Hi there,
Welcome.
My name is Amber and this guided meditation is for anyone dealing with stress and anxiety related to economic uncertainty.
You might be experiencing worries related to layoffs,
Unemployment,
Or just general money anxiety.
And however it looks like for you,
You are welcome to show up exactly as you are,
Including any difficult thoughts or emotions you might be having,
As well as any physical manifestations that might be showing up.
Whatever it is you have going on,
You are welcome here.
So with that being said,
I invite you to take a seat and come to a comfortable position with a nice tall spine.
Let's begin by taking a few rounds of breath together.
So when you're ready,
Inhale through the nose slowly and deeply.
Empty your lungs to the very bottom.
Inhale and exhale.
Inhale and exhale through the mouth.
Let something go.
Closing the eyes if you haven't already.
And feel yourself arrive in this space,
In this moment.
So if you're currently experiencing economic uncertainty or even just reading the news,
You might be spending a lot of time up in your head ruminating about what-ifs and things that may or may not happen in the future.
And so for the next few rounds of breath,
Begin to shift your attention from what's going on in your mind to the other dimensions of awareness,
Like your physical body and your environment around you.
So very gradually,
See if you can begin to bring your attention to a physical sensation that is present for you right now.
Scanning through the body from the top of the head,
Down the spine,
And through to the soles of your feet.
And notice any sensations of temperature,
Any tension in the face or shoulders.
Perhaps there's a sensation of pressure,
Your seat pressing against the surface beneath you.
Or the feeling of the texture of clothing on your skin.
Notice what it feels like to have the breath travel through the body on your inhale.
And the feeling of the release on the exhale.
Tuning into any sounds present.
And gradually,
With this space that we've created,
We can begin to observe the mind.
Becoming aware of the quality of the mind,
The feeling of it,
The sensations of it.
All while maintaining the gentle inhale and exhale of the breath in the background.
And as you continue to breathe,
You might begin to observe what thoughts,
What troubles,
And what worries are here.
And as these thoughts and emotions bubble up,
Let's see if you can be as kind and compassionate with yourself as you would be with a close friend.
Taking some time to understand what thoughts are here right now.
Giving them names,
If you can.
You might notice worrying thoughts about what tomorrow might bring.
Or fearful ones about worst-case scenarios.
That's okay.
It's normal.
For these thoughts to visit us,
The best thing we can do is not to push them away,
But to make a little space for them.
Allowing whatever is here in the present moment to be felt,
To be experienced,
To be held in compassion.
And whenever you notice that the mind has wandered off,
Gently bring it back.
And come back to the exercise of observing and making space for your thoughts as they come up.
Even the difficult ones.
Especially the difficult ones.
All right,
My dear one,
As we start to come to the end of this meditation,
Start to feel the sensations of your body again.
Feel your hands.
Feel your feet.
And listen just for a moment to any sounds that you can hear in your environment around you.
Open your ears.
And whenever you're ready,
Go ahead and open the eyes again.
Thank you so much for meditating with me today.
Well done for taking this time to pause and care for yourself.
And I'll see you again very soon.
