Feeling overwhelmed? Watch this!

When you're in the grip of overwhelm and chaos, remember that you're exactly where you need to be. How do I know that you're exactly where you need to be? Because that's where you are right now, and you can't actually be anywhere else. You don't need to resist the overwhelm. You don't need to deny it. You can just recognize that it's there. Hi, overwhelm. Feel where it's showing up in your body. Is it in your head? Maybe it's a buzzing or a frantic sensation, or maybe it's dull and heavy. Is it on your shoulders? Does it feel like chills down your arms, constriction in your chest, a knot in your stomach? Maybe it feels like queasiness, or is it in your lower abdomen? Your legs. Just notice without judgment. Sit with it. Breathe with it. Fear is excitement without the breath. Literally, the mechanisms in our body that produce fear are the same as the mechanisms which produce excitement. So if we allow ourselves to to actually breathe deeply through it, we can start to transform our fear, our overwhelm. Don't ignore this fear or this overwhelm. Instead, start to breathe deep and sigh it out even deeper. This can take some time. So I invite you to sit with it for a while, maybe pause the video and come back, or you can also do it afterwards. Your overwhelm is not coming from external sources as much as it might feel like it is. Having some compassion for that, for that part of your mind that says, oh, if only this happens, or if only this person would do this, then I could feel calm, I could feel happy, peaceful, content. It's okay that that's your thought pattern right now. It's not bad. It's not wrong that you're thinking this way, and you can start to release yourself from that thought pattern. Start to invite, gently invite in the idea that you have more control over the way you feel than you might have thought even just moments ago. Ease exists whether you're focusing your attention on it or not. All you have to do is tap into that ease. Remember that it's there. Orient back to it. Maybe say hello to it like you said hello to the overwhelm. Hello, ease. I see you. You're here. I invite you in. Start to feel your body shift. Notice where any tightness loosens, where constriction relaxes, where frantic sensations calm. Lean into the ease. Lean into your innate knowing that ease is here. All you need to do is orient to it, to lean into it. Maybe allow yourself to physically lean back into it. This is the reminder I need some days. I hope that you found it as helpful as I do. I wish you ease, peace, and joy as you go into the rest of your day.