The Rhythm Of Return: Meditation For Coming Home To Yourself

This meditation explores the natural rhythm of returning: to your breath, your body and yourself, with kindness, no matter how many times you have wandered away. It is for anyone who feels pulled in many directions, caught in busyness or worry, or simply longing for a moment of rest. Pamela Rathbun guides you through easy breathing, then invites you to notice which season of life you are in right now and to thank the seasons behind you. You look gently at the places where you drift from yourself, with loving awareness and compassionate curiosity. The practice closes by welcoming you home to your own heart. You may feel calmer, more accepting of where you are, and more at ease in your own rhythm. This content is educational and is not a substitute for one to one professional care. Please do not listen while driving.

Transcript

Welcome. In this meditation. We'll gently explore the natural rhythm of returning. Returning to your breath, Returning to your body. Returning to yourself with kindness. No matter how many times. You've wandered away. I invite you to settle in. To land in this place that you have chosen for yourself at this time. Get your body in a comfortable position, Sitting, Standing, Lying down. Move yourself around, Make sure it feels good to just relax. There's nothing to accomplish here, Nothing to fix, Just here to notice. With loving awareness. And compassionate curiosity. We meet ourselves. I invite you to just notice your breath. As it goes in and out of your body. Notice how it keeps breathing. As long as we have breath, We are alive in this human experience. Invite you to Take a deep breath through your nose. Releasing any energy that wants to move. Hmm. Again in through the nose. And release. One more time on your own. There we go. And land. Hmm. And as you notice, As your breath. Comes into your body. And releases. That's a rhythm, The rhythm of your breath. We have thoughts that drift through our mind and drift out of our mind. The rhythm of our minds. Life moves in seasons. And nature follows that. Migration. Dropping of leaves. Harvest. Life moves in seasons. And I invite you. To allow yourself just to notice. What season you're in, In life right now. Are you creating and building? You expand in. Are you resting? Are you recovering? Are you on autopilot? What season of your life are you in? Just allow that noticing. Allow any thoughts that come to your mind to just Just drift through and just notice. Hmm. . . Thank the seasons of your life, The many, Many seasons of your life. For the joy. For the wisdom. And for the hard things that you made it through. Hmm. . . Now I invite you to notice. Where you wander away from yourself. Where you're not in line peacefully with your heart. Is it with busyness? Is it worrying about everything and everyone? Maybe Dowdine? That you'll ever be happy. Maybe it's through judgment. Judging others, Judging ourselves. Just not accepting what is. And I remind you that with loving awareness. And compassionate curiosity. We meet ourselves. We can accept this information that's coming to us without judgment. There's a reason for everything. And in the present moment. With love and compassion. We can welcome that information in. And get answers to a lot of our why's. Why? Hmm. Just thank yourself for communicating with you. Thank yourself for always being there to return to. It's very easy to get pulled away from ourselves in this human experience. And there are times where we purposely. Stay away from ourselves. Because it doesn't feel like a good place to be. I would just invite you to remember. That we come into this world. And are wrapped up in other people's expectations, Other people's dreams for the future. Other people's ideas of how life should be done. And we're helpless to it when we're young. And as we get older, We can remember who we are. And we can drop any of those outside elements that we want. Our life is a practice of returning. To ourselves. When we feel like we're wandering. We can return to our breath. Just remembering that is the gift of life. We can return to our body. Many of us carry trauma in our bodies. And we can lovingly return. At a pace that feels safe. And we can return to the very moment we are in again and again. The present moment is where the truth lies. The present moment. Is where the past meets the opportunity. To shape the future. In the present moment, All possibilities reside. Whatever season of life you find yourself in right now. I encourage you to embrace it. You don't have to force anything. If this time is of rest for you, There is a purpose. If it's a time of renewal. There is a purpose for that. Trusting. That your body your mind, Your spirit, Your emotions. Have a rhythm. Who can lovingly sink them together. Listen. To the calling of the season you're in. And relax in that rhythm and know that you're home in that. You are home in your own self, In your own heart. And when you listen, You can be sure. That that is what you need. Every return is a beginning. Every breath is an invitation to settle. In land. In the safety of your own heart. Knowing that from that vantage point. You get to choose. The future you step into. Tuning into your natural rhythms. Is a calling home. A place where you are always welcome. In a place that you create for yourself. Hmm. Welcome home. Feel this place in you. Carry this memory with you. Now I invite you to begin to come back to the room. Start noticing the noises around you, The air around you. Start moving your body. That's right, That's right. And just know that everything you just experienced is yours, Always. And peace be with you. As you return. To your own rhythm.