Fear Versus Intuition

This guided meditation provides a way to connect with your body to see if what you're feeling is fear, intuition — or a combination of the two. Fear and intuition have many similarities and in this 23-minute meditation, we'll explore the differences in how each feels in your body. The meditation includes an optional pause for journaling and inquiry and ends with a full body scan to bring you into a state of ease and rest. If you'd like to skip the introduction, start at 1:10.

Transcript

Today we'll be doing a meditation on digging a little deeper into that distinction between our intuition and fear.

So,

Especially if you have been doing this work of listening to your body and listening to your intention,

Your intuition,

You might notice that sometimes our fear can crop up.

And one of the things that makes fear so powerful is that it feels very similar to our intuition.

It's a deep feeling.

It's not tied to anything logical,

Much like our intuition.

So today I'll be guiding you through a short meditation to start asking yourself some questions to determine if what you're feeling is intuition,

Fear,

Or as is very commonly the case,

A combination of the two.

So going ahead and coming to a comfortable seated posture.

If you want to lie down,

You are welcome to lie down,

But if you have the ability to sit for about 20 minutes,

I recommend that you do that.

You can either sit in a chair or sit with your legs crossed.

Again,

Whatever is going to be most comfortable for you.

Once you're in your comfortable seated posture,

Taking a couple of moments to check in with your body,

Check in with yourself.

Start to feel any tension that you might be storing in your body.

And starting to use your exhale to allow that to release right on into the earth.

So there's no need to hold on to any of the stress or tension your body might be feeling.

And again,

With each exhale,

Letting yourself release more,

Relax more.

And if you're noticing some tension in the body that's not going away or not lessening with the exhale,

Take a couple moments to readjust how you're sitting or lying on the ground,

Making sure that you're as comfortable as possible.

And then bringing the full awareness to your inhale and exhale,

Feeling your breath moving throughout your body.

And at this point,

Not doing anything to control your breathing,

Just feeling that natural inhale and exhale.

And keeping your focus on the breath,

We're going to count down from 10 to zero using our breath.

So inhale 10 and exhale 10.

Moving on at your own pace,

Inhale nine,

Exhale nine,

And so on.

And don't worry if you lose your count.

Just start again at 10,

Working your way back down to zero.

And allowing your focus to drop away from the counting wherever you were.

And then bringing your awareness into your mind,

Into your third eye area.

And the third eye is that space right in between the eyebrows and on top of the bridge of the nose.

So checking in with your intuition,

With your mind,

And noticing how it is that you're feeling today.

Just like we did with the body,

You can use your exhale to release any emotions or feelings that aren't serving you,

Any thoughts or to do's.

Make the commitment to yourself that for this meditation,

You will stay fully focused in the moment,

Allowing any of those to do's or other things on your list to be there when you're done.

Again,

Keeping your focus on the mind and using the breath to release those stubborn thoughts and emotions.

Good.

Good.

And now,

Going ahead and bringing to mind that thing,

That situation that you want to work on or work towards.

Maybe this is a goal in your business or personal life.

Maybe it's the answer to a question that you've been agonizing over.

Whatever this is,

Bringing it into your mind.

Allowing yourself to visualize the circumstance or situation.

And then stating what it is that you want to do in your mind.

Allowing yourself some time to really get that down to about one sentence,

Two sentences.

And once you have it,

Going ahead and repeating it to yourself another time,

Start to notice where do you feel your body react to what you're saying?

How does your body react to your goal to what you want to accomplish?

And if at first you can't feel it in your body,

That's so normal.

Allow yourself to repeat it nice and slow,

As many times as you need,

Until you can start to feel this in the body.

Once you feel it in the body,

Maybe it's in one body part,

Maybe multiples,

Going ahead and bringing your awareness to the place in the body that you feel this the most.

If you'd like,

You can place your hands on that part of the body.

Frequently it'll be our stomach or diaphragm,

Heart or throat,

But it could be anywhere.

Hips,

Maybe lower back.

Again,

Having your hands on that part of the body where you're feeling this the most.

Bringing your full focus to that part of the body.

Then allowing yourself to ask the question of your body if there is any message there for your mind around this goal,

Around this direction that you want to go.

A lot of times you won't get an answer right away.

So if that's the case for you,

Just sit there in silence with your hands on that part of the body.

And after a few moments,

You can repeat the question again.

What is the message that you have around this direction,

Around this goal?

And this here is already going to give you a hint to whether you're feeling fear or if this is your intuition.

But if there's still a question or if you'd like to dive deeper around this inquiry,

We'll continue on to the next,

The next strategy here.

So again,

Repeating to yourself what your goal is,

What your decision is,

What you're diving into.

And this time noticing how the whole body feels.

When you repeat this to yourself,

How does your body feel?

Do you feel more open?

Do you feel energized,

Expansive?

Don't think about how you feel after you've said this thing,

But as you repeat it itself,

How is your body responding?

Or instead of expansive,

Do you feel like you're pulling in?

Do you feel a sense of dread?

Do you feel your head shaking now?

So notice how it is again when you're repeating this to yourself.

And knowing that if you're feeling expansive,

Excitement,

Energized,

No matter what comes afterwards,

If you have a but or should or fear creeping in,

If while you're repeating this you're feeling good,

That is your intuition.

What comes afterwards is the fear.

And of course,

If you are feeling contracted,

You are feeling a big no here as you're repeating this goal or decision.

Again,

As you're repeating it,

Not afterwards,

Then that it probably is your intuition disagreeing with you.

Again,

Giving yourself some time to really explore and to feel those sensations,

Be it expansion or contraction.

So again there,

You might already have your decision.

Is it intuition or fear?

But going deeper still.

If you do think it's fear that's holding you back,

Taking some time after this to journal around your fear.

You can start that now in your mind.

So once again,

Repeating your decision,

Your goal in your mind.

And this time just repeating it once.

And then staying in that uncomfort of saying it aloud if you can.

This is when the fear creeps up almost immediately after the excitement.

And once it does come up,

Again notice where you feel it in your body.

It might be the same place as before.

It might be somewhere new.

And once you feel that spot in the body bringing the hands onto that part.

And if you can't quite tell where you're feeling it in the body,

You can even ask,

Where am I feeling this fear in my body?

And notice the part of the body that's reacting the most.

So with your hands on the part of the body that's reacting to the specific fear of your goal or decision,

Allowing yourself to explore that fear.

This is uncomfortable.

But with your hands on that part of the body letting yourself,

Letting yourself dive in just for the moment.

Asking yourself,

What is the worst that can happen if I do this decision?

If I work towards my goals.

And your mind and your body might have some very strong answers.

I want you just to hear them and listen to them.

And each time one is thought of,

Brought to your mind,

Going ahead and releasing it with your next exhale.

Then with your next inhale asking,

And what else could happen?

Allowing yourself to continue like this,

Continuing to ask and to name each of your fears out loud.

And using the exhale to release it,

To ground it.

Keeping in mind,

Of course,

That this is going to be a continual process.

So you might have the same fear coming up a couple times.

That's okay.

Every time it comes up,

Release it again.

Feeling free to pause this recording and go through all of the fears that you need.

If you're feeling satisfied,

We'll move on.

Going ahead and taking your hands off of that body part and placing them on the floor.

It might just be your fingertips.

If you're sitting on a chair,

You can put the hands on a table or the seat of the chair.

And then allow yourself to release,

To ground all of that fear and uncertainty.

You might feel it flow out your hands and fingertips.

If your feet are on the ground,

You might feel it flowing out of the feet.

Really visualizing each of these fears,

Leaving your body,

Going into the earth.

Seeing what these fears look like as they leave your body.

Some people might see them as black tar.

Others might visualize them as insects.

Whatever it might look like to you,

Just visualize all of these fears leaving your body and grounding into the earth.

And now that all of your fears have been placed into the earth,

Are no longer in your body,

Taking a couple of moments to visualize what it might look like if you do accomplish this goal.

Not if you accomplish this goal,

But when you accomplish this goal.

Visualize the success,

Be it in work,

Be it in your family,

Be it love life or some other personal aspect of your life.

And as you think about how it will be when you reach that picturing a bright light coming down from the sky and filling up your whole body.

Visualizing that bright light coming down through the head,

Neck,

Shoulders and arms.

That bright light going all the way down to the hands and fingertips.

The light moving down through your chest,

Ribcage and stomach.

Down your whole spine.

Light filling up your hips and glutes,

Your legs,

Thighs,

Knees and calves,

Ankles,

Feet and toes until eventually your whole body is filled and surrounded by this bright golden light of opportunity,

Of potential,

Of happiness.

Taking a moment to really hold this in your mind and repeating to yourself again what it is that your goal is,

Your intention,

What it will look like once you have accomplished it.

Good.

Very slowly,

Bringing your hands together into prayer to give a moment of thanks to yourself for doing this hard work,

Facing our fears,

Listening to our intuition.

This is not for the faint of heart.

So give yourself that full gratitude and love you deserve for putting this work in.

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