Latest / Magic Divorce Club Podcast / heart medicine for joy hunters
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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: I'm just at that end of the holidays bit now where I'm just like, oh, this is hard.
- 0:06SPEAKER_00: Like I'm not going through divorce, but this feels really hard.
- 0:08SPEAKER_00: So, you know, sending love.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 0:15SPEAKER_00: So get yourself comfortable.
- 0:17SPEAKER_00: I think we'll just go straight in.
- 0:22SPEAKER_00: So settling back.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: Have a notebook handy so that you can do some writing at the end.
- 0:28SPEAKER_00: If that feels comfortable, you don't have to.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: But I like to just sometimes I don't know about you,
- 0:35SPEAKER_00: but I feel like I don't know what I think until I've written it down.
- 0:40SPEAKER_00: And then I'm like, oh, that was sometimes a stroke of genius.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: I didn't know it was in there.
- 0:46SPEAKER_00: And other times I'm like, OK, she needs a rest.
- 0:52SPEAKER_00: So let's close our eyes, get comfortable and just focusing on slowing down your breath.
- 1:05SPEAKER_00: Noticing how it feels to slow down your breath and just arrive in your body,
- 1:12SPEAKER_00: in the space that you're in.
- 1:19SPEAKER_00: Being aware of all the sounds and the temperature.
- 1:35SPEAKER_00: Feeling your arms resting beside you.
- 1:43SPEAKER_00: Maybe taking a few breaths just to allow your shoulders to relax a little bit.
- 1:55SPEAKER_00: Loosening the jaw so the sides of the neck can stop holding so much tension.
- 2:13SPEAKER_00: Feeling all the places you're in contact with the ground,
- 2:20SPEAKER_00: the back of the legs, the feet,
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: The backs of your body up into the lower back,
- 2:35SPEAKER_00: all the way up to the back of your head.
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: And just using the next few breaths to help your body to really settle,
- 2:53SPEAKER_00: to be held, To be supported by the ground beneath you.
- 3:19SPEAKER_00: And if you could sum up how you feel right now in a word or two, what would it be?
- 3:54SPEAKER_00: Bringing your attention to your breath.
- 4:00SPEAKER_00: The rise and fall of your chest, or the sound it makes as you breathe in and out.
- 4:10SPEAKER_00: Colours, the visuals, whatever comes up when you think of your breath.
- 5:08SPEAKER_00: And if you feel like your attention is wandering away, gently bring it back to your breath.
- 5:17SPEAKER_00: Then you could focus your mind on either counting,
- 5:24SPEAKER_00: counting in for four, counting as you breathe out for four.
- 5:31SPEAKER_00: Or just simply saying, breathing in, breathing out.
- 5:54SPEAKER_00: Giving your whole body permission to slow down,
- 6:00SPEAKER_00: be here,
- 6:07SPEAKER_00: be present,
- 6:27SPEAKER_00: And I invite you to come into the Magic Divorce Clubhouse if that feels comfortable for you.
- 6:35SPEAKER_00: It's a building that's surrounded by a big blue protective layer.
- 6:43SPEAKER_00: And this protective layer means that only you, only your stuff can come inside.
- 6:54SPEAKER_00: Anything that belongs to anyone else
- 6:59SPEAKER_00: It just fizzles away as you step through the thresholds.
- 7:06SPEAKER_00: Any cords that are attached to you,
- 7:13SPEAKER_00: these get cut
- 7:16SPEAKER_00: and it allows you to come inside just as yourself, as you are.
- 7:24SPEAKER_00: Creating space again for your things,
- 7:27SPEAKER_00: calling back your spirit and your soul that has been scattered around.
- 7:35SPEAKER_00: To just take a few breaths here,
- 7:38SPEAKER_00: to let go of what isn't yours,
- 7:42SPEAKER_00: and to welcome back everything that is yours, that is you, that makes you unique,
- 7:53SPEAKER_00: And special and important.
- 7:59SPEAKER_00: Call it back in to where it belongs using your breath.
- 8:10SPEAKER_00: Just taking a moment to receive these parts of you.
- 8:22SPEAKER_00: And then taking a short walk to the space that is yours with your name on.
- 8:28SPEAKER_00: It has your favorite things inside.
- 8:34SPEAKER_00: And here you can wrap yourself up in a blanket of pure golden compassion and you can rest.
- 8:48SPEAKER_00: As you feel yourself resting back, just giving yourself full permission to receive.
- 8:58SPEAKER_00: To see yourself for what is truly going on.
- 9:08SPEAKER_00: To accept that you are enough, you are doing enough.
- 9:15SPEAKER_00: And allow the compassion that is all around you in the air to settle,
- 9:20SPEAKER_00: to
- 9:26SPEAKER_00: fill the spaces that feel broken and sore.
- 9:55SPEAKER_00: Using every inhale to draw loving kindness into your body and
- 10:02SPEAKER_00: every exhale
- 10:03SPEAKER_00: to send it to every atom and cell in your body from the tips of your toes all
- 10:10SPEAKER_00: the way up to the crown of your head.
- 10:21SPEAKER_00: Resting and receiving.
- 11:16SPEAKER_00: If you feel any little areas of tension,
- 11:20SPEAKER_00: bring your awareness to these spaces and imagine that you're really drawing in
- 11:24SPEAKER_00: that compassionate energy,
- 11:27SPEAKER_00: breathing golden light into these spaces,
- 11:34SPEAKER_00: loving them, filling them with kindness.
- 11:53SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 12:54SPEAKER_00: And now that your whole body is full of this golden compassionate light,
- 13:01SPEAKER_00: imagine that with every inhale,
- 13:05SPEAKER_00: you continue to breathe in this energy and it floats in and around your heart,
- 13:12SPEAKER_00: circulating around and around.
- 13:20SPEAKER_00: Replenishing heart energy.
- 13:22SPEAKER_00: You may even want to bring your hands to your heart as you do this.
- 13:39SPEAKER_00: Seeing it fortifying and building up the strength around your heart.
- 13:49SPEAKER_00: Around the front, the back, the sides,
- 13:56SPEAKER_00: the top and the bottom.
- 14:00SPEAKER_00: Like a golden globe circulating around and around your hearts.
- 14:14SPEAKER_00: Helping you to connect to what really matters to you.
- 14:32SPEAKER_00: Helping you to see a future beyond all this where you are able to do all the things
- 14:39SPEAKER_00: that really matter to you.
- 14:44SPEAKER_00: Allowing you to make a difference.
- 14:54SPEAKER_00: To make your home beautiful, your garden, connecting with your friends.
- 15:01SPEAKER_00: Building a life that is exactly the way that you want it to be.
- 15:12SPEAKER_00: One way you feel excited and joyful.
- 15:17SPEAKER_00: You can feel the magic all around you.
- 15:23SPEAKER_00: And it all starts from this seed within your heart.
- 15:31SPEAKER_00: That we will continue to water, to fill up with love and kindness and compassion.
- 15:39SPEAKER_00: And
- 15:51SPEAKER_00: it starts by really seeing to your needs.
- 15:58SPEAKER_00: To connect to the things that you love that bring you joy,
- 16:02SPEAKER_00: because when we do those things that we love that bring us joy,
- 16:09SPEAKER_00: that's when it becomes infectious,
- 16:13SPEAKER_00: magnetic to those around us.
- 16:21SPEAKER_00: So taking a deep breath into your heart space, into your hands,
- 16:28SPEAKER_00: And just gently inquiring what is it that would bring you joy today or this week?
- 16:42SPEAKER_00: Something that you can start to build upon
- 16:48SPEAKER_00: that will set you free.
- 17:00SPEAKER_00: Maybe you get a little whisper of what this is, or maybe you don't, and that is okay.
- 17:08SPEAKER_00: We're just sowing a seed, asking a question, and seeing what comes up.
- 17:16SPEAKER_00: What comes up when we keep watering and filling our hearts with love and kindness.
- 17:26SPEAKER_00: Take a deep breath into your heart, expanding the ribs,
- 17:32SPEAKER_00: Exhaling and feeling back into your fingers and toes.
- 17:38SPEAKER_00: Coming back into the space but staying connected to that feeling.
- 17:43SPEAKER_00: And
- 17:45SPEAKER_00: from here, I ask you to write
- 17:50SPEAKER_00: what came up or write what comes out.
- 17:55SPEAKER_00: What do you want to call in?
- 18:01SPEAKER_00: Well answer that question, what would your heart like you to do this week?
- 20:29SPEAKER_00: Just taking a second to feel into what you've written down, seeing if the next step is obvious.
- 20:37SPEAKER_00: And if it's not,
- 20:38SPEAKER_00: just feel into what you've written,
- 20:41SPEAKER_00: what you're trying to call in,
- 20:44SPEAKER_00: how it would feel in your body to have this,
- 20:48SPEAKER_00: feeling gratitude for this thing as if it's already happened.
- 21:02SPEAKER_00: If you can write down a next step and when you're going to do it, you get a gold star.
- 21:26SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 21:27SPEAKER_00: So I'd love for you to drop me a message with whatever you have come up with
- 21:31SPEAKER_00: so I can cheer you on.
- 21:34SPEAKER_00: But otherwise, I'll see you again next week and I'll have a chat with you guys.