As you know, I am a recovering worrywart.  And as you have no-doubt heard, worry does not help anything.  And as you also no-doubt know, knowing that worry doesn’t help, is not enough to stop your worrying.   

Right? 

What does help? 

This time honored meditation works.

Heart Breathing

Sit quietly.  Phone off etc.  Breathe slowly and easily.  

Feel your fear, your worry.  See the images.  Now breathe all that into your heart.  I know, “Yikes.”  But trust me, your heart will be fine. 

Let your heart soften.  And continue to breathe in the worry, the fear, the pain. 

When you feel you have taken in as much as you can, you can start to exhale loving kindness phrases.

For instance – 

        May I be blessed.

        May she be blessed.

        May I be at peace.

        May I be safe and loved.

        May she be at peace. 

        May she be safe and loved.

You can make up any phrase that feels good to you.  Or if you’re worried about someone else, ask yourself what whould bless them.  Are you with me? 

Keep on with all of this until you feel at home and at peace in your heart. 

OK? 

These Two Books Can Guide Your Heart

I recommend reading Legacy of the Heart : The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood by Wayne Muller first. 

Muller is kind, gentle, and in your face truth telling at the same time.  He is a therapist and has a masters in divinity or the like.  He quotes Jesus, Buddha, Steven Levine, The Dalai Lama, and Rumi…  All my heroes. 

He offers the most useful meditations I have found for healing shame.  I recommend this highly. 

Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion by Pema Chodron. 

This lovely book deals with what it’s like to be human and having to live with uncertainty all the time.  The 108 teachings are one to one and half pages long.  I like to read a couple before bed. 

Walk in beauty, and may your sweet heart be at ease, 

William 

P.S.  My recent article — Breakthrough with this Magical Phrase

Can also be quite useful for your worrywart.  Find it in here in the blog.  

P.P.S. You might enjoy my wonderful Life Giving Manual – Simply Serene — Four Amazingly Powerful Ways to Be Instantly Alert and at Peace. It used to be $27, now you can get it and others for less than a subscription to Netflix.  (Click Mentoring Programs at www.BodyAndSoulMentor.com)