October 7, 2025 • 32 mins
Do you ever leave social gatherings feeling completely drained—or notice your anxiety spike after scrolling through social media? You may be experiencing something far deeper than simple exhaustion.
In this episode, I explore what really happens in the brain and body when we’re overwhelmed. From surprising insights about why common wellness practices may backfire for sensitive people, to lesser-known techniques that can reset your nervous system, this conversation challenges what you thought you knew about energy, stress, and sensitivity.
But here’s the twist—you’ll discover that your sensitivity isn’t the problem. It might just be your greatest strength… once you know how to use it.
With love
Dr. Evette Rose
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Heal Within With me here, dr Yvette
Rose, trauma therapist and alsocreator of Metaphysical Anatomy
Technique.
And this podcast is your safespace to explore emotional
healing, nervous system repairand also a deeper transformation
.
And if you are ready to godeeper and you would like to be
(00:23):
supported on your journey, youcan always book a one-on-one
session with me or with any ofmy certified metapsychology
coaching practitioners, and alsojoin one of my upcoming life
healing events or workshops orretreats at
metaphysicalanatomycom.
And now let's begin yourjourney back to wholeness, one
(00:44):
breath and one breakthrough at atime.
So I would like to start today'sepisode with a question have
you ever walked into a crowdedroom and instantly just felt
everything is just drained outof your body?
Everything is just drained outof your body.
(01:08):
Or have you found yourself justscrolling endlessly only to
realize that you feel anxiousand very overstimulated?
That is what I would callenergetic overwhelm, and today
we're going to dive into whythis happens and how you can
start to calm your system.
But first I love definingthings and naming them, because
(01:32):
then we understand a little bitbetter what we are all talking
about.
So let's define energeticoverwhelm.
This is, for example, anexperience of taking too much
sensory, emotional or likeenergetic input in at once and
this can leave you completelyoverstimulated, fatigued or even
(01:57):
anxious.
And listen, it's not justsensitivity, it's the body's
stress system that's really justworking overtime.
Examples I mean, let's usecrowded environments.
I think this is one that weprobably most can relate to.
It's constant notifications.
(02:19):
There's maybe emotional tensionin relationships between people
that you can't see it but youcan feel it, or even just being
around people with just reallyintense emotions or unresolved
anger or frustration.
You see, this is what opens upthe door to the neuroscience
(02:40):
side of overstimulation.
Side of overstimulation Becauseour sensory processing system,
which is the thalamus, this actsas the brain's relay station
pretty much.
It's filtering in incomingsensory information and when
that is overloaded, filteringactually becomes less effective.
(03:01):
And we all know the amygdalaLoud noises, emotional intensity
or fast changing environments,all this can trigger the alarm
center and this can reallyactivate our fight or flight
response, our prefrontal cortexNow we feel fatigued,
(03:21):
decision-making emotionalregulation weakens when it's
overstimulated and this alsoexplains why we feel really
snappy or just indecisive.
It's like you just cannot make adecision.
Our nervous system goes intooverdrive, I mean our
sympathetic nervous system.
It stays in that fight orflight response.
(03:42):
In this case it's just overlystressed, it's switched on and
the parasympathetic nervoussystem is really struggling to
kick in.
And research shows thatoverstimulation raises cortisol
levels and it impairs ourworking memory and it reduces
our ability to focus.
(04:03):
Now, why is it so hard torelease feelings of overwhelm?
It's like?
I don't know if you'veexperienced the same, but I know
.
For me, when I sometimes feeloverwhelmed, it's like I don't
even know where to begin.
Where do you begin?
I mean, how long is a piece ofstring?
And the challenge is what'shappening?
And what makes it so hard is allthis neurochemical imprints?
(04:27):
Because there's, like you know,we have a stress hormone like
cortisol.
It lingers in the body forhours and this is what's keeping
the body in that hypervigilance, like even after all, the noise
is gone.
It's like we go home, it's allover.
We sit down and it's like wecan't even sit comfortably on
(04:49):
the couch.
We still feel so restless,almost like we're still ready to
defend or we're ready to go,we're ready to get up and go do
something, and on top of that wehave memory encoding.
So this is the hippocampus andit's tagging all this
overstimulating environments.
It's unsafe.
So the body stays in that alert.
(05:10):
When it's triggered again, itraises that flag again.
And childhood experiences, yousee, early trauma or neglect.
It really can prime the nervoussystem to be hypersensitive, to
overstimulate and people withhigh ACE scores they can get
(05:33):
much, much overwhelmed muchfaster.
And always we have that socialmedia, digital pressure,
constant pings and dings andrings, news alerts.
Social media that's justcompletely exploiting our
dopamine pathways and it'skeeping us in the cycle of
(05:56):
stimulation, craving and thenburnout.
Now what is the body's signalsof energetic overwhelm?
Now, what is the body's signalsof energetic overwhelm?
(06:22):
Most people that I've workedwith would report saying racing
thoughts, shallow breathing,heightened sensitivity to maybe
sounds, smells or light, feelingother people's emotions much
more intensely.
If you're an empath, you'regoing to feel even more
overwhelmed, right?
So trouble focusing also injust making simple decisions.
Simple decisions oh honey, whattime do you want to eat?
And it's like, oh, justexplosion, I don't know.
(06:42):
Right, spilled coffee feelslike the end of the world.
And exhaustion it feels likeenergy leak.
It's like something is justpouring out of you and you just
can't plug that hole.
You just can't get that energyback.
There is so many beautiful waysto connect and to reconnect.
(07:03):
And grounding for me is thebest Breath work, barefoot,
walking in places, humming, youknow, to really activate the
vagus nerve.
And there's so many sensoryresets as well.
It can be reducing sensoryinput, like dimming the lights,
have silent notifications?
I don't.
My phone sound is off, itvibrates, there's no sounds on
(07:29):
it at all and that for me, it'sjust.
That's my digital boundary,right, I don't want noise flying
into my ears when I'm trying towork.
And co-regulation, that'sanother great one and it's
something that I've come tolearn over the years to really
appreciate.
Right, spend time with calmpeople, because your nervous
system sinks through thesemirror neurons, neurocontagion,
(07:53):
right.
So somatic release is alsoreally great.
So, gentle shaking, as anexample, during the day, when I
work, when I do filming betweenevery client, when I teach my
workshops, during my breaks Ialways stand up and jump and
it's a whole shaking, jumping,arms and legs until I'm tired to
just get the body to reallynicely de-stress.
(08:16):
And then, as I'm tired and I'mbreathing right heavily, I
imagine all the stress goingfrom my body into my feet, just
pouring and releasing it downinto the earth and these little
micro-recoveries.
It adds up.
It adds up in a very, verypositive way.
(08:39):
I want to share with you somereally insightful keys here, key
moments as well, because,remember, we all know that, like
, it's not really, but peoplesay that the brain is plastic,
right, so it means thatoverstimulation, the tolerance
for it and the regulation it canbe improved.
Just as the brain learned it,it can unlearn it.
(09:02):
And then regular mindfulnessright, I love meditation, but
remember, if you are an empath,do something else while you
meditate, because meditation canactually overstimulate you.
So we don't want to add to theproblem, we want to take away
from it.
So, maybe walk while youmeditate, maybe have your feet
in the water while you meditate,or have these meditating beads.
(09:25):
There's so much that you can doas a result of just resetting
yourself, but in ways to do itso that it actually supports you
.
You actually feel.
Wow, this is actually making mefeel better, because the
challenge with meditation thatI've seen is I mean, it's not
(09:50):
that it's not hard to do, it'sthe part that's hard is to be
still with silence, the partthat feels and that rattles
people is to be in that space ofjust nothingness, because
that's when the voices come up,that's when we feel stressed
(10:13):
even more because we don't haveour distractions, because when
we're in this heightened,high-paced life of go, go, go,
there's always a threat, there'salways something to worry or
stress about, and that's whereour focus is, that's where our
energy flows.
So meaning our focus is not onhow we really feel and when that
happens, when the body is inemotional or physical pain even,
(10:37):
it's not prioritizing that pain, because your focus is pulled
in a different direction wherethere's a threat somewhere else.
But when we're quiet, the brainnow has the ability to organize
through its files and see, well, what else is now important,
(10:57):
because we don't have all thesethreats to worry about what is
next.
And this is where pain can comeup, this is where emotional
distress can now be really feltand really heard, and that can
be a very uncomfortable place tobe in.
And this is where I find that,for me personally, this is why
(11:22):
meditation was so incrediblyhard.
Me personally, this is whymeditation was so incredibly
hard.
It was so hard because Icouldn't meet that silence.
That silence actually made mefeel that it's hurting me and I
had to learn that silence ispeace, silence is safe, because
(11:51):
I subconsciously associatedsilence with danger, because
it's like, when is the othershoe going to drop?
And that's when I learned forempaths to just simply drop into
silence, to just simply be inthis place of meditation, it's
not healthy.
It's important to havesomething else that you can do
while you meditate, while youcreate that safe place and that
safe sanctuary.
(12:12):
And that is what we're going todo today In our meditation.
We're gently going to gothrough a beautiful meditation,
but already, if this is you, ifyou're energetically
overstimulated and you strugglewith meditation, if that silence
feels more harmful and it cancause us to actually associate
(12:38):
negative experiences withmeditation, but which is
actually positive, it's designedto help you to communicate
better with the body, tocommunicate to your senses, to
connect to your intuition and tohelp the body to heal.
But if the very gateway that weoften can use to help ourselves
to heal is associated with pain, you can now see how it can
(13:02):
actually cause a really bigproblem.
So now, when you are ready, I'mgoing to start a gentle
meditation.
I'm going to talk you throughthis process step by step, and
so now let's just start byfocusing on our breath and just
(13:22):
remember, if you're doing thismeditation with me, it's best
that you're not driving, maybedon't walk, it's best for you to
really truly just.
I mean, if you're walking, thenit's going to actually be a
good thing, especially if you'rean empath, but walk in a way
where you can still haveawareness of your environment,
because how I meditate is in themorning, when I go for my
morning walks.
But I'm going to show youanother way to also meditate.
(13:45):
If you feel that that place ofsilence is maybe a little bit
too much, if you feel that thatplace of silence is maybe a
little bit too much, and forthose of you who's comfortable
with meditating, who'scomfortable with that silence,
just continue to follow themeditation in a way that's
comfortable for you.
Okay, so, let's start by takinga nice deep breath.
(14:19):
Very good.
And now I invite you to closeyour eyes and, as you do,
whether you're lying down, andif you're lying down, let your
(14:42):
let your hands be like your armsare on the floor and your hands
are touching the floor, and asyou do that, start just gently
tapping, just like you're justever so slightly moving your
hand, and then lift just yourfingers.
The palm of your hand can stillbe on the floor, but just your
(15:04):
finger, your fingertips arelifting off of the ground ever
so slightly.
Your fingertips are lifting offof the ground ever so slightly
and starting on the left side,and lift it up and let it go
down.
And then the right hand lift upyour fingertips and let it go
down.
Left side, let it go up anddown, and the right side up and
(15:25):
down.
You see, so you start findingyour rhythm by letting your
hands go up and down, up anddown.
You see, so you start, for youstart finding your rhythm by
letting your hands go up anddown, up and down, feeling the
floor every time when you putyour fingertips down.
And it's a really nice rhythmthat you're finding for yourself
(15:45):
now.
And if you're sitting up, youcan put your hands on your lap
and the same thing, just lefthand up and then right hand up,
left hand up and right hand up,very gently, gently, soft
movements, and go up and downuntil you find a nice rhythm, a
really nice rhythm rhythm.
(16:16):
This extra sensory helps toactually keep us calm and in
your window of tolerance whileyou go into your quiet place,
and it lessens the chances offeeling more overstimulated or
stressed when you feel yourenvironment calming down, when
you feel your environmentcalming down and continue to tap
throughout the meditation oruntil you feel it served its
(16:36):
purpose for this meditation.
But it's almost like the rhythmas you're tapping.
Even that in itself is veryrelaxing.
It's almost like that's themeditation in itself, isn't it
Beautiful?
And now I invite you, as you'retapping gently only if you wish
(17:04):
to, but I do invite you to tryit just for fun Start by
focusing on your breath andnotice as you're inhaling and
(17:29):
exhaling.
Just notice how it's gentlybringing you fully into the
present moment in a very gentle,in a very safe way.
And with each breath, imagineyour body becoming heavier, more
(18:04):
grounded and more supported,really feeling the earth beneath
you, supporting you.
Even when everything else feelsoverwhelmed, that surface
beneath you is still consistentand solid and solid, really
(18:43):
holding you now and bringingyour focus and awareness To the
top of your head.
And if you feel maybe tension,buzzing or heaviness, or it's
(19:11):
just busy, imagine a warm goldenlight washing down, slowly
melting away overstimulation,away, overstimulation, letting
(19:41):
that light move through yourforehead, your eyes, your jaw.
With every exhale you'resoftening more and more and more
(20:15):
, allowing the light to flowinto your chest, into your heart
space.
Feel it expand gently.
(21:12):
And now imagine roots growingfrom the souls of your faith,
growing deep into the earth.
These roots, they'restabilizing you, it's anchoring
(21:32):
you into calm, steady energy, atype of steadiness that just
cannot be shaken by outsidenoise.
(21:55):
And with each inhale and witheach inhale, draw in the earth's
(23:19):
grounding energy, exhale,release overstimulation, not
just to that energetic noisefrom other people, overwhelming
words, judgments, other peoplestress that almost started to
feel like it became yours.
Feel how that is just drainingout of your fate, from those
(23:42):
roots of your fate, into theearth.
Give it away now.
It was never yours to beginwith, it was never yours to
carry in the first place, andallowing that part of you that
(24:14):
allowed that responsibility tobecome yours, feeling the root
cause of that, just draining outof your body, recognizing and
realizing now you just no longerhave to accept other people's
(24:35):
responsibility that belongs tothem, that sometimes the
greatest gift we can give peopleis becoming a facilitator in
their life, rather than someonethat swoops in and takes their
(24:56):
responsibilities away and ontoourselves.
And as you do this, noticingall your energy slowly coming
(25:28):
back to you as you're letting goof burdens that's just no
longer yours, feel that spacewithin you that's opening up for
your needs to take its place,your energy to take its place,
your love to take its place,your love to take its place and
(25:57):
your inner peace to also takeits place.
And noticing how peaceful itfeels.
It almost feels like cominghome, doesn't it?
(26:23):
And as you are finding yourselfin that beautiful space, let's
affirm a few affirmationstogether as well, and all that
(26:45):
you have to do is listen to myvoice and allow yourself to
receive these words.
Instead of always giving, allowyourself now to receive.
I am safe, grounded and presentin this moment.
(27:06):
In this moment, my energy ismine To protect and nurture.
I release the noise of theworld and return to my inner
(27:33):
peace.
My nervous system knows how toreset, restore and rebalance.
(27:56):
I trust my body to give myselfpermission to rest.
My breath is my anchor and Ican return to it anytime.
(28:46):
I may be sensitive, but mysensitivity is a strength To
know how other people arefeeling, how to feel compassion,
and I allow that samecompassion for others to now
(29:08):
also be given to me.
I choose to take in only whatsupports my well-being and in
(29:33):
this moment I'm enough and I'mgood enough.
And I invite you now to placeyour hands over your heart and
(29:58):
notice, as you do, just feelingyour breath again, feeling your
body moving with you, and noticeas you do, feeling the warmth
of your hands on your body,knowing that I am calmness, I am
(30:25):
safe, I'm home within myself.
And when you are ready, takeone last deep breath, feeling
(30:45):
that surface beneath your bodyand noticing as you do that you
(31:07):
are fully held and supported,and bring all this calmness, all
this support, back with you inthe here and now.
Bring that reset with you.
When you're ready, you can giveyourself a nice big stretch and
(31:32):
gently come back.
Beautiful, well done, well done.
I'm so proud of you.
I want to thank you for beinghere with me today and remember
also affirmation, for today ismy breath, is my anchor.
(31:56):
And remember, you are not alone.
You are healing one step at atime, one breath at a time.
And remember, if this episodetouched you, then please also
share it with someone who isprobably also on their healing
journey.
And, as always, breathe deep,listen within and stay gently
(32:22):
curious.
Thank you for being here today.
Thank you for being here foryou.
I love you.
I'm going to see you in ournext episode and, until then, be
the light that you are.
Welcome to Heal Within With me here, dr Yvette
Rose, trauma therapist and alsocreator of Metaphysical Anatomy
Technique.
And this podcast is your safespace to explore emotional
healing, nervous system repairand also a deeper transformation
.
And if you are ready to godeeper and you would like to be
(00:23):
supported on your journey, youcan always book a one-on-one
session with me or with any ofmy certified metapsychology
coaching practitioners, and alsojoin one of my upcoming life
healing events or workshops orretreats at
metaphysicalanatomycom.
And now let's begin yourjourney back to wholeness, one
(00:44):
breath and one breakthrough at atime.
So I would like to start today'sepisode with a question have
you ever walked into a crowdedroom and instantly just felt
everything is just drained outof your body?
Everything is just drained outof your body.
(01:08):
Or have you found yourself justscrolling endlessly only to
realize that you feel anxiousand very overstimulated?
That is what I would callenergetic overwhelm, and today
we're going to dive into whythis happens and how you can
start to calm your system.
But first I love definingthings and naming them, because
(01:32):
then we understand a little bitbetter what we are all talking
about.
So let's define energeticoverwhelm.
This is, for example, anexperience of taking too much
sensory, emotional or likeenergetic input in at once and
this can leave you completelyoverstimulated, fatigued or even
(01:57):
anxious.
And listen, it's not justsensitivity, it's the body's
stress system that's really justworking overtime.
Examples I mean, let's usecrowded environments.
I think this is one that weprobably most can relate to.
It's constant notifications.
(02:19):
There's maybe emotional tensionin relationships between people
that you can't see it but youcan feel it, or even just being
around people with just reallyintense emotions or unresolved
anger or frustration.
You see, this is what opens upthe door to the neuroscience
(02:40):
side of overstimulation.
Side of overstimulation Becauseour sensory processing system,
which is the thalamus, this actsas the brain's relay station
pretty much.
It's filtering in incomingsensory information and when
that is overloaded, filteringactually becomes less effective.
(03:01):
And we all know the amygdalaLoud noises, emotional intensity
or fast changing environments,all this can trigger the alarm
center and this can reallyactivate our fight or flight
response, our prefrontal cortexNow we feel fatigued,
(03:21):
decision-making emotionalregulation weakens when it's
overstimulated and this alsoexplains why we feel really
snappy or just indecisive.
It's like you just cannot make adecision.
Our nervous system goes intooverdrive, I mean our
sympathetic nervous system.
It stays in that fight orflight response.
(03:42):
In this case it's just overlystressed, it's switched on and
the parasympathetic nervoussystem is really struggling to
kick in.
And research shows thatoverstimulation raises cortisol
levels and it impairs ourworking memory and it reduces
our ability to focus.
(04:03):
Now, why is it so hard torelease feelings of overwhelm?
It's like?
I don't know if you'veexperienced the same, but I know
.
For me, when I sometimes feeloverwhelmed, it's like I don't
even know where to begin.
Where do you begin?
I mean, how long is a piece ofstring?
And the challenge is what'shappening?
And what makes it so hard is allthis neurochemical imprints?
(04:27):
Because there's, like you know,we have a stress hormone like
cortisol.
It lingers in the body forhours and this is what's keeping
the body in that hypervigilance, like even after all, the noise
is gone.
It's like we go home, it's allover.
We sit down and it's like wecan't even sit comfortably on
(04:49):
the couch.
We still feel so restless,almost like we're still ready to
defend or we're ready to go,we're ready to get up and go do
something, and on top of that wehave memory encoding.
So this is the hippocampus andit's tagging all this
overstimulating environments.
It's unsafe.
So the body stays in that alert.
(05:10):
When it's triggered again, itraises that flag again.
And childhood experiences, yousee, early trauma or neglect.
It really can prime the nervoussystem to be hypersensitive, to
overstimulate and people withhigh ACE scores they can get
(05:33):
much, much overwhelmed muchfaster.
And always we have that socialmedia, digital pressure,
constant pings and dings andrings, news alerts.
Social media that's justcompletely exploiting our
dopamine pathways and it'skeeping us in the cycle of
(05:56):
stimulation, craving and thenburnout.
Now what is the body's signalsof energetic overwhelm?
Now, what is the body's signalsof energetic overwhelm?
(06:22):
Most people that I've workedwith would report saying racing
thoughts, shallow breathing,heightened sensitivity to maybe
sounds, smells or light, feelingother people's emotions much
more intensely.
If you're an empath, you'regoing to feel even more
overwhelmed, right?
So trouble focusing also injust making simple decisions.
Simple decisions oh honey, whattime do you want to eat?
And it's like, oh, justexplosion, I don't know.
(06:42):
Right, spilled coffee feelslike the end of the world.
And exhaustion it feels likeenergy leak.
It's like something is justpouring out of you and you just
can't plug that hole.
You just can't get that energyback.
There is so many beautiful waysto connect and to reconnect.
(07:03):
And grounding for me is thebest Breath work, barefoot,
walking in places, humming, youknow, to really activate the
vagus nerve.
And there's so many sensoryresets as well.
It can be reducing sensoryinput, like dimming the lights,
have silent notifications?
I don't.
My phone sound is off, itvibrates, there's no sounds on
(07:29):
it at all and that for me, it'sjust.
That's my digital boundary,right, I don't want noise flying
into my ears when I'm trying towork.
And co-regulation, that'sanother great one and it's
something that I've come tolearn over the years to really
appreciate.
Right, spend time with calmpeople, because your nervous
system sinks through thesemirror neurons, neurocontagion,
(07:53):
right.
So somatic release is alsoreally great.
So, gentle shaking, as anexample, during the day, when I
work, when I do filming betweenevery client, when I teach my
workshops, during my breaks Ialways stand up and jump and
it's a whole shaking, jumping,arms and legs until I'm tired to
just get the body to reallynicely de-stress.
(08:16):
And then, as I'm tired and I'mbreathing right heavily, I
imagine all the stress goingfrom my body into my feet, just
pouring and releasing it downinto the earth and these little
micro-recoveries.
It adds up.
It adds up in a very, verypositive way.
(08:39):
I want to share with you somereally insightful keys here, key
moments as well, because,remember, we all know that, like
, it's not really, but peoplesay that the brain is plastic,
right, so it means thatoverstimulation, the tolerance
for it and the regulation it canbe improved.
Just as the brain learned it,it can unlearn it.
(09:02):
And then regular mindfulnessright, I love meditation, but
remember, if you are an empath,do something else while you
meditate, because meditation canactually overstimulate you.
So we don't want to add to theproblem, we want to take away
from it.
So, maybe walk while youmeditate, maybe have your feet
in the water while you meditate,or have these meditating beads.
(09:25):
There's so much that you can doas a result of just resetting
yourself, but in ways to do itso that it actually supports you
.
You actually feel.
Wow, this is actually making mefeel better, because the
challenge with meditation thatI've seen is I mean, it's not
(09:50):
that it's not hard to do, it'sthe part that's hard is to be
still with silence, the partthat feels and that rattles
people is to be in that space ofjust nothingness, because
that's when the voices come up,that's when we feel stressed
(10:13):
even more because we don't haveour distractions, because when
we're in this heightened,high-paced life of go, go, go,
there's always a threat, there'salways something to worry or
stress about, and that's whereour focus is, that's where our
energy flows.
So meaning our focus is not onhow we really feel and when that
happens, when the body is inemotional or physical pain even,
(10:37):
it's not prioritizing that pain, because your focus is pulled
in a different direction wherethere's a threat somewhere else.
But when we're quiet, the brainnow has the ability to organize
through its files and see, well, what else is now important,
(10:57):
because we don't have all thesethreats to worry about what is
next.
And this is where pain can comeup, this is where emotional
distress can now be really feltand really heard, and that can
be a very uncomfortable place tobe in.
And this is where I find that,for me personally, this is why
(11:22):
meditation was so incrediblyhard.
Me personally, this is whymeditation was so incredibly
hard.
It was so hard because Icouldn't meet that silence.
That silence actually made mefeel that it's hurting me and I
had to learn that silence ispeace, silence is safe, because
(11:51):
I subconsciously associatedsilence with danger, because
it's like, when is the othershoe going to drop?
And that's when I learned forempaths to just simply drop into
silence, to just simply be inthis place of meditation, it's
not healthy.
It's important to havesomething else that you can do
while you meditate, while youcreate that safe place and that
safe sanctuary.
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And that is what we're going todo today In our meditation.
We're gently going to gothrough a beautiful meditation,
but already, if this is you, ifyou're energetically
overstimulated and you strugglewith meditation, if that silence
feels more harmful and it cancause us to actually associate
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negative experiences withmeditation, but which is
actually positive, it's designedto help you to communicate
better with the body, tocommunicate to your senses, to
connect to your intuition and tohelp the body to heal.
But if the very gateway that weoften can use to help ourselves
to heal is associated with pain, you can now see how it can
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actually cause a really bigproblem.
So now, when you are ready, I'mgoing to start a gentle
meditation.
I'm going to talk you throughthis process step by step, and
so now let's just start byfocusing on our breath and just
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remember, if you're doing thismeditation with me, it's best
that you're not driving, maybedon't walk, it's best for you to
really truly just.
I mean, if you're walking, thenit's going to actually be a
good thing, especially if you'rean empath, but walk in a way
where you can still haveawareness of your environment,
because how I meditate is in themorning, when I go for my
morning walks.
But I'm going to show youanother way to also meditate.
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If you feel that that place ofsilence is maybe a little bit
too much, if you feel that thatplace of silence is maybe a
little bit too much, and forthose of you who's comfortable
with meditating, who'scomfortable with that silence,
just continue to follow themeditation in a way that's
comfortable for you.
Okay, so, let's start by takinga nice deep breath.
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Very good.
And now I invite you to closeyour eyes and, as you do,
whether you're lying down, andif you're lying down, let your
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let your hands be like your armsare on the floor and your hands
are touching the floor, and asyou do that, start just gently
tapping, just like you're justever so slightly moving your
hand, and then lift just yourfingers.
The palm of your hand can stillbe on the floor, but just your
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finger, your fingertips arelifting off of the ground ever
so slightly.
Your fingertips are lifting offof the ground ever so slightly
and starting on the left side,and lift it up and let it go
down.
And then the right hand lift upyour fingertips and let it go
down.
Left side, let it go up anddown, and the right side up and
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down.
You see, so you start findingyour rhythm by letting your
hands go up and down, up anddown.
You see, so you start, for youstart finding your rhythm by
letting your hands go up anddown, up and down, feeling the
floor every time when you putyour fingertips down.
And it's a really nice rhythmthat you're finding for yourself
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now.
And if you're sitting up, youcan put your hands on your lap
and the same thing, just lefthand up and then right hand up,
left hand up and right hand up,very gently, gently, soft
movements, and go up and downuntil you find a nice rhythm, a
really nice rhythm rhythm.
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This extra sensory helps toactually keep us calm and in
your window of tolerance whileyou go into your quiet place,
and it lessens the chances offeeling more overstimulated or
stressed when you feel yourenvironment calming down, when
you feel your environmentcalming down and continue to tap
throughout the meditation oruntil you feel it served its
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purpose for this meditation.
But it's almost like the rhythmas you're tapping.
Even that in itself is veryrelaxing.
It's almost like that's themeditation in itself, isn't it
Beautiful?
And now I invite you, as you'retapping gently only if you wish
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to, but I do invite you to tryit just for fun Start by
focusing on your breath andnotice as you're inhaling and
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exhaling.
Just notice how it's gentlybringing you fully into the
present moment in a very gentle,in a very safe way.
And with each breath, imagineyour body becoming heavier, more
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grounded and more supported,really feeling the earth beneath
you, supporting you.
Even when everything else feelsoverwhelmed, that surface
beneath you is still consistentand solid and solid, really
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holding you now and bringingyour focus and awareness To the
top of your head.
And if you feel maybe tension,buzzing or heaviness, or it's
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just busy, imagine a warm goldenlight washing down, slowly
melting away overstimulation,away, overstimulation, letting
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that light move through yourforehead, your eyes, your jaw.
With every exhale you'resoftening more and more and more
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, allowing the light to flowinto your chest, into your heart
space.
Feel it expand gently.
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And now imagine roots growingfrom the souls of your faith,
growing deep into the earth.
These roots, they'restabilizing you, it's anchoring
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you into calm, steady energy, atype of steadiness that just
cannot be shaken by outsidenoise.
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And with each inhale and witheach inhale, draw in the earth's
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grounding energy, exhale,release overstimulation, not
just to that energetic noisefrom other people, overwhelming
words, judgments, other peoplestress that almost started to
feel like it became yours.
Feel how that is just drainingout of your fate, from those
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roots of your fate, into theearth.
Give it away now.
It was never yours to beginwith, it was never yours to
carry in the first place, andallowing that part of you that
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allowed that responsibility tobecome yours, feeling the root
cause of that, just draining outof your body, recognizing and
realizing now you just no longerhave to accept other people's
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responsibility that belongs tothem, that sometimes the
greatest gift we can give peopleis becoming a facilitator in
their life, rather than someonethat swoops in and takes their
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responsibilities away and ontoourselves.
And as you do this, noticingall your energy slowly coming
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back to you as you're letting goof burdens that's just no
longer yours, feel that spacewithin you that's opening up for
your needs to take its place,your energy to take its place,
your love to take its place,your love to take its place and
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your inner peace to also takeits place.
And noticing how peaceful itfeels.
It almost feels like cominghome, doesn't it?
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And as you are finding yourselfin that beautiful space, let's
affirm a few affirmationstogether as well, and all that
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you have to do is listen to myvoice and allow yourself to
receive these words.
Instead of always giving, allowyourself now to receive.
I am safe, grounded and presentin this moment.
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In this moment, my energy ismine To protect and nurture.
I release the noise of theworld and return to my inner
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peace.
My nervous system knows how toreset, restore and rebalance.
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I trust my body to give myselfpermission to rest.
My breath is my anchor and Ican return to it anytime.
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I may be sensitive, but mysensitivity is a strength To
know how other people arefeeling, how to feel compassion,
and I allow that samecompassion for others to now
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also be given to me.
I choose to take in only whatsupports my well-being and in
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this moment I'm enough and I'mgood enough.
And I invite you now to placeyour hands over your heart and
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notice, as you do, just feelingyour breath again, feeling your
body moving with you, and noticeas you do, feeling the warmth
of your hands on your body,knowing that I am calmness, I am
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safe, I'm home within myself.
And when you are ready, takeone last deep breath, feeling
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that surface beneath your bodyand noticing as you do that you
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are fully held and supported,and bring all this calmness, all
this support, back with you inthe here and now.
Bring that reset with you.
When you're ready, you can giveyourself a nice big stretch and
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gently come back.
Beautiful, well done, well done.
I'm so proud of you.
I want to thank you for beinghere with me today and remember
also affirmation, for today ismy breath, is my anchor.
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And remember, you are not alone.
You are healing one step at atime, one breath at a time.
And remember, if this episodetouched you, then please also
share it with someone who isprobably also on their healing
journey.
And, as always, breathe deep,listen within and stay gently
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curious.
Thank you for being here today.
Thank you for being here foryou.
I love you.
I'm going to see you in ournext episode and, until then, be
the light that you are.
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