It seems that we’re constantly experiencing greater and greater levels of stress. We’re all feeling more overwhelmed with every passing week and it’s now at the point where we expect to be stressed. All of the time.
It’s seems that we’ve got to the point where we spend half our life winding ourselves up like mechanical toys, and the other half trying to unwind.
Now, with all the added stress of on and off lockdowns and restrictions, and worry about those we hold dear, many of us have now stopped even trying to unwind. We’ve simply given up.
If you’ve wound yourself too tightly or too fast, which for many people is now the case, you’ll find yourself in one of two scenarios. Either you become stuck in a whirlpool that keeps you spinning in circles, or you unwind so fast you spin off the table, hit the wall, and keel over, legs in the air like a dead ant.
But if you have learned to live well, that unwinding will be slower and steadier.
The problem is that when we’re under a constant assault from tension, worry and restriction it can feel like it’s all closing in around us, tighter and tighter, locking us up in a tightly bound bundle of tension, anxiety and stress. And as it pulls tighter and tighter we don’t even have the room to unwind.
But here’s the thing….you are not a wind-up toy.
You need to break those tightening bonds that are threatening to lock you up in stress forever. If you start by just loosening them a little, it may create enough space around you to then loosen them further…and that’s the start of reducing your stress and your overwhelm.
Stress Release Meditation
So let’s begin that process of loosening those bonds right now.
Close the door on the stressful world outside to find a few moments of calm for yourself.
Make yourself comfortable, and when you’re ready, play the meditation below.