Speaker 1: Welcome in. If you're feeling socially drained, emotionally tired, or
simply in need of quiet after being around people, let
this be a gentle moment to resaid. Find a comfortable
place to sit or lie down, let your body be supported,
close your eyes or soften your gaze. If that feels better,
Take a long breath in through your nose and breathe
out gently through your mouth. Again, take in a great,
full breath and let it out, relieving the exhaustion and
making way for calm and gratitude. Keep breathing gently as
we continue. Being around people can't be a lot. Even
when connection is meaningful, even when moments are good, your
energy can still become scattered. Your attention stretches outward, your
nervous system keeps responding, your body keeps taking in signals, words, moods, noises,
and even tension, and after a while, you may begin
to feel tired in a way that's hard to explain.
This is your moment to come back. Notice where your
energy feels pulled, a frayed, or depleted. Maybe your mind
feels overstimulated, Maybe your chest feels tight, Maybe your whole
body feels like it has been open for too long.
Take a slow breath in and imagine gathering your energy
back toward you and let that breath out, letting any
uncomfortable feelings leave with it again inhale, drawing yourself inward
and exhale, returning to the center with each breath. Imagine
all the little threads of your attention returning home from conversations, interactions, expectations,
and emotional labor. Just a quiet return. Feel your shoulders drop,
let your jaw unclench, let your belly loosen. There's no
need to keep offering your energy right now, There's no
need to keep listening, responding, or carrying the room. Right now,
you get to belong to yourself again. Imagine a calm
area all around you. Maybe it's a quiet room, a
comfy chair, a peaceful corner of your day or evening,
a cozy cocoon of stillness where no one needs anything
from you. Breathe there, Let this quiet moment be kind,
let the emptiness be healing. Take another easy inhale, and
with your next exhale, release any lingering social tension from
the day. Breathe away the pressure to replay conversation, Let
go of any pressure to wonder how you came across.
Forget any need you may have felt to keep performing
long after the moment ended. You are here now, and
here you are enough without talking, without giving, without explaining,
without being available. Take a breath and hear these words,
I return to myself. My energy is my own. Again inhale,
I return to myself. Exhale, my energy is my own.
Feel the reliability of those words. You're allowed to need quiet,
You're allowed to need space. You're allowed to recover after
being open to the world. Let yourself rest in that
permission for a few breaths. Notice the rise and fall
of each breath. This is your breath, your body, your
moment to refill. Take one more long, grateful inhale and
a gentle, calming exhale. Bring awareness back to the room
around you. Wiggle your fingers, your toes, and when you're ready,
open your eyes or lift your gaze. Carry this with you.
Kneading space doesn't make you distant, It makes you human.
Quiet is one of the ways you come back to
your strength. No mustay