Let Go of What You Can't Control Guided Meditation
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It's not yours to hold.

It's not yours to change. So release your grip and let go of what you can't control so you can dissolve the pressure and focus your energy on what you can. So take a deep breath in, inviting the air to travel deep into your lung and into your belly.

And then breathe out, letting all that air, all those thoughts and emotions, all that heaviness out. One more deep breath in, feeling the air expand and refresh you inside. And then breathe out, contracting your belly at the end so every last drop of air is released.

leaving you open and ready for a new wave of oxygen. Bring your breathing to an easy, smooth rhythm and be here for a bit. Just breathing in and out, relaxing, releasing. Slowly bring your open hand to your heart.

Feel the palm of your hand radiating its warmth onto the skin of your chest and feel the energy of your heart radiating its warmth onto your hand. Be one with the calming, warm energy coming together here, magical, luminous, full of

See if you can imagine this force in the center of you, magnetizing all those things that are out of your control, that you can feel buzzing inside of you, following all those details, those thoughts, those emotions, those anxieties, stresses and fears towards it.

Let each inhale strengthen this pull and gather all those things out of your control towards it. Now, bring your attention to this light, this space between your hand and your heart that is now. And on your next breath out, release your hand from your heart.

Your palm open to the sky. And watch as all of those things you can't control escape into the space around you. Like tiny little butterflies being released into the air. And let them go and release your control. Now, bring both hands back to your heart.

This time noticing the space within, the openness, the lightness. Breathe one last deep breath in and then exhale completely, feeling calm, clear, and free. Namaste, beautiful.