Emotions often surface in that space that opens when you stop holding back.
Sometimes surprising,
Sometimes overwhelming,
Sometimes delayed.
You may feel a wave of grief or relief,
Frustration,
Tenderness,
Love,
Disappointment.
Whatever comes up,
The practice is the same.
Let it move through.
You do not need to justify what you feel.
You do not need to explain it.
You are giving your experience a place to breathe.
Hello,
My name is Maria Baltazzi,
Author of the award-winning book,
Take a Shot at Happiness,
How to Write,
Direct,
And Produce the Life You Want.
Think about something that recently shifted for you.
Freed emotions when you stopped holding back after a project fell through.
A friendship somehow changed in an unexpected way.
A plan you were counting on no longer making sense.
These are all moments of detachment.
And with them often comes a flood of everything you have been keeping in check.
You might cry for the first time in months.
You might suddenly feel angry even though you had made peace.
You may feel sadness not because you are doing something wrong,
Because you are finally honest with yourself.
This is emotional movement.
Letting go often opens the space for truth to rise.
So here is what detachment when you allow for emotional movement without management can look like in real time.
When you get that disappointing email,
You close your computer and go for a walk outside instead of replying out of frustration.
When your creative energy feels blocked,
You cry.
You cry because something inside is clearing.
Or when a boundary you set is tested,
You stay quiet for a beat.
You feel the heat in your chest rise.
You stay with it instead of shutting down.
You let the truth come forward.
Detachment here is emotional movement without management.
You are not trying to be okay.
You are allowing yourself to be real.
So let us move into practice now and find a comfortable seat.
Let your hands rest gently.
Soften your eyes or close them fully.
And begin to notice your breath.
Inhale slowly,
Exhale gently.
Let your breath come and go without needing to change it.
And now allow your attention to your chest,
Your heart center.
Notice what lives there right now.
There may be a sensation,
A weight,
A warmth,
A flutter,
Or maybe a stillness.
Just allow it.
As you breathe in,
Imagine expanding the space around that sensation.
As you breathe out,
Let it soften just a bit.
Now bring to mind a feeling you have been avoiding.
You do not need to name it or fix it.
You are only needing it.
Let this feeling have space.
Let it be what it is now,
For now.
Notice where it lands in your body,
Your throat,
Your chest,
Your stomach.
Stay with it.
Now let that feeling move.
See it like water passing through.
It has a current.
Let it travel.
Let it lift and fall.
It does not need direction,
Just space.
You are safe here.
You are whole here.
You are present.
Return to your breath.
Inhale,
Exhale.
And when you're ready,
Place a hand over your heart or wherever you feel that emotion most clearly.
Offer this space kindness,
Not control.
Let yourself be here.
And ask these questions.
And notice,
Without attaching to a story or trying to fix it or justify anything,
Just notice what comes up when you ask,
What emotion have I been holding back that wants space to move?
Where have I been trying to explain my feelings instead of letting myself feel?
What shifts when I stop managing how I feel and simply notice it?
May I release the need to explain what I feel.
May my emotions move through me like air,
Clear,
Alive,
And honest.
May I give myself space to breathe before reacting.
May I let truth rise without rushing into words.
Let me walk through this moment with presence.
Let it be enough.
And so,
Let it be.
This is Marianne Faltazzi encouraging you to always take your best shot at happiness.
