Hello and welcome. We're so grateful you're here. Our meditation will begin shortly after a brief word from our sponsors who make these meditations available for free, for everyone.

Thank you so much for supporting the show. Hey, it's Jody Agard here.

If you're here, it's because you're ready to release some heavy emotions.

We all carry blame and shame at different points, but they don't define who we are.

So today's meditation is about letting go of those burdens,

freeing yourself from the weight that they bring,

and stepping into a space of self-compassion. You deserve to feel lighter.

So let's take that step together and let's begin. Bring your Bring yourself inside.

inside.

Letting your awareness land on the movement of your breathing. Oh, Follow its circular rhythms, in comes in and out.

Expanding your breath a bit with every inhale

and releasing it further with every exhale.

Breathe. Breathe. Oh, Oh, Come deep into your body now, and see if you can focus in.

On where blame and shame are living. Oh, Where are their judgments causing pain?

Where are their words covering you?

Suffocating you. Oh, You're going to. Where have you forgotten who you truly are. Oh, You're going to be. Let your attention shine on to them.

Force them.

Force them to come out of the shadows and present themselves. Oh, Just this brave act of awareness weakens them. I'm going to The Now see if you can imagine that loving exhale of your breath.

Gather them up one by one, and carry them out of your body.

And carry them out of your body.

And out of your mind. Right. Oh, Watch them dissolve once they're gone.

Once you've let them go. They have no power.

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