Choosing To Trust

Often what agitates our mind is our unrecognized fear. This fear is really operating at a subconscious level. Therefore the best way of releasing it is by experiencing how it manifests in the body as subtle tensions in different parts of the body. Ways in which don't let go.

Transcript

Let's take a moment and soften inside. Soften, You're letting your body and your mind know that you trust, That you choose trust again and again. It's an interesting thing that we often think we don't have a choice, But we do always have the choice to trust. One way of telling your mind that you've chosen trust is by softening, By softening your muscles and by choosing to let go of words. So as you breathe in and breathe out, Notice if there is any tension in the body. Very often we clench our jaw. A great way to start is softening the muscles of the jaw, All the way into the mouth. You can even soften your gums and teeth and tongue. Your lips are soft. Given when you think you have really softened your mouth, Can you soften it a little more when you soften your face muscles or eyes? Your eyelids are heavy. Notice what happens with your whole body when you soften your mouth and your face, They're connected. Notice how easily we tend to tense up again. We release, But then we clench again. It's like subtle forms of fear, Distrust. All your hands are this soft. Now feel the breath, How does it feel? If you breathe in and breathe out, Do you feel any tension in your inner organs, In your abdomen, Even the lower back, Can you release your tailbone downward? Visualize your spine elongating upward, Space happening between the vertebrae. Visualize your arms more heavy, Your legs more heavy, More heavy, Your hips more heavy. And see now if you can pay attention to your chest. And each time you exhale, Feel the chest soften. The chest soften. Ah. Notice when you exhale, You can feel sometimes subtle layers of tension. And you become curious when you zero in those sensations. You release deeper layers of fear, Control, Distrust. Can you soften the chest? You might start feeling the heartbeat more clearly in the chest, Feeling its pulsation. Another somatic center is the throat. How does it feel, Your throat? Can you soften? Can you release tension from the muscles in the neck? Can you trust the flow of life? Can you trust the flow of life? Can you trust the flow of life? Even the scalp tenses, Your hair can tense. Now at a deeper level, How would it feel to fully trust life? How would it feel to fully trust yourself? Imagine if you fully trust your capabilities to respond perfectly to life. If you knew that you could really embrace life in all its fullness, How would it feel in all its array of experience? You have complete certainty in your inner strength. Imagine that you feel that. You trust the divine manifested as you. You choose to trust. You choose to believe. You let go of fear. You choose to let go. You feel your inner softness. You choose to let go.