Navigating Sadness

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Navigating Sadness

by Tarin Calmeyer

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

8

Deep sadness can feel heavy, draining, or immobilizing. Rather than forcing positivity, this meditation offers gentle support for low emotional states. Through somatic awareness, breath regulation, and compassionate presence, I guide you in safely witnessing sadness so it can move naturally through the body. My hope is that this practice helps you feel supported, steady, and less alone in moments of emotional heaviness. Image Credit: Felipe Borges, Pexels

Sadness Grief Vagus Nerve Emotional Release Self Compassion Body Awareness Breath Awareness Judgment Sadness Management Grief Support Vagus Nerve Stimulation Judgment Free Observation

Meet your Teacher

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Meet your Teacher

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Transcript

Hello and welcome to The Tonic Method. My name is Taryn and this is a meditation to work with any feelings of deep sadness. So if you have been navigating feelings of sadness, Of grief, Or any other low energy state, Then this is for you. Let's begin by just finding a nice comfortable position for the body for the next few minutes. Start to draw awareness to your body. Often you can feel quite disconnected from your physical body when you are experiencing sadness. So start to become aware of anything that your body is making contact with to bring yourself into this physical space. Sadness can often be quite a low energy state. Our nervous system shifts into collapse or withdrawal or fatigue and our energy drops, Our motivation decreases, And it's important that you realize that this is not laziness. This is not lack of motivation. This is a biological response in your system. So instead of forcing yourself to feel better and to get up and move or to go and do something, You just want to add some gentle support today. So let your body fully rest against what is holding you in this moment. Feel the weight of your physical body, The weight of your head, Your arms, Your torso, The weight of your hips, The weight of your legs, Your feet. Take a slow inhale and exhale with a soft sigh. Let's do it a few more times. Sound activates the vagus nerve and supports emotional release. So let's do it again. Inhale, Soft sigh out. Now place one hand on your chest. If you can connect to the beating of your heart. Place one hand on your belly. Connect to the rhythm of your breath, Feeling the gentle rise and fall of each inhale and exhale. Feel the warmth. Feel the contact. Sadness often needs witnessing more than it needs fixing. So maybe just saying silently to yourself in your mind or out loud, I allow this feeling to move through me. I allow this feeling to move through me. Notice if your judging the sadness. If so, Just label it judgment. That's just judgment. And return to the sensation. Bring awareness to the center of your chest. Imagine your breath, Creating space around the heaviness. Not removing the heaviness. Just making room. Expanding the space. Sending breath into the space around your heart. Making room. If any tears come, Allow them. Let them come. If they don't, That's okay too. There is no right way to feel. Stay connected to the rhythm, The warmth, The contact of your body. I allow this feeling to move through me. I allow this feeling to move through me. Take one final, Slow inhale. Let your shoulders drop. Take a breath in and make a loud audible sigh out. What you are feeling is valid. Continue to allow the feeling to move through you. When you are ready, Gently open your eyes. I want to thank you so much for taking the time to meditate with me, To sit with this feeling, To witness the sadness, To acknowledge yourself. You are more than capable of navigating what is to come. You are more than capable of navigating the situation. Remember that you are loved. Until we meet again, Until our paths cross again, Stay well.