How to Rescue Yourself from Past Experiences
Breathing Recapitulation 1.
This is a simple but remarkably effective exercise.
Find a comfortable place to sit where you will not be disturbed.
You can do this anywhere. Do not limit yourself to a particular space or time.
Sit with your spine straight
Take your awareness to your breathing
The tidal in and out of your breath
Allow it to slow and deepen
Connect with your heartbeat
Become present within your body
And within this moment
Now visualise the past experience from which you wish to detach
Bring it into your full awareness
Acknowledge all emotions that come up for you here
Observe them
Know that they keep you connected to this moment in time
Visualise that memory fully whilst remaining in the here and now
Now, as you breathe in, let your inner voice say the words
“I accept this”
And as you breathe out, let your inner voice say the words
“I release this”
As your breath cycles in and out of your lungs
begin to feel calm acceptance of this memory on the inbreath
And begin to feel the release of all negative emotions that have been evoked
on the outbreath.
As you continue this cycle with slow, gentle breathing you will notice that it becomes more and more difficult to feel those unpleasant emotions whilst holding the vision
It also becomes more difficult to visualise the memory itself
What remains is a sense of acceptance and completion
You are now free to leave
You have learned all that you needed to from this situation
The memory has no power
It is simply comprised of facts.
Before you leave this point of space and time, be sure to collect every part of your Self
Leave nothing behind because you do not need to return here.
Breathing Recapitulation 2.
Find a comfortable place to sit where you will not be disturbed.
You can do this anywhere.
Sit with your spine straight and your head facing forwards
Take your awareness to the tidal in and out of your breathing
The tidal in and out of your breath
Allow it to slow and deepen
Connect with your heartbeat
Become present within your body
And within this moment
Turn your head to the left
Now visualise the past experience from which you wish to detach
Bring it into your full awareness
Acknowledge all emotions that come up for you
Observe them
Know that they keep you connected to this moment in time
Visualise that memory fully whilst remaining in the here and now
Breathe out
Visualise all the parts of you that you have left behind in this situation from the past
And all the parts of you that you regularly allow to visit there
Now as you breathe in fully
Suck those parts of yourself back out of the situation and into you as you are now
and turn your head to the right
As you turn your head back to the left, blow anything that is no yours back into that memory of the past.
As you continue to repeat this cycle, you will find it more and more difficult to visualise your past self in within the memory
It will lose its power and present as mere fact.
Continue until you have removed all traces of the Self from the situation and fully let go of anything that you have taken from it that no longer serves you
Welcome all the parts of you that have returned
Celebrate the fact that you can now be truly present