So Let’s Begin…
LET YOURSELF BE HUMAN MEDITATION SCRIPT
September is National Suicide Prevention Month…it’s a time to remember the lives lost to suicide, acknowledge the millions more who have experienced suicidal thoughts, and the many individuals, families and communities that have been impacted by suicide.
It is really important to me to provide some meditations for those who might need them, so I asked my good friend, who has been personally impacted by suicide, to write this week’s meditations. If you or someone you know could use it, please listen and share.
If you feel you need someone to talk with right now, you are not alone. In the U.S., you can call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you’re elsewhere, please look online for a local crisis number, or text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line).
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Find a quiet place where you feel safe to just be you.
Let your eyes close gently.
PAUSE…
Take a soft breath in, filling your body with calm.
Exhale slowly, feeling the weight of the day slide away.
Pause here, in the soft rhythm of your breath.
PAUSE…
Let your hands rest loosely.
Unclench your jaw.
Soften the space between your eyes.
PAUSE…
Feel yourself settle into your own presence.
You are allowed to feel it all.
The heavy parts.
The bright parts.
The messy, confusing, glorious parts.
All of it is human.
All of it belongs.
PAUSE…
Breathe in to meet every part of you with kindness.
Breathe out, and know you are worthy of this kindness.
PAUSE…
You have tried so hard, in so many ways.
You have carried so much, in silence and in noise.
PAUSE…
You are not your mistakes.
You are not your struggles.
You are something softer, deeper, older than all of it.
PAUSE…
Inside you, beneath the noise, there is a steady light —
the same light you were born with, untouched by fear or shame.
PAUSE…
This light is your true self.
It never leaves, even when you forget it’s there.
PAUSE…
Feel this quiet glow in your chest.
Feel your breath feeding it gently.
PAUSE…
Your human self — so perfectly imperfect — is sacred too.
Your tears are holy.
Your laughter is holy.
Your tired sighs are holy.
PAUSE…
You don’t have to be perfect to be loved.
You don’t have to be polished to be worthy.
You are already both — human and touched by the divine.
Breathe in this truth.
Let it sink deep into your bones.
PAUSE…
When you fall apart, you are still whole.
When you get it wrong, you are still enough.
When you doubt, you are still made of love.
And love does not leave you.
PAUSE…
Rest in this gentle knowing:
You are allowed to be human.
Flawed.
Honest.
Real.
Soft and strong, all at once.
PAUSE…
Stay here a little longer.
Breathe slowly, filling every cell with this gentle grace.
PAUSE…
May you walk through today remembering:
Your humanness is your beauty.
Your humanness is your miracle.
PAUSE…
Namaste, Beautiful.
