Release Your Shoulds and Supposed Tos: A Meditation for Inner Freedom and Authenticity

Release Your Shoulds and Supposed Tos: A Meditation for Inner Freedom and Authenticity

Most of us have a running list of shoulds and supposed tos living within us... I should be more productive. I shouldn't feel this way. I'm supposed to have it more together by now. I'm not supposed to struggle, or be vulnerable, or imperfect, or human.

The pressure of it is immense.

And even when we recognize it, we often can't seem to stop, because these shoulds and supposed tos don't just live in our conscious thoughts. They live much deeper than that, woven into our nervous systems, our bodies, and our subconscious experience. Quietly shaping what we believe we deserve, how we feel about ourselves, and how much joy and authenticity we allow ourselves to experience. That's why these patterns are so hard to change even when we cognitively understand them. They don't live in our thoughts, so our thoughts alone can't reach them.

In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you through a healing meditation that will take you beneath the surface of the conscious mind to work with these exhausting patterns at their very roots. It's some of the most powerful self-healing work I know, and my hope is that you come away feeling genuinely lighter, freer, and more reconnected with your own authentic needs, feelings, and desires.

Perfect for releasing shoulds and supposed tos and self-criticism, reconnecting with your authentic self, and finding real freedom from the pressures of who you think you're supposed to be.

Episode timing:

00:00 - How We Learned to “Should On” Ourselves
05:21 - Healing Meditation to Release Your Shoulds and Supposed Tos
35:53 - Conclusion and Reflections

Read more about the somatic approach to freeing yourself from shoulds

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