Welcome to this guided meditation to support you in releasing the burden of responsibility
that you have lifted off others but placed onto yourself.
Right now you may feel heavy,
Hurt,
Sad,
Anger,
Even hateful and overwhelmed.
You have a big heart,
You are so kind and caring.
But the weight of taking on another's mental,
Emotional or physical baggage is nearing its
limit and you know you need to take care of yourself.
Today's meditation is an act of self love and self care for you.
It's space and time for you to come back to what is true and to get back into harmony
and alignment with your true self and what is best for your own well-being long term.
It's a remembering of what you are responsible for and what you are not responsible for.
So let's begin this meditation.
Get into a comfortable position either seated or lying down and close your eyes.
Taking a moment here to just be.
Be with yourself,
With the breath,
With your heart,
With this moment.
And now begin to feel a wave of relaxation running through your whole body starting from
the top of the head,
Down your face,
Feeling your forehead soften and clenching your jaw.
Feeling this relaxation move down your neck and over your shoulders.
This wave of relaxation moves down both of your arms into your hands and fingertips.
Your chest and upper back soften and release any tension.
Feeling this relaxation flow down your torso,
Feeling your hips and glutes sink deeper
beneath you as you relax even more.
The wave of relaxation moves through your upper legs and into your knees,
Allowing any
tension to melt away.
It follows down through your calves and into your feet and toes,
Allowing yourself to be
in a state of full body relaxation,
Consciously releasing any constriction or tension.
Fully surrendering into relaxation now.
Feeling safe and free in this moment to release what no longer serves.
Any burdens you have been carrying around for others are no longer yours to hold.
So in this moment of relaxation and surrender,
Let it all go.
It's time to remind yourself of some very important truths.
You may repeat these statements after me in your mind or out loud.
As you listen,
Feel the relief that comes over you as you let yourself off the hook
and give yourself the compassion that you so readily have for others.
I am not responsible for how other people react.
I am not responsible for other people's emotional states.
I do not need to apologize for things that are not my fault.
I am only responsible for how I interface with what I experience.
And take a big deep breath in and a long exhale out,
Feeling the liberation that comes with
freeing yourself from the burdens of others.
You care deeply about others and you do your best to avoid a burden being placed upon another,
But you know it isn't loving to yourself to do so.
Be empowered and don't hand your power over to others unintentionally.
Next time something happens where you put yourself up to be the scapegoat,
Remember
to take a pause,
Take a breath and come back to the truth that you are only responsible
for yourself,
For your state of consciousness and how you respond to things.
You can have compassion for others as they face struggles in life.
You can use your gifts to support them or just to offer a loving presence.
But be mindful to not take on anything that's not yours or that you actually don't have
the capacity to handle in that moment.
Your well-being is precious and your health is important.
Say no to the burdens or projections that others may throw your way.
Remember your innate worth and goodness regardless of whether you can help someone or not.
You are not responsible for fixing or healing anyone.
You do not have to sit and take on their fears and worries.
You can however hold space for them to process or deal with what they are going through,
But not at the expense of your own well-being.
Trust that God,
Source and their team and spirit will be supporting and guiding them
and it is up to them to recognise that.
No matter how much you want to take away someone's pain or take the blame for something,
It will
only deplete your energy and sink you into negativity about yourself and make you feel
overwhelmed and unworthy.
Ultimately this person needs to learn to have self-responsibility so don't take that lesson
away from them.
And for yourself,
The lesson here may be to release any codependent tendencies and cultivate
more self-empowerment and self-worth.
So now feel into the energy of empowerment as it expands out from your stomach and throughout
your whole body.
You may feel like sitting up straighter.
You may feel light and free.
You may feel energised as you draw back your power and energy and feel it radiating throughout
your whole being.
So let's now sit in this new state of being for a few minutes.
As you have now shifted out of the state of consciousness where you need to take on the
burdens of others and instead honour another's journey and stand in your sovereign empowerment,
It's time to come to the end of this meditation.
I invite you to take five deep conscious breaths,
Inhaling through the nose and exhaling through
the mouth.
Grounding into your body and into the here and now.
And when you feel ready,
You can open your eyes.
Go forth with a loving and compassionate heart.
Allow the discernment of the heart to inform you on what to get involved with or what to
simply witness and send love to from an empowered state of being.
Trust in the flow of inspired action when it comes but do not allow yourself to be empathically
drained.
Thank you for being you.
May you experience freedom and liberation as you be your authentic self in the world.
