The concept of guided meditation is one that has been around for a while. Many who are at least partly familiar with it may think of the semi cheesy sounding voice guiding you to your happy place or the scene from the movie Fight Club where the main charcter is guided to his inner cave to find his happy animal.
For me this exercise in guided relaxation could not have come at a better time, the past week and I half I have been supporting my best friend in dealing with the sudden loss of her son to a drug overdose, there were many days spent in the hospital hoping and waiting that things would improve and then the harsh news that it would not and we had to say goodbye. Being someone who is a very emotional person and hates to see others in pain and suffering the week was trying for me not only physically but emotionally and spiritually as well.
Taking the time to really sit listen and follow the soothing voice of the audio and not just halfway listen as I did other things, I was surprised to notice how I could actually feel each part of my body relaxed as I focused on calming myself and listening to the directions. It was a very serene few minutes and also allowed me to release a lot of emotion as well. I am a firm believer that when we are over tense that a good few minutes of meditation or relaxation can release a flood of purifying tears. when the exercise was over with I felt almost renewed, my body did not feel fatigued and my mind did not feel clouded. This is an exercise that I will listen to many more times in the future.
Thank you for sharing your not-so great week. I hate that you have been dealing with such a great loss but I know your friend is grateful for every moment you were there and available to her and her son. Loss like that is so unexplainable and unimaginable. I just edited an article for a friend about coping with loss similar to this; please review it and see if it may help your friend and her family, or even yourself. If you need anything further about this method, please reach out (http://www.businessnature.org/community).
ReplyDeleteAs for you, get some rest and keep up the meditation!
Melanie
I am sorry to hear of your friends' and your loss. The universe truly gives us what we need if only we are receptive to embracing it. I am glad this came to you when you could use it and were open to it and it aided in your grieving/healing process. A good emotional release can be very therapeutic and often times, I find, in attempting to be the strong one, the one who must be level or clear headed and make sure things keep on keeping, I tend to hold things back and it can be more detrimental and time consuming then if I just let go, cried, felt better, and got back to keeping on.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear you did this for yourself and took the time.
Blessings,
Christine M Dixon
Melanie,
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear of your friends loss. How horrible to have a child die of drug abuse. How kind you are to listen and help your friend through the pain. When I lived in California I owned my own gym..right next store a friend named Brian was working for a cash for gold business. One day his 21 year old son died of natural causes, nobody even knew he was ill. I will never forget the sounds he made, whaling that shook me to my soul. I remember excusing myself from my client and going next store and holding him..Thats all I could do was hold him while he cried and shook...This experience touched my life forever,.and....did I mention I had a son the same age?......