Meditation For When You're Feeling Overwhelmed (Superman Meditation)

[Music] you know what I mean oh my gosh another day on Earth and this person did this and they said that and that person cut me off and I'm not making enough money in the economies down the drain and this person's running the country and what the heck is happening oh so much so much happening you know in that uh movie Superman No Man of Steel Man of Steel one of my favorites just because the Han Zimmer soundtrack man so good and the flashbacks to when he was a kid just like love it uh when Kent Kent Clark wow what the heck is his name Clark Clark Kent when Clark Kent don't worry we'll get to the meditation uh I'll put a Tim stamp when it starts but when Clark Kent was like in school and he was getting so overwhelmed with the stimuli remember that he's in the class and then he's discovering he has like x-ray vision and he can see the teacher's organs and everything and then he can hear everything happening in the classroom from the you know the tip of the the lead hitting the the paper or graphite and then the chalk on the board and then other classrooms and the bells and the oh my gosh he can hear what rays of Sunshine sound like on glass he was like overwhelmed and he runs out of the classroom hides in a Janitor's Closet or custodian and locks it he's so overwhelmed he needed a space of comfort and his mom comes running into the school because she gets a call from the principal and Clark says it's too big Mom it's too big it's all too big it's all too much and sometimes we feel like everything's just too big it's too big the world we live in now but you know it doesn't matter people thought stuff was big before that big meaning there's too much going on this whole life thing is too much the day uh there was too much in the day for me to deal with I dealt with it the best I can but you know that was a lot there's a lot going on so she said after he says you know it's too big mom she says well make it small then make it small swim to my voice or she said walk to my voice like the voice is an island just walk to it just focus on my voice one thing one one thing and that's what we're going to do we're going to make your big world simple and small bite size you'll come right into the moment the moment won't be scary you won't have fomo in the moment because it's all going to be here for you and the moments waiting for you like like someone just waiting to give you a big nice warm hug the warmest of hugs like a blanket and a h chocolate and warm tea and the moment's just going to hold you there and you can almost just you know put all your weight into it so that's what we're going to do all right and for those of you who haven't meditated before if you have and you've had good experiences bad experiences that's all part of it that's what meditation is it's full of all the experiences you're not going to get one every time that's what's so cool about it can't really get bored of it and when you are bored of it you're probably thinking about boredom and you're caught up in the thought of boredom so listen this isn't about crystals this isn't about silk pants this isn't about you know um drugs and trips and you know being white and having dreadlocks no no no this is just a standard Scot meditation welcome welcome welcome take a seat the moment welcomes you oh this is sounding culty welcome to the Scott Meditation Retreat Center the moment welcomes you please turn in your your cell phones and stop talking to your family and loved ones now all right yeah you smiled gotcha all right take a seat with me just close your eyes your eyes are there not to be open all the time you got those eyelids for blinking but also they can stay shut for a little bit ehy and let them be heavy like don't even hold them up pretend like they got little cute little miniature weights on the eyelashes and it's just holding them down perfect and whatever you want to do with your arms just put them on your lap somewhere where they're comfortable feet on the floor they can be crossed again just get comfy don't want you falling asleep but just be comfortable alert but not rigid not an army salute but you know at ease if the commander were to say at ease let's not like at ease uh Soldier and then they just flop on the ground like a dead fish no no at ease just chill bring the shoulders down a bit get loose there you go now just make it small and we're going to make it all small by just noticing what you hear letting the sounds just come to you and the sounds that reach you only come from so far you know your world's even smaller now with just those sound waves coming to you that can only travel so far and if you have thoughts and stories you get caught up in you just with a little bit of lightness you know a little bit of happiness that you noticed it be like oh I was in there and now I'm back to the listening back to your ears and what's just traveling in slowly [Music] now making your world even smaller is Shifting your attention to your [Music] nose and your nose just breathing in the immediate air around it and there's sensation like you feel stuff you know in inside your nose and maybe the very tip of it and be curious about it like what's that feel like air coming through there what's the temperature what's the texture of air and maybe follow the air as right when you inhale and it goes into your nose wow your your chest moves your diaphragm moves as if to welcome the nourishment of oxygen like what an experience in this small world so many cool things and you notice this the feelings of the air and you know maybe the exhale now it's like oh forgot about that we were just focusing on the inhale and now you're like oh there's a whole other experience of the air leaving and things relaxing and the relationship between this inhale and exhale this fluid movement and just keep noticing it and be curious about it what an experience you know sometimes it's easy to get serious when doing this if you're open to it you know you can smirk a little bit and have a soft smile because what you're doing is pretty pretty cool and continue just to be with your breath just be with it e being right there with it not not being with it so tightly like you get disappointed or angry when you get lost in a thought now be with the breath softly notice it e if there is an urge a want to be done with it all you can notice that you know maybe part of you wanting to be back into the the big big world again but notice the part of you that really feels warm here to nurture this to cultivate this to really soak this in there you go whenever you feel ready and like it's okay to open your eyes and come back to the room feel free to do so and if you just want to stay in the moment a little longer with your eyes closed that's totally fine stay with what you're experiencing right now stay with it stay with that you know stay connected to this and I know you know what I'm talking about no there there's a there's a clinging and we want to there's an attraction to go back to where we were cuz we feel comfortable sometimes in worry we feel comfortable in the big big stuff but keep it small for a little while and see how you do take care God bless and I'll see you next week bye