Hello,
My name is Nat,
And I am here to guide you on the effort in surrendering.
I believe that to surrender means I must trust,
And if I am trusting,
Then I am letting go of control.
None of these things come easily to me.
Control,
Control comes very easily to me,
But the idea of letting go of control,
The idea of trusting that something bigger is unfolding for me,
Guiding me to where I need to be,
And to get there I must surrender,
Well,
It is my daily work to bring myself to that place,
That place of surrender,
That place of trusting,
And that place of letting go of control.
And while I may not do it unconsciously yet,
When I can stop and I can pause as you are with me now,
And consciously let go of control,
Consciously trust,
Consciously surrender to something bigger than myself,
Well,
I know that that feels right,
And that feels very good in my body.
To trust that everything is unfolding as I need it,
It means that I don't have to struggle or force any aspect of my life.
What would that feel like for you?
To release the need to struggle,
Force,
Or control any aspect of your life,
To simply let go,
Surrender,
And trust whatever is to unfold is meant to.
What would it feel like for you to liberate yourself from fear and doubt,
From not trusting in your ability to do something and shifting instead,
Shifting to believing in your ability to do something,
Believing in a higher faith,
Transcending any limits that the mind has created for you?
What would that feel like to let go,
To surrender,
And to trust?
I've done a really good job at placing my focus and energy on my desires,
My ambitions,
My goals,
The seeds that I want to plant,
But it is rare that I let go of all of those ambitions,
All of those goals,
All of those plans,
All of those seeds,
Sit back and trust,
That a process needs to unfold in order for all of those desires to come to be.
It is in letting go,
It is in surrendering,
That we begin the process of nurturing the soil that'll help that seed grow.
So that is my hope today,
That together we shift our focus away from the seed that we have so much of our energy,
Our time,
Our focus placed on,
And instead we shift away,
We untether ourselves from it,
And we begin the process of nurturing,
Of watering,
Of waiting,
Of doing whatever it is we need to,
To the foundation,
To the soil,
To the trusting in the process so that all of our dreams may come true.
Find a comfortable seated position that'll help you begin this journey with me,
A journey of mindfulness,
A journey of consciously choosing.
And in your seated position,
Uncross your legs,
Place your feet firmly on the earth,
Change your seat on the cushion,
Or wood,
Or plastic beneath you,
Place your hands on your thighs,
And grow tall through the spine,
Soften the shoulders down away from the ears,
And allow yourself to exist in this moment,
Allow the thoughts,
Allow the natural rhythm of your breath,
Allow any tension that might exist in your body to just be there,
And then draw your awareness to the tips of your toes,
And use your next breath in,
Go ahead,
Breathe in to draw energy from your toes all the way through your body,
Up,
Right at the crown of your head,
And then open the mouth and slowly sigh that breath out,
Let it go,
Breathe in again,
Grow tall,
Expand,
Open,
And then just the breath out,
Let it go,
Breathe in,
And let it go,
Trust is the breath that you feel in your body right now,
You did not have to think too hard about it,
You trusted that the next breath would come,
Trust is like this next moment,
These words I'm saying unfolding for you,
You did not wonder if it would happen,
You did not try to control this moment unfolding,
You just trusted,
After this moment there would be a next moment,
Trust,
Trust is like the cells in your body,
Dying and being reborn once more,
You did not tell the process to happen,
You did not wonder whether or not it would,
You simply trusted,
Take one hand,
Put it on your heart,
And feel for your heartbeat,
Listen for it,
Feel for it,
Sense it,
This whole time we've been together,
You did not wonder if your heart would beat,
You unconsciously trusted that it would,
Yes,
We can be curious about the breath,
Yes,
We can be curious about the next moment,
Yes,
We can be curious about our DNA and our cellular makeup or our heartbeat,
But at the root of it all,
We are trusting,
You see,
Trusting is already deeply embedded into your core,
It is a part of who you are,
It is already in your DNA makeup,
Nothing needs to be created,
You are already a trusting soul,
What would it feel like right now just to place your trust in that,
Trust,
It only ripples,
It only ripens,
It only unfolds and happens when you allow it,
When you get out of your way and fear,
Fear is resistance to trust,
So we are either fearing or we are trusting,
They cannot coexist,
So in the face of doubt,
In the face of insecurity,
In the face of fear,
Will you let these sensations be your guiding light,
Your indication that it is time to pause and to remember that we have shifted out of faith,
Out of surrender,
Out of trust and we can shift back,
We have the choice in every moment that we experience,
We can either fear it or we can trust it,
Where does fear exist in your life right now,
Where do you feel stuck or maybe a little afraid of moving forward,
Could you stay with yourself in that moment,
Could you breathe into it the same gentle,
Slow,
Long breath that we started with and then ask yourself,
What if it all works out,
What if I hold myself right now,
I surrender my need to control any aspect of this situation,
I let go of any need of it to turn out a certain way and I trust,
I trust that it will work out exactly as it needs,
I am safe to let go,
Find your breath in your body again,
How does it feel now,
How does the breath feel in your body now,
Any residual tension,
Any tightness or resistance,
Breathe into it,
Notice it,
Hold space for it,
Nurturing the soil in which our seeds are planted,
Choosing to feel,
To lean into and to allow trust to be a big part of our experience with uncovering whatever is possible for us,
Letting go of hoping and wishing and desiring and instead focusing on raising our vibrations of surrendering,
Of trusting and welcoming whatever is worthy of us and our magnificent expression,
The most perfect,
Well curated,
Well thought out seed,
It cannot grow in unfertile soil,
But till that soil,
Water that soil,
Weed that soil by surrendering,
By trusting,
By believing,
While you are now caring for the foundation that will help that seed blossom and grow into whatever it needs to be,
I don't believe that everything is happening for a reason,
I believe that everything is happening to guide us to our truest self,
But we cannot choose our truest self,
We cannot control our truest,
Truest self,
We must allow our truest self to be exposed to the world as it needs to,
Linger here in this place of surrendering,
In this space of trust that you have created,
As long as you need and definitely longer than you intended,
It is from here that I close our practice together,
It is from here that I acknowledge you and your effort today,
Thank you for sharing it with me.
