This is a meditation for finding safety from within.
Please take a seat in a comfortable position and start by closing your eyes and taking three conscious breaths.
Allow yourself to really sink in into the present moment and see if you can start scanning your body to see what's present,
To notice what's happening inside of you.
Bring your attention to any area where there's tension or tightness or any feelings of resistance.
Just noticing and just see if you can also repeat to yourself in your mind,
It's safe for me to relax,
It's safe for me to be with this.
Just continue to breathe into anything that might be present within you and that awakens feelings of discomfort,
Resistance or perhaps even fear.
Sinking in and breathing out while repeating in your mind it's safe for me to be with this.
It's safe for me to relax despite of this.
Really allowing yourself to be a container for everything that is present mentally,
Physically and emotionally.
So we're not trying to get rid of anything,
We're not trying to fix anything,
We're just becoming a space holder for everything that is within us and for everything that's present for us.
See if you can also bring your attention to areas within you that feel safe,
That feel content,
That feel okay.
It could be anything from your earlobes to your hands or feet or forehead.
Just really scanning your body for what feels content,
For what feels safe,
For what feels calm,
Your body knows what to do,
How to operate,
How to be content and again repeating to yourself in your mind,
This feels good,
This is nice,
I like this.
Allowing neural pathways in your brain to be strengthened around your desired state,
Around what feels safe,
What feels content and what feels okay within you.
When your mind starts to drift,
Just bring yourself back to your breath,
Noticing the natural inhalation and exhalation of air and doing your best to allow yourself to be present.
With whatever is here,
It's safe for me to relax,
It's safe for me to be with this.
See if you can take another three conscious breaths,
Inhaling through your nostrils and exhaling out of your nostrils.
Then when you're ready,
You can very slowly open up your eyes,
Bring your attention to the surface that you're sitting on or leaning against and just take a moment to look around you and notice how you feel now compared to when you first started to do this exercise.
May you take this practice with you for the rest of your day.
Namaste.
