Beginning by finding a comfortable position,
Whether sitting on a cushion,
On a chair,
Or on a stool.
Letting your hands gently soften,
Your shoulders soften,
And your eyes close if this feels safe for you.
Let's begin by bringing your attention to your breath.
Without forcing anything,
Simply noticing the natural rhythm of your breathing.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Feeling the breath as it moves in and out of the body,
Each breath arriving and leaving effortlessly and naturally.
Now allowing your breathing to deepen slightly,
Just enough to feel more connected to it.
Letting the inhale come in smoothly and the exhale releasing any surface tension.
Inhaling gently,
Exhaling fully.
Feeling yourself sinking more deeply into the rhythm of your breath.
Trusting your body,
Trusting your breath,
Trusting your unconscious mind to guide you gently in this meditation.
Now bringing awareness to the body.
Noticing the parts of your body where there's already a sense of ease.
It might be your shoulders,
Your face,
Your hands,
Or simply the weight of your body resting on the surface beneath you.
Wherever you feel the most softness or the most letting go,
Bringing your attention there.
Letting your mind rest gently on that place of surrender.
What does that surrender feel like?
Can you sense it's spreading?
Perhaps it's a warmth or a softness,
Or it's simply a feeling of being supported.
Letting it deepen breath by breath.
Now imagine a soft bubble surrounding you.
Perhaps the bubble has a color,
A color that feels comforting.
Perhaps it's gold or blue or pink or something else.
Letting it be larger than your body,
But not too far away.
This bubble is like a safe space,
A cocoon of love,
A cocoon of warmth and quiet support.
Feeling yourself held inside this bubble and grounded and safe and supported.
With each breath,
Allowing this bubble to deepen your sense of surrender,
Feeling the muscles of your face relax,
Your jaw unclenching,
Your neck softening,
Your forehead releasing,
Your shoulders gently dropping away from your ears,
Allowing gravity to support you,
Letting the ground hold you.
You don't need to do anything else right now.
Just sensing in to this bubble and deepening your sense of surrender.
Breathing in to the sense of being supported,
Noticing how your body feels when you don't have to carry it all,
When you don't have to fix or struggle or control anything.
Letting go of holding,
Letting go of effort,
Simply breathing,
Breathing and being.
Now,
Bringing your attention to the entire body,
Imagining the feeling of surrender beginning to spread from that place where you first notice it to your chest or your stomach,
Your hips,
Your legs,
Your feet.
Just noticing where this feeling of surrender is spreading to.
It moves gently,
Without force,
Like warm water or soft light flowing and relaxing and opening.
Let it spread to your arms,
Let it spread to your hands,
Your neck,
Your scalp,
Your lips.
Letting your whole body bathe in the energy of surrender.
Remembering that surrender doesn't mean giving up.
It means giving in to the truth of this moment,
Allowing what is here just as it is,
Without needing to change it.
You're not collapsing.
You're releasing resistance,
Letting yourself rest in the wisdom of the present moment.
With each breath,
Trusting that something deep inside is learning how to let go,
How to receive and allow,
How to receive the moment just as it is.
There's nothing to figure out right now.
Simply breathing and being.
If and when thoughts arise,
You don't have to chase them.
You can just let them be.
Let them flow through your awareness like clouds floating through the sky.
If any emotions come up,
Noticing them with kindness and compassion,
Allowing everything just to be in this space.
Right now,
You're choosing to surrender to the present moment,
Rather than chasing and struggling with the present moment.
This softening and releasing into whatever's present,
Moment by moment.
And bringing to mind something in your life that you've been holding tightly,
A worry,
A decision,
A need to control,
Or just a place where you feel stuck.
Allowing it to gently rise into your awareness.
Don't dive into the story,
Simply acknowledging it with kindness.
Now asking yourself,
What would it feel like to set this down,
Even just for this moment?
What would it feel like to not figure it out,
But to trust the unfolding?
Letting the feeling of surrender,
Extending into this area of your life.
Remember,
You're not giving up.
You're making space.
You're loosening the grip,
Softening the edges,
Allowing yourself space to breathe and to be.
And if this letting go feels too hard in this moment,
Then simply letting it be.
Letting your heart hold the tension with gentleness and kindness.
Surrender doesn't mean everything becomes easy.
It means we stop bracing and resisting against what is.
You can whisper inwardly,
I don't have to carry this alone.
I allow life to move in its own way.
I am safe to let go.
I don't have to carry this alone.
I allow life to move in its own way.
I am safe to let go.
And feeling how the body responds to these words.
Can you sense a shift,
A small opening,
Even just a brief glimpse or moment of ease?
This is enough.
Letting this moment be a turning point,
Not because anything changed,
But because you changed the way you relate to it.
Staying with that feeling,
Breathing,
Softening,
Allowing.
Letting yourself rest deeply in this presence.
No effort,
No questioning,
No controlling,
Simply breathing,
Simply stillness,
Simply trusting.
Letting the next minute be one of complete rest,
Nothing to do,
Nowhere to be,
Just this moment,
This breath,
This silence,
This stillness.
Letting yourself be held.
Beginning by gently returning,
Noticing the breath once again,
Moving in and out of the body,
Feeling the support beneath you,
The sound in the space around you,
Rolling your shoulders and opening your eyes,
And returning to this exact moment that's in front of you now.
