Hi,
My name is Hiro and this is a practice on letting go.
In this practice you are invited to see what it is like to explore openness,
To grief and sorrow and sadness and to find resources inside yourself that you can use and to appreciate and celebrate kindness for yourself and others.
You are invited to find a position that is comfortable and that also supports your body.
Please know that if you want to adjust this position or take a break during the practice,
You're welcome to do so.
You are invited to listen to these words,
Let them resonate inside of you,
Taking the time to do so and if they're helpful,
To feel what it is like to let them enter in your experience.
Take a moment now to let your eyes wander,
Allowing yourself to orient to where you are.
Now maybe close your eyes if that feels available or feel free to let them rest in soft gaze.
Bring your attention to the breath,
Letting the breath happen without forcing it or modifying it and instead noticing where in the body you feel it the most.
Do you feel it in your abdomen?
In your nostrils?
Do you experience it in your chest?
From here,
As tender as you might feel,
Let yourself connect with a sense of loss and sorrow and grief you might have experienced or are experiencing.
You might have felt loss in different ways,
Maybe loss of a structure in your life or of a connection,
Loss of your health or maybe even loss of a dear one.
You will be offered some words to touch upon grief.
Allow yourself to notice what arises for you,
Noticing in your body what sensations come up and seeing if the words offered allow for some shift.
See what it is like to whisper to yourself,
May I be open to grief.
Notice what comes up,
You might feel aversion to what is happening or grasping to what seems lost.
Feel what it is like to explore the possibility to remain open to noticing instead.
May I be open to grief.
May I be with my sadness,
Feeling that I am not my sadness.
Notice what comes up without resistance or judgement.
Notice that if in the body you are more aware of tension or release or maybe sensations of temperature,
Warmth or coolness,
Maybe a sense of throbbing or pulsing,
What else do you experience?
May I be with my sadness,
Feeling that I am not my sadness.
Gently touch into it and see what it is like to become familiar with it.
See what happens in these words and what comes up.
May I find inside of me the resources to be with my sorrow.
May I find inside of me the resources to be with my sorrow.
Explore inside of you all the resources and resiliency that are available to you.
Observe,
Notice slowing down and when you slow down,
What do you feel are the things you sense were left undone or that you could have done differently?
Do you have regrets or resentment?
How do they show up in your body?
See what it is like to say,
May I be kind with myself for the things I have done or left undone.
How does it feel in the body to invite kindness for yourself and for how you dealt with things?
Feeling you did the best that you could.
May I be kind with myself for the things I have done or left undone.
May I remain open for myself and for others in the experience of grief.
May I remain open for myself and for others in the experience of grief.
May I connect with the kindness of others in the experience of grief.
And as we come slowly to completion,
What is it like to say,
May we all embrace,
Learn from and transform this experience of sorrow?
How does it feel to acknowledge a common sense of humanity in experiencing grief?
Give yourself some time to create space for these words,
Noticing thoughts if they emerge and not grasping onto them.
Letting yourself feel what you are feeling,
Knowing that grief is human.
As the practice comes to its completion,
Let your eyes blink open if they were closed,
Finding again the room you are in.
Let your eyes wander and give yourself the time to find breath again.
If you would like,
Find some ways to stretch your body.
Wishing you well gently moving through your sorrow and grief and allowing the possibility for something new.
Thank you for taking part to this practice on letting go.
