Releasing Energy You Absorbed From Others

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Releasing Energy You Absorbed From Others

by Brooke James

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

5

After an intense social interaction, you might notice you've absorbed someone else's anxiety, stress, or emotional burden. This short practice helps you visualize stepping back from that merge, taking back your energy, and returning to your own space. Through guided visualization, you'll cut the energetic cord and ground yourself back into your own body and breath, empathizing without merging.

Energy Visualization Stress Anxiety Emotional Boundaries Grounding Self Reconnection Social Anxiety Management Energy Flow Visualization Grounding Technique Separation Visualization

Meet your Teacher

Raleigh, NC, USA

Meet your Teacher

Raleigh, NC, USA

Transcript

Hi, My name is Brooke. I'm a marriage and family therapist. Welcome to this quick meditation for when you leave an anxious social experience and you're noticing that residue internally. So perhaps you're just leaving an environment where that anxiety was swirling between you and others, You were noticing stress and intensity, Perhaps you experienced someone who was struggling, You witnessed something unhealthy, Or you maybe even felt the weight of unrealistic expectations put on you. Regardless, You felt yourself merging with another person. You felt yourself taking on the energy of the person and then maybe leaving with that burden, Something that's not yours to carry. So let's pause here just for a quick moment. Empathizing or connecting, That's not what we're talking about here. You know, That can be a really kind human interaction, But we could do that without merging. So the concern is when we begin feeling responsible for another adult or carrying the weight of their decision, That's not our job. So we really want to distinguish between that empathizing versus taking on that responsibility, Taking on that heaviness and leaving you feeling overwhelmed, Distracted, Irritable, Or even just exhausted. So when we merge our bodies, It can happen emotionally, Physically, It's like we're leaning, We're leaning on someone else and we lean so far towards someone that we leave ourselves. I want you to connect, Reconnect, And bring yourself back. So we're going to do that now. Gently close your eyes or soften your gaze. I want you to visualize the action of returning the energy that was merged. First visualize the outline of your body merging with the outline of another. Do you see that? You see that you've merged to the point where you're not recognizable, Where the two appear to be one. I want us to practice stepping back. I want you to take back your energy, Your emotion, Your physical body. Now visualize your body stepping out of that merged space into your own space. Return to the strength of your two feet. Look down. See your feet. Feel yourself grounded in your own footing. Take back your hands. Take back your heart. Put it back inside your chest. Take back your thoughts. Bring it back. Bring it back. Return it to your breath. Now visualize a string that's connected with the other and take out some scissors. I want you to cut the string. Allow each of you to kindly have your own experiences. Allow yourself to be distinct, To be separate, To breathe on your own. Breathe into your own breath. Breathe into your own breath, The breath only you can be responsible for. Do you see yourself separate? Allow that space to be separate. Allow yourself to feel separateness. You are allowed to be separate. Coming back, I wonder if you notice yourself taking anything else back in this visualization. I encourage you to drop it into the comments if so. I always love to hear what else folks were able to visualize. Take care. Enjoy your very own unmerged space.