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The Empathic Journey: Differentiating What Is Yours

by Joshua Sundby

Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
11

This is Session 2 of The Empathic Journey, a premium series created for sensitive and empathic people. In this session, you are guided to remain grounded in steady presence while awareness gently opens. From this centered place, a natural clarity begins to form, supporting a clear sense of what feels familiar, aligned, and truly yours. Rather than effort or control, this practice supports recognition. Awareness learns to stay centered while experience moves through, helping reduce emotional overwhelm and strengthen confidence in sensitivity. This session builds directly on the steady presence established in Session 1 and is designed to be returned to regularly as a way of deepening clarity, ease, and self-trust in daily life. With gratitude, Josh

EmpathyGroundingAwarenessClaritySelf TrustMeditationEmotional WellbeingBody AwarenessBreath AwarenessInner PresenceGrounding TechniqueEmotional ClarityDiscernmentConfidence In SensitivityDaily Integration

Transcript

Settle into a comfortable position and allow the body to rest.

Feel the surface beneath you,

Offering steady support.

Let the body arrive naturally.

Bring awareness to the top of the head.

A gentle softening begins.

The forehead smooths.

The eyes rest easily.

A tension moves through the face and into the neck.

The jaw releases.

The shoulders soften.

Allow your breath to flow steadily through your body.

A calm rhythm begins to form.

Allow awareness to settle into the center of the body.

That familiar sense of steady presence becomes clear again.

Centered.

From this steady place,

Notice the quality of your own inner tone.

The feeling of being yourself.

The rhythm that belongs to you.

Stay with this for a few breaths.

Let it become familiar.

Awareness now gently expands outward,

Noticing sensations,

Impressions,

And subtle movement around you.

Remaining grounded in the body as perception opens,

Your own inner tone remains clear.

Stable.

Awareness naturally recognizes what feels familiar and aligned.

It also recognizes what feels different,

Passing,

Or external.

There is clarity here.

A natural discernment.

Allow your attention to gently return to the center of your body.

Your breath is steady.

Presence intact.

This movement between openness and center happens easily.

Awareness expands.

Awareness returns.

Steadiness remains.

Spend a few moments allowing this rhythm to continue.

Centered awareness.

Open perception.

Clear distinction.

Your inner presence stays consistent as experience flows through.

Self-contained.

This clarity supports ease in connection.

It supports confidence in sensitivity.

It supports a steady sense of self.

Let this recognition settle gently through the body,

Clear,

Supportive,

Reliable.

This is a capacity that moves with you.

In conversations.

In shared spaces.

In daily life.

When you feel ready,

Allow awareness to widen naturally,

Carrying this clarity with you as you return.

Meet your Teacher

Joshua SundbyUnited States

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