This meditation is designed to help you let go.
Letting go of tension in the body,
Recurrent unwanted thoughts in the mind.
Letting go of expectations,
Desires,
Perceived outcomes.
Letting go of anything that you would like to let go of.
Let's begin.
Sitting comfortably,
Allow your shoulders to relax and your eyes to softly close if that's comfortable for you.
Take the first moment just to observe what you're sitting against and allow yourself just to surrender in to the earth.
Now notice your breath,
Just the way the body is naturally breathing.
Noticing if there's any resistance in the breath,
Any holding.
A deeper breath to come in and pause when you feel full.
Open the lips when you're ready and let it go.
And as you let the breath go,
Let the shoulders drop even more and let tension go with it.
We'll do that twice more.
Allow a fuller breath to come in.
Pause when you're full and stay relaxed.
Open the lips and let the breath go.
Notice any resistance to letting the breath go.
Often there is and that's okay.
We have another opportunity.
Allow a new breath in,
Filling up comfortably.
Pause when you feel full enough without any tension or strain.
Open the lips,
Audibly let it go.
Keep letting it go without resistance.
And now with the lips closed,
Allow a new breath in without pausing and let the breath go.
Let the breath come in and go.
Continue like this to just let it come in without forcing or pulling and to let it flow out smoothly and easily without any force or resistance.
So the breath can be any pace,
Rhythm that feels comfortable to you and it can even become a natural breath.
So you're not lengthening it or deepening it in any way.
I'm just noticing if there's any resistance to letting go of your breath.
Each time that you let go of your breath,
Allow yourself to settle into your seat,
To let go of tension in the face,
Eyes,
Jaw,
Shoulders.
If we can't let go of our breath,
It's harder to let go of thoughts or worries or desires.
So just continue to let go.
You'll find yourself softening,
Settling and relaxing.
And if the mind starts to drift a little too much for you,
As you allow a breath in,
You can silently think the word let.
And as you release the breath,
You can silently think the word go.
You're letting the breath in,
You're letting the breath go.
And anything else that you'd like to let go of with it.
Let,
Let go.
Silently repeating the mantra in your own time,
Pace and rhythm so that we can let go of your normal make space possibilities.
Freedom we have without holding our constriction.
Let go.
Any time you like,
You can let go of the silent repetition of the mantra,
Continuing to let go of the breath,
To make space for a new breath,
To come to a new thought,
A new possibility,
A new experience of being relaxed and fully present.
Stay very relaxed.
Allow your awareness to travel back to whatever it is you're sitting against.
Allow yourself just to surrender to that point of contact with the earth.
Notice how the breath is flowing on its own now.
Notice how your mind is feeling.
What is your present moment experience?
Is there a spaciousness or freedom that you've created simply from letting go?
Whatever it is you no longer want to hold on to.
And into that spaciousness and freedom,
Allow new bigger breath to come in.
Pause momentarily.
Enjoy it.
Open the lips and release it.
Noticing if that breath was a little easier to let go of.
I hope it was.
I hope you feel good from this practice.
Continue to revisit it any time you like.
Namaste.
