Take a moment to settle into a comfortable position.
Close your eyes gently and let your breath begin to slow.
Inhale deeply and exhale softly.
Feel the weight of the day beginning to lift just a little with each breath.
Take another deep breath in and as you exhale let go of the need to hold everything together.
You've carried so much today.
You've kept yourself upright when your heart wanted to fall apart.
You've moved through moments that asked too much with a quiet strength no one may have noticed.
Today may have felt heavy.
Grief has a way of making even the simplest moments feel like too much and that's okay.
Sometimes strength isn't about pushing through or pretending the pain isn't there.
Sometimes strength is simply found in the quiet act of telling yourself it's okay I'll try again tomorrow.
You don't have to do everything tonight.
You don't need all the answers.
It's okay if things didn't go how you hoped.
If strength felt far away or peace never came.
You showed up.
You made it through and that is enough.
With each breath feel the tension of the day begin to slip away.
Whatever you carried today,
The sadness,
The exhaustion,
The longing,
It's okay to put it down now.
You don't need to hold it any longer.
You don't have to silence the ache.
All you have to do is breathe.
Inhale gently and exhale slowly.
Let each breath be enough.
You don't need to be strong right now.
It's okay to let yourself be soft and to let yourself feel everything as it is.
You don't have to make sense of this.
You don't have to name what you're feeling or explain why it still hurts.
Grief doesn't follow reason.
It moves in its own time and in its own way.
It can be quiet for days and then suddenly loud again.
That doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong.
It means you're still carrying love.
It means something mattered.
It means you're human.
This,
What you're feeling now,
Doesn't make you broken.
It makes you real.
Still carrying something that mattered.
You're not failing because it hurts and you're not falling behind because it still lingers.
You're living the truth of the human experience.
Messy,
Honest,
And sacred in its imperfection.
Now take a moment to notice where you feel the ache in your body.
Where the grief sits.
Where the weight has gathered,
Even if you've pushed it aside all day.
You don't have to fix it or change it.
Just notice.
Take a deep breath in to that space.
Let your breath meet the ache.
Not to force it away,
But to make room around it.
Let the breath reach the places that feel tight,
Tender,
And heavy.
And as you exhale,
Allow just a little softening.
Your body knows how to heal in its own time.
Your breath knows how to bring softness,
Even in the hardest places.
Grief is not something to fix.
And it's not something to outrun.
It's something to be with.
And that is exactly what you're doing right now.
Witnessing it.
There is no rush.
There is no timeline.
You don't need to move forward or make sense of anything.
You only need to rest in this moment.
Exactly as you are.
You are not failing by resting.
You are giving yourself what you need to heal.
So take another breath in.
And as you exhale,
Feel yourself sink deeper into rest.
Let go of the weight of today.
It's okay to let go.
You've carried so much.
And now you don't have to carry it anymore.
Tomorrow will come.
And when it does,
You'll meet it.
But for now,
Just rest.
You are enough.
And that is more than enough.
The ache may still be there.
The questions may still be unanswered.
And still,
You are allowed to rest.
Just let yourself be held by the stillness.
And if the ache lingers as you fall asleep,
Let it be part of your resting too.
It doesn't need to be resolved.
It just needs a place to breathe.
Let this be that place.
Even now,
In the quiet.
