So I invite all of you to just consider in this moment this question of what do I get from this when you think about your coping mechanisms from the burnout See if just calling one of them to mind Whatever it is Calling this coping mechanism to mind and just first recognizing.
Oh Okay,
When I am experiencing burnout I cope by Overeating and then you just say okay.
That's the recognize.
I'm overeating to cope with burning out and Then you recognize What is it that I'm feeling?
Oh,
I'm feeling overwhelmed.
I'm feeling exhausted.
I'm feeling cynical I'm feeling depressed and After you recognize those feelings Then I'm gonna invite you to do something that is the opposite so what I want to invite you to do is instead of Reaching for the chips or opening your phone and going to the news or Netflix,
Whatever it is I want to invite you to turn toward your experience So let's do this all together right now.
So go ahead and close your eyes and You just started a moment ago by recognizing aha,
I Feel burned out And how is that showing up oh I am Stress eating I'm binge watching I'm drinking whatever it is And how do I feel I?
Feel tired.
I feel sad.
I feel drained whatever it is and Then I want you to go into your body in this moment,
And I want you to experience those feelings We're gonna check into a few places first notice your belly See in your gut what's there?
Tightness clenching fire emptiness hollowness And in your chest What do you experience there?
Does it feel Constricted tight like somebody is sitting on it or there's bricks on your chest.
Does it feel closed or tense?
Does your breath feel heavy or labored?
Does it feel just like this sense of lethargy the sense of I can't go on and If so,
Can you find that is it more in the right or the left side of your body?
Noticing in your throat If there's any sense of constriction in your throat or your feeling Like there's a knot in your throat like there's something that if you just said to your boss Or said to someone and you just got it out you would feel so much better But you've been holding it back for all this time Just notice that And I want you to experience whatever is arising in your body with kindness and with curiosity instead of judging it Whatever sensations you're feeling in your body.
You probably want to run away from them You probably want to ignore them.
You probably want them to stop and You might make them a problem and you might say that they're bad and wrong but I want to invite you to turn toward them instead of judge them and Just be Like you would tend to a small child that's crying be like a child Be like you would tend to a small child that's crying be like that with yourself in this moment Experiencing whatever is in your throat your jaw.
It might be tight or clenched In your face Maybe you've been wrinkling your forehead or furrowing your brow or just All together squeezing the muscles in your face.
You've been staring at your computer screen for too long You haven't blinked in hours Just experiencing what's real in my body without making it a problem And then turning even deeper toward what's here and allowing these signs These signals that are already existing in your body to be here Instead of wanting all of the feeling of overwhelm Feeling of lethargy the feeling of anxiety exhaustion However,
It's showing up in your body instead of wanting it to go away Just accepting that it's already here and Trusting that it's energy in motion emotions and that when you Notice it when you breathe into it It will start to shift on its own So doing that now taking a moment to allow whatever you're feeling in your body To be there just breathing in and out of those places And The final step is to let go with love And it's letting go of the stories when we're feeling burned out Oftentimes we blame someone else or we blame ourselves We feel a sense of guilt a sense of shame or a sense of anger And the invitation in this practice is to just set all of that down It's not going to help you in this moment.
It's not even real.
It's all just stories in your head So letting go of the stories letting them flow through your body Without attaching to them and inviting in a sense of kindness to yourself a sense of loving kindness a sense of appreciation and gratitude That your body is telling you physiologically that you're out of balance and You have an opportunity to consciously restore that balance by tending to yourself by turning toward yourself By listening to what your body needs and by giving it your attention By giving it your appreciation by giving it your love So letting your hand come to a particular part of your body where you've been experiencing these sensations And as you breathe in just breathe in a sense of compassion For your body As you breathe out breathe the sense of loving kindness into that part and out through all the cells in your body Inviting in a deepening of loving kindness Inviting in a deepening of loving kindness And then when you're ready you can wiggle your fingers and your toes you can wrap yourself up in a big hug And open your eyes And then when you're ready you can wiggle your fingers and your toes And open your eyes
