We are making space today to simply lean into a self-love meditation to come away from any self-criticism,
Any heavy pushing forwards and to really just lean into what it even means to feel that feeling of self-love.
So this is going to be a gentle one,
This is gonna be really really soothing and healing.
This is not one to come to if you're needing to wake up and get some motivation going,
There's plenty of others for that.
Although you can do this first thing in the morning it can be really powerful but either way come into this when you know you're needing to give yourself some nourishment,
To give yourself some love.
So find a comfy position and we'll get started and you can lay down to do this if it feels more helpful,
You can wrap yourself in blankets,
Whatever feels like it's gonna be the most soothing thing for your system today.
And once you find that position we're just gonna take some deep breaths,
So taking a deep breath in through your nose,
Releasing the air out through either the nose or the mouth,
Go with what feels best.
Well done,
Another deep breath in,
Release everything out when you're ready and I want you to just allow your chest,
Your heart to move as you breathe,
So I want you to allow the chest to rise and fall.
Now we're doing this in a way where we're signaling that we are really looking after our heart space and we're making space for this self-love.
So we can almost feel as though we're beginning to nourish ourselves simply by allowing and taking air into the heart space,
The chest area.
This can feel really nourishing because sometimes we won't feel like we're getting a big deep breath in,
It can almost feel as though we're only getting just about what we need rather than feeling fully nourished.
So how we're breathing in general day to day can almost represent how much we're taking in,
How much we're receiving,
How much we're nourishing.
If we're finding we're taking in short breaths here and there,
Whenever we can,
Or just about enough,
This can really be a symbol that in our outside life,
Outside the body,
We're taking in just enough or racing around and just about getting our needs met,
As opposed to taking in deep,
Full breaths,
Allowing ourselves to stop,
To slow down and to actually receive.
So give yourself a couple of moments to do this,
To allow the chest to rise and fall,
Allow your diaphragm to expand and contract.
Well done,
Take your time and just noticing how you're feeling as you show up to this space today,
Noticing if you're feeling quite vulnerable perhaps,
Noticing what within your heart is maybe needing some love,
Needing some soothing.
This is not the time to be putting on a brave face,
To be telling yourself you're okay,
Even though there will always be a part of you that is okay.
I want you to just allow yourself as you breathe to be honest about anything that's going on for you right now.
Are you feeling a little vulnerable in perhaps a certain area of your life?
Fearful?
Scared?
Unsure?
Uncertain?
Are you feeling it in multiple areas of your life?
Just allow the body to communicate to you how it's feeling without you judging it.
This is what self-love really is,
Is allowing ourselves to be and to show up however we are,
Without judging,
Without pushing,
Without telling ourselves we need to be different,
Receiving ourselves just as we are.
So listening,
Noticing what's going on for you internally,
Noticing perhaps what you've been having to hold,
Any masks you've been having to put on,
And I want you to just allow all of that to fade,
To drop.
If you've been feeling like you need to put a brave face on,
Wear a mask,
Pull it all together,
All the things we can get so good at doing,
I want you to almost imagine just letting that all melt away.
And see if you can actually just feel the relief of that,
As vulnerable as that can feel,
The relief of letting all of that just fade away and being allowed to show up authentic and real and messy and good and bad and everything in between.
Taking your time to listen and to perhaps ask yourself what am I really needing right now?
It's okay if you're not really sure,
But just seeing what comes up as you say that.
Sometimes one of the most healing things we can do is show up to some extent as the caring,
Almost protective,
Loving,
Fiercely,
Fiercely loving parent or adult to our more vulnerable selves.
Because what we can often do is criticize and push and prod and not be a safe space for our more vulnerable parts.
And so often when we're in need of some self-love,
What we're really needing is another part of ourselves to say I've got you,
I'm here and you don't need to be anything right now.
How often do you do that?
How often do you do exactly what we're doing right now in terms of just saying to yourself we don't need to be anything right now and we can be just as we are.
Continuing to breathe to soothe yourself and just absorbing these affirmations.
It is okay to love myself,
In fact it is more than okay.
Loving myself is not selfish or arrogant or anything bad.
Loving myself is a sign of self-respect,
Of being someone that is full with love and compassion that it extends to themselves as well.
Being a loving and compassionate person includes being loving towards myself.
It is okay for me to be and feel whatever I'm feeling right now.
Everything changes and I will move through anything that's feeling uncomfortable but that it's okay right now to not wear any masks and to be in need of nourishment.
I allow myself to drink in and soak up as much love and as much nourishment as I need.
It is safe for me to receive.
It is safe for me to let go,
To surrender and to receive.
I am deserving of love.
I'm deserving of comfort.
I'm deserving of being treated how I would treat someone else who is needing that comfort.
Imagining your heart area being filled with a beautiful pink light.
Imagine this softness really filling that area and feeling that almost absorption of so much love.
So much compassion.
Knowing that it's okay if you feel any resistance that can be so normal.
Just seeing if you can soak some of this in and to let go of any criticism towards yourself or anything that tells you you're not allowed to put yourself first.
Take your time.
Be here as long as you need to.
When you're ready,
Softly come back to the space and you might want to journal on this after.
I will leave you to it.
Take your time giving yourself as much self-love as you need.
