best,
Even those who have had incredible families,
May still feel unsafe,
And so let us turn our attention to cultivating safety within,
Safety within,
My friend.
If your eyes are not already closed,
I invite you to close them.
It's safe to close your eyes,
To find yourself seated or laying down,
Making any adjustments that you need to make so that you can be comfortable,
Comfortable and at ease,
Yes,
Turning toward yourself,
Discovering what it is to find safety and a sense of relaxation inside yourself.
And this can happen very gently,
One breath at a time.
Every breath creates space,
Space for you to relax and let go.
And I invite you to bring your attention deep inside and to feel what it feels like,
To bring your attention deep inside and to really be present with yourself,
Present in your body.
You don't need to do anything special,
Simply offering yourself.
The gift of your attention,
The gift of your attention is so precious.
It is as if you're shining a warm light of your loving attention inside,
Letting all those places,
All those parts know that love is here,
Love is here.
And you may notice that the body begins to relax a little bit more and a little bit more.
And even if a thought arises,
A fearful thought,
Well,
What about and what if and I don't know,
Or is it OK?
You can wrap your loving attention around those fearful places.
Yes,
Wrap the warm light of your loving attention around those places ever so gently.
Because right now,
My friend,
You are rewiring your nervous system.
You are creating new neural pathways to safety,
An internal sense of safety that cannot be taken from you.
And it is from this internal sense of safety that you can speak,
You can communicate,
Can set boundaries and make requests skillfully with a measure of grace.
And even if fear begins to bubble up,
You can breathe and you can return to this deep sense of internal safety.
Because every time you do,
You are filling up your bank account with deep inner safety.
It is growing and growing.
Each time you return,
Each time you shine a loving light of your attention and you say to yourself,
It's OK.
Everything is OK.
It's OK.
I am here with you.
It's OK.
You are safe,
My dear.
Just feeling how those words resonate,
Finding the right phrase for you,
For those parts of you that may feel afraid.
Trust yourself.
Trust yourself.
Your loving attention is trustworthy.
It is trustworthy.
So simply resting one or both hands by your heart and sending this message to every cell and fiber of your body and being,
This message of safety,
Deep internal safety.
And let's sit quietly for the last few minutes.
I am here with you.
I am holding the space.
So let go.
Let go and fill your coffers with the warm light of your loving attention.
Very gently taking a nice,
Full breath.
A nice,
Full breath.
Letting go and relaxing even more to this sense of inner safety.
Trusting that a process has been set in motion.
And the more you tend to yourself,
To the embodiment of inner safety,
The more it will grow and this sense of safety will inform your interactions with the people in your world.
And of course,
With yourself.
Sending you love and blessings for your journey.
Your journey home to deep inner safety.
Thank you for practicing with me.
Thank you so much.
And I will see you next time.
Bye-bye.
