Safe Space (7 Min)

Sad, lonely, in pain, or worried? This practice helps us evoke positive feelings by imagining ourselves in a safe space. Part of a series of practices to help you journey deeper into the psyche, and the three worlds (lower, middle, and upper world).

Increase your power and feel more alive by attuning to the deeper mysteries and the soul.

Transcript

Hello,

Paschal Indy here.

Here's a short compassion practice designed to help us evoke positive emotions.

For the next few minutes,

We'll be imagining ourselves in a safe space.

So first of all,

Finding a comfortable sitting,

Standing or lying position.

And taking a few nice long deep breaths.

Exhaling fully on the out-breath.

And then allowing the breath to settle into its own natural rhythm.

And now bringing to mind a place we feel safe.

This could be a place that we've actually been to,

Like a beach or a forest or even our cozy bed.

Or this could be a place that we're imagining,

Somewhere we'd like to go to.

So making a choice about where our safe space will be for this practice.

What do we see in this place?

Are we in nature?

At home?

What can we hear?

The ocean?

Or birds perhaps?

How does it feel in our bodies?

Can we feel the warmth of the sunshine perhaps?

Can we smell anything pleasant?

Taste anything pleasant?

Soaking in all of these qualities.

Soaking in all of these qualities.

Contentment,

Ease,

Warmth and any other qualities we feel we need.

And resting there.

Relaxing even more deeply with each out-breath.

And really soaking up this atmosphere of this safe space we've created.

And to help us evoke positive emotions even more deeply,

We might like to use the following phrases and we can repeat them silently to ourselves.

May I be well.

May I be happy.

May I be safe.

May I be well.

May I be happy.

May I be safe.

And if your mind wanders off at any point,

That's fine.

Simply noticing and bringing your attention back to the visualization.

And inviting you to continue for a couple more minutes in silence now.

Imagining your safe space.

Soaking in those feelings and repeating those phrases if you like.

And if you like,

You can continue.

Perhaps pausing at times during your day and remembering this safe space.

Thanks for taking time to reconnect.