What I Learned in Therapy

K66-1: So just take a moment
to find a nice, comfortable.

I seated position, or
maybe you want to lay down.

But take some time.

To land in your body.

Take some time.

To make sure that your hips fail.

Okay.

That there's room for your shoulders.

That there's room for your legs.

Put your feet.

Put your hands.

And just take some easy breath is here.

As you settle in.

Tap into your body.

There's no right way or wrong way.

To meditate.

I think folks often.

Resist.

Meditation for fear of doing it wrong.

I'm inviting you to give yourself
permission to do it and the way.

That you can only do it.

If you find your mind racing,
your thoughts bouncing.

Here's your breath as the vessel.

To bring in the bouncing
thoughts with a big inhale.

And then exhale the amount of your body.

And then come back to.

Long slow.

Deep breath.

Now in this settled position, take care
of awareness to your mouth and your jaw.

Relax them both.

Relax, your lips.

Your tongue.

Your jaw.

Maybe even taking the tip of the tongue.

To the roof of the mouth.

Activating the parasympathetic
nervous system.

Perhaps letting the lips part.

And without changing the
cadence of your breath.

With every exhale.

Falling deeper.

And deeper into your body.

And then take your gaze and stare
into the backs of your eyelids.

Let your eyes rest on my AC.

And not what you think.

You have all day to think.

And meditation, our aim
is to rest our minds.

And connect with our bodies.

So, if you stare into the backs of your
eyelids, you're staring into yourself.

And with every exhale dropping
deeper into your body.

And allowing your eyelids to feel heavier.

And heavier.

And as you stare into the
backs of your eyelids notice.

Any color, any light that is coming
through or is it very, very dark?

No matter what it is.

Intentionally.

Notice.

This is your body.

This is the only body you're going to get.

.
And take your shoulders
away from your areas.

So the breath.

And take your awareness to your week.

The places you've been.

All the steps that you took.

The easy conversations.

The difficult.

Conversations.

The places you grew.

And then places, perhaps
you turned away from.

And to notice all of these things
from the same space of observation.

Not a place of judgment.

And so notice.

The things that went
well for you this week.

And take a big inhale
right into your body.

As big as you can get, fill the
belly, fill the chest for the lungs.

And then take a very big
exhale and let them out.

And then notice.

The things in your week.

That didn't feel good.

Perhaps they felt bad.

Perhaps you felt sad, angry.

Alone.

And that's okay.

But just notice.

Observe.

Always hold as much judgment as you can.

And notice the places where
you can find more capacity.

And take a big inhale
right into your body.

And exhale it out.

Notice all the good, bring it in.

And let it go.

It's not yours to keep exhale.

Notice the bad.

The things that hurt.

The things that keep you
trapped to breathe them in.

Hi next, how the Mount.

I can continue this long breath.

Bringing in all the good
things in your life.

Planting them inside of you.

Seeds of growth.

And then send it all the way.

So that there is room to grow.

And all of the things that are hard.

All of the places in your life where fear.

Pain.

Shame.

Anger.

Those are all important feelings
to have because those two.

Can plant seeds of growth.

If we hang on to the important part.

And let the rest.

Out of our bodies.

So one more time together.

Notice the good in your life.

Notice the belly laughter
the people that you love.

The home.

In which you live.

Your car.

Your community.

And take a big inhale with
me, soak it all in all that.

Love.

Breathe it in.

And keep the good and exhale the rest.

Now notice the bad.

The places where it hurts.

The anger, the shame.

The fear.

The sadness.

They're all important.

They're all a part of the good.

So bring them in.

And how them into your body.

And plant the seeds of growth.

That suffering can give us.

And exhale the rest and
get it out of the way.

Now just breathe normally.

Our bodies are not meant to carry.

And hang on.

To the good or the bad.

Our bodies are meant to evolve.

And change.

And grow.

And so I encourage you.

Can I go of everything?

And make a pathway.

For the present.

To continuously evolve.

Right.

Inside of you.

And right.

In front of you.

And then just begin to deepen your breath.

And because you are the
knower of your body.

Always, always, always you
are the knower of this body.

And if anyone tells
you otherwise, You art.

To seek counsel elsewhere.

From that space of knowing this.

Find some movement that
feels good for you.

And when you're ready.

We're all to one side and
rest her head on your arm.

Or if you're sitting.

Tuck your chin on your chest.

I

remember there was a day when
you were just a possibility and

then you happened to the world.

And the world was never the same.

And then the world happened to you.

And you were never the same.

And the reciprocity of
that evolution and change.

Has been happening.

Your whole life.

And so perhaps.

We need not worry so much.

Everything keeps happening.

And then when you're ready,
if you're lying down.

To come to a seated position.

And if you are already.

And a seated position, lift
your head and close your eyes.

And take your palms face up on your knees.

And tuck your tailbone.

And left your rib cage.

And take your shoulders down your back.

Lift your chin.

And if your eyes are open,
I invite you to close them.

And press your palms together in prayer.

So much so that you feel the human
on the other side of your hands.

And remember.

This is the only body you're going to get.

So be good.

To this body.

Take a big inhale with me.

And on your exhale.

Remember who you are.

Much respect, yogis, Nama, stay.