Find your space.
Sit or lie down.
Let your body land.
Feel gravity.
Feel the ground beneath you.
Now gently close your eyes.
Or soften your gaze.
Let us breathe.
Inhale through your nose.
Slow and full.
Exhale through your mouth.
Let it go.
Inhale.
Exhale.
One more time.
Inhale deeply.
Exhale completely.
Let's begin.
Another fear is coming.
I open my eyes.
I barely wake up and already there it is.
Sadness.
My heart is sinking.
Heavy.
Slow.
And I ask myself,
What are you trying to tell me?
But all I get back is fear,
Guilt,
Shame.
I go back in my mind.
Scan the events of yesterday.
Looking for triggers.
But there's nothing.
So I know.
This is my body remembering.
This is old pain.
I am tired.
Exhaustion lives on my face.
My eyes are worn out.
Even smiling feels like effort.
I drag myself to the bathroom.
Brush my teeth.
Cold water to the face.
I try to reset.
I greet my partner with a kiss.
A smile that hurts.
He knows.
He always knows.
He feels my energy.
What's wrong?
He asks.
And the truth is,
I don't know.
My heart is sinking.
I feel sad.
I feel unsafe.
But I can't tell you why.
So I make up a story.
It's probably this,
Or probably that.
Easier than facing what's real.
This happens often.
It's how I've always been.
Heart on my sleeve.
Emotions written all over me.
I can't fake it.
I can't hide.
On the wind.
Sometimes a soft breeze.
Comforting and gentle.
Sometimes a hurricane.
Loud.
Destructive.
Raw.
This is me.
Up and down.
Light and dark.
Day and night.
And this is,
This is why I'm loved.
Because this is who I am.
A free spirit having a human experience.
I'm here to feel it all.
The sadness.
The shame.
The grief.
But also the joy.
The love.
The safety.
And in every moment I get to choose where I put my focus.
I choose how I respond to the old echoes in my body.
I choose whether to feed the fear or return to myself.
Darkness is easy.
Light requires effort.
But the healing,
It lives in the showing up,
In standing tall,
In saying,
Yes,
This happened.
Yes,
It's mine.
Yes,
I feel it.
I accept all parts of me.
Even the ones I want to hide.
Even the ones I used to run from.
Because they are part of my story.
My truth.
My legacy.
Come back to breath.
Inhale.
And exhale.
Inhale through your nose.
Exhale through your mouth.
Feel your chest rise.
Feel your body soften.
With every breath,
Remember.
I have learned things.
I have grown.
I have become resilient.
And no one can take that away.
I don't need to be afraid of sadness.
I don't need to carry anger like an armor.
I return to center.
I come back to me.
I stand tall.
And I remind myself.
We are all part of this.
We went through war.
But we didn't close our hearts.
We didn't stop feeling.
We didn't give up.
We evolved.
We've changed.
We saw things differently.
And now,
We choose the life we want.
Not a life of shoes.
But a life of freedom.
A life that flows.
Shifts.
Moves.
Like the free spirits that we are.
Let's take one more breath together.
Inhale.
Exhale.
You are here.
You are safe.
And you remember who you are.
If this meditation brought you to this point,
Put something up.
Stay with it if it feels safe.
Let the feelings move.
You are allowed to feel them all.
And only when you're ready,
Slowly open your eyes.
Come back to the room.
Come back to yourself.
You are never alone in this journey of healing.
