Sound a Sigh for Peace

The world is changing; volcanoes are erupting, the ground is quaking, gushing oil is destroying our food supply, and the days are moving faster.  A higher perspective holds that, while seemingly things are in crisis, these experiences are bringing about an auspicious change in our conscious relationship with Earth and ourselves. But the controllers keep trying to hang on. I'm not just referring to the powers-that-be that would like to see humanity trapped in powerlessness; I'm also referring to you and me.

At this point in our evolution, hanging on with a white-knuckle grip to the way things used to be is futile. The past is gone. Anything before this current moment is old. So, yes, in all those moments that you live somewhere outside of the 'here and now', you are hanging on. It's remarkable that we don't know how to let go like there's no tomorrow; not only do we do it often, but we already do it most easily when we have the need to let go! Wisely, our inner intelligence gives us the self-healing tool. And it's so simple - we sigh.

There's a reason we sigh. We express a sigh when we feel spent. We sigh out of exasperation. We sigh when we are angry and impatient. In all these cases we've been holding on or holding in, and the body wants release, expression of emotion or movement of energy.  This type of sigh is the act of trying to create peace.

Yet, there is a grand difference between a sigh of frustration and sigh of surrender. The thoughts behind a sigh of frustration are similar to "I give up". To feel it in your body you might slump over in tiredness, or cross your arms in self-protection. Emotionally there may seem to be an absence of feeling, a flatline of numbness, but there is often a residue of anger. While it seems to be a release, the tension of resistance is still present. The tone of it is short, sharp and forceful. Spiritually, you are pushing away your life essence. In contrast, a sigh of surrender is an opening to the richness of life.  In loving declaration for Self it declares to Spirit, "You lead." Kinesthetically it's like dropping a weighty burden. Your emotions float away into lightness of being, and resistance dissolves with sweet merging into the whole. It's an act of faith. In this way, we actually do create peace.

We can take our time to fully breathe the sigh and purposefully heal ourselves. It can take us down into the earth, to our root. It's a big exhale. Allow yourself a big sigh now. Let go and go there, all the way down. Suspend yourself in the deepest part of the exhale.

You can make the sigh even more healing by letting the breath carry your sound and letting your sound carry your intention. Start by feeling into your heart. Take your time. This is you. What you feel there in this moment is you. Is it heavy, or empty? Does sadness want to flood out in tears? This is the case for many at one time or another, so let's follow this density of energy. But know that whatever you feel is perfectly aligned with this moment because you are the creator of this moment, nothing else. If the feeling is not serving you set an intention to release it.

Now take a deep breath from your belly and exhale again, really loudly. Allow yourself. This is you creating joy. At the end of your exhale, take it as deep as you can go, like a motor drilling its way down in the earth. Let the sigh bring a full release. Let everything go with it. Don't hang onto any breath, not a spec, not a second. Let it all simply go. Trust, as you always do, that your inhale will follow. Allow it in natural rhythm to replenish you.

How was your experience? Was there anything stopping you from completely letting go? Set intent to let that go now. Sound it; let the sound be what it is. No pretense and no need to make it anything but what you feel like sounding. Some sounds may be aggressive. At other times it may want to be soft. This is not a journey of logic but one of feeling. Do it for as long as you like.

Now pause to notice what you have created. What's the vibration inside you? Is it clear or is there more to release? Is there a knocking in your heart waiting for the door to open, or have you traversed the threshold?

Keep sighing and sounding for peace until you wish to come back into just breath and stillness.

Be still. Sit in your new Self.
How do you feel?
Check your body. Notice the tune in your heart.
This is the new You.
New,
and still you.
More of You.

To support you in letting go, please journey with me in guided meditation to use breath and intentional sighs and sound to create peace. The second part of the meditation is a soft, healing chant. Follow this link Healing Chants. Enjoy the freedom.

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