Welcome to this session to help you through high amounts of stress.
Get into a comfortable position.
Now visualize yourself standing in a vast meadow.
No one else is around.
Everything is calm and peaceful.
You are surrounded by nature.
Sit down in this meadow and look around,
Noticing the beauty all around you.
You are fully relaxed.
In the distance,
You see dark clouds closing in as the sky grows a little darker.
You see that a small storm is forming and you feel some raindrops falling down.
Imagine that this storm is your stress.
It could be a mild stress with just some rain and a little wind,
Or it could be a very high stress with extremely strong winds and a very heavy rain pouring down.
In this visual,
We are going to face a very strong and powerful storm to make ourselves stronger within.
So as you feel the storm getting even stronger and the wind is blowing harder and harder,
You sit there in the meadow completely unfazed by it.
The storm cannot hurt you here.
You have a choice to react to this storm with fear or with love and compassion,
Knowing that this storm is harmless in this visualization you are creating.
Stress is our reaction to fear,
Worry,
And even high demands.
Whether the fear is real or not,
We have to learn the proper reaction to all these things.
Sometimes you can't help it and stress will take over in a matter of seconds and we need to handle it properly or it will handle us.
Just like sitting through the storm in the meadow,
Stress cannot harm you if you know that it simply passes you by.
What matters is your own reaction to the events around you.
Simply embrace the stress now and fully let it exist without fighting it.
You see the storm of stress in front of you is very dark as the storm clouds get heavier,
Raining down with fury.
You decide to get up from where you were sitting and slowly start walking towards it without fear or worry.
Just pure confidence that you are safe and in control.
You get closer and closer as the storm draws near and the wind blows with tremendous force.
The winds and rains have no effect on you.
It is really easy for you to step forward and only your clothes are moving in the high winds.
As you look forward,
You see the eye of this storm and around that eye,
The winds and the rain are extremely powerful and strong,
Yet you have zero worry as you step inside.
You are standing now inside the center and everything is calm and peaceful here.
You look around from within the eye of the storm and can see all of the chaos around you.
But inside here,
It's calm and cozy.
This is your space,
Your safe spot.
And so when the stress has fully taken over you,
You have a choice to let it blow over without a fight,
Just sitting right in the middle of it.
Realizing that it cannot hurt you here.
Observe that your body is the center and any stress is just a storm surrounding you that comes and goes.
You are in control and can always come back to your safe space.
And now the storm is losing its power,
Dying down now slowly.
The rain is easing up and it's only drizzling.
You see the clouds drifting away as the sky gets brighter.
The sunlight peaks through the clouds as they pass by,
Then eventually bursts out with great intensity shining a beautiful light all around you.
You see birds coming out and starting to sing.
You see butterflies and bees buzzing around the flowers that are blossoming now after the heavy rains.
Everything is beautiful now.
This moment represents you being in a beautiful state of mind where stress had no control of you as it passed you by.
Now we're going to take three nice deep breaths in slowly bringing ourselves back to the present moment.
One nice full breath of fresh energy and exhale.
Two breathing,
Taking in all that you learned here today and relax.
And three and fully let go.
Take in another breath,
Allowing the memory of your strength through the storm to be present in your mind right now.
And as you exhale in your own time,
Gently open your eyes.
Use this session or technique whenever you find yourself in a high stress situation and you will be amazed at how you can ride out the storm.
