AD-FREE BONUS: Let Go of the Blame and Shame Guided Meditation

Hey, it’s Katie and I want to welcome you to this special bonus episode. It’ll be here for you completely ad-free for the next week so you can get a feel of what it’s like to be a PREMIUM member. If you’d like an easy ad-free experience for all of our podcasts - that’s over 200 episodes each month, then JOIN PREMIUM today at https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium They’re born in the shadows, Deep in the cracks or your mind.  PAUSE… Your ego pushes them through, Past the fortresses of commitments, Sidestepping self-awareness, And bringing them to the front of your thoughts. PAUSE… They burst like bubbles in the summer wind, Splashing their venom all over, Unleashing their words of blame and shame, To roam free in your mind, To poison your body.  PAUSE… It’s okay, sweet one, You haven’t done anything wrong.   PAUSE… You are not weak because of this. Nor are you the person this blame and shame paint you to be.  You are simply poisoned by their words, And their meanings, As they infect your thoughts, And spread their darkness throughout you. PAUSE… But they do not have to overpower you, They do not need to stay. Because when you recognize that blame and shame are not you, That they are simply a manifestation of your ego, Who is full of fear, You can choose to extract them from you, And let them go.  LONG PAUSE… So bring yourself inside, Letting your awareness land on the movement of your breathing.  PAUSE… Follow its circular rhythms. In… And out. Expanding your breath a bit with every inhale. And releasing it further with every exhale.  Breathe… LONG PAUSE… Come deep into your body now, And see if you can focus in, On where blame and shame are living.  PAUSE… Where are their judgments causing pain?  Where are their words covering you, Suffocating you? PAUSE… Where have you forgotten who you truly are?  LONG PAUSE… Let your attention you shine onto them,  Force them come out of the shadows, And present themselves. PAUSE… Just this brave act of awareness,