We are going to start today's meditation by taking two sharp inhales through the nose and then surrendering and sighing out on the exhale.
I'll do one with you.
Two more like that.
In,
Up and out.
In,
Up and out.
Finding your centre and returning to your normal breathing pattern.
In through the nose and out through the nose.
The physiological sigh is a well researched breathwork technique found to be an instant stress release.
And it's a tool that you can use and take with you.
Finding your centre and returning to your breath,
Focusing on an extended exhale through today's meditation.
In through the nose and out.
That's it.
Becoming aware of your body,
The space you're in and your breath.
Today's meditation is going to focus on pain.
I believe that pain is there to call us inward.
Whether it be internal,
External,
Physical,
Emotional,
Visible or invisible.
It's a nudge to go inward,
Slow down and be.
So often we mask the pain,
Suppress,
Ignore,
Keep ourselves busy,
Distracted.
This pain we feel is very real.
And we are very smart.
But our bodies are wise.
And they will nudge us and keep nudging until we are forced to slow.
We still and look inward.
Whether this be through sickness,
Injury.
They all push us closer to ourselves and our pain.
But what if instead of suppressing and masking,
We sat with it?
What if we reached out our hands with loving reverence and held it?
I invite you now to take a deep breath in all the way up.
To the crown of your head and hold it here.
Hold and release.
I want you to either use your hands or in your mind's eye place your hands over a place that hurts.
Breathe in again.
All the way up from the bottom of your belly.
To the crown of your head and hold.
Hold and on the exhale send your breath here to where your hands are.
Today our pain is asking for us to listen.
To feel to be.
Feel the warmth that you've created from your hands and your breath on this place that's tender.
Taking another deep breath in from the bottom of your belly all the way up to the top of your head and hold.
And exhaling and listening.
I see you.
I love you.
What would happen if we loved the parts of us that hurt just as much if not more than the parts of us that we love?
These tender places are not a part of us that need ignoring.
We actually need to love them more.
Running your hands to a place that's comfortable.
Focusing on your breath.
Notice how it feels to sit with your pain.
You may feel tender,
You may feel frightened.
But notice how it's not anything to be scared of.
How pain does not define us.
I believe it teaches us how we can love more.
Love deeper.
Because our words that we have.
When they heal,
They form scars.
And rather seeing these scars as something to define us.
I invite you to think about how these scars create space.
A deeper feeling for love.
A deeper space for love.
Placing your hands on your heart now and breathing in again.
All the way up to the top of the crown of your head.
Hold.
Hold.
And exhale.
Notice how your heart is still beating.
You are not sensitive.
You are not wounded.
You are not damaged.
You are alive and you're human.
And you are breathing.
The next time you feel pain or a form of suffering.
Know this is a call to be with yourself.
To love yourself more deeply.
To call inward.
To hold your hands on your heart and say I love you.
I've got you.
Your pain and your wounds turn into scars that expand you.
They do not define you.
Take another deep breath in.
And out.
Deep breath in.
And out.
You are alive.
You are feeling.
And you are human.
