From Overwhelm to Flow

You breathe in, raise and squeeze your shoulders higher, then drop them with a sigh. You do it twice. It releases held tension in the body before you settle into stillness and begin to observe your breath.

The guide asks you to feel inhaling and exhaling as waves washing onto the shore, flowing up and down. That image carries through the whole session. Your emotions are described as waves too, and the breath is called the key to moving through overwhelm: you breathe through the intensity and allow more sensation, rather than resisting it.

You are invited to dive into whatever is there, whether it is joy and love or fear, contraction and sadness. The track says feelings can't be held on to. They flow, move and transform, so there is nothing to resist. You simply follow where each one guides you.

You rest your awareness at the heart centre until you can feel or even hear your pulse. The guide links it to the familiar sound you knew in the womb, the sound that said you are home. You also feel your blood moving through head, arms, back, belly, legs and feet like tiny rivers.

You answer three questions in a soft whisper, directed at the glass: what you are grateful for, what you appreciate most about yourself, and what you wish to invite into your life. Afterwards, with your eyes closed, you pick it up and drink slowly, feeling your own words nourish you.

The session is built around it, so have one ready before you start. The glass gives your gratitude and intention somewhere to go, and drinking it closes the practice. It ends with the reminder that you are water and you are flow.