Feeling of being loved script 1

In this exercise, we explore what it feels like to be loved by the world.

You may have had this experience at some point in your life. Perhaps you were touched by a parent, teacher, friend, or lover, or maybe you felt someone loved you.

If so, you may not have fully recognized the experience at the time. But now, as you are practicing mindfulness, you may be able to notice a familiar feeling inside of you that says, “I am loved.”

To understand this feeling, you must first be aware of how it feels to be unloved. This is not an experience that most people are familiar with, because the mind typically avoids pain.

So you may have experienced being hated or neglected. Or you may have felt isolated or abandoned. Or you may have felt unwanted or unlovable.

These negative feelings don’t usually have a name, but they are real. These negative emotions arise from the mind and cause suffering.

With mindfulness, you can observe your mind and body without judgment or aversion. Simply become aware of the experience of being unloved. Notice the thoughts that arise in response to this experience. And remember that you are not the thoughts or the experience. You are just noticing what is happening.

Close your eyes and focus on the breath. Notice the breath as you breathe in and out.

Ask yourself, “What does it feel like to be unloved?” Just allow the question to hang in the mind and do nothing else.

Begin to notice the sensations associated with being unloved. Feel the air coming in and out of your body. Notice how it feels to be disconnected from your body, as though the world is moving away from you.

Ask, “How does it feel to be unloved?”

Allow the experience of being unloved to take root for a few moments. Notice any emotional responses that arise.

After a minute, open your eyes and return to the breath.

Bring your awareness back to the sensation of the breath. Notice the way it feels to be loved.

Feel the air coming in and out of your body. Feel yourself connected to the world. Bring this experience to mind and feel it.

Ask, “How does it feel to be loved?” Allow the question to hang in the mind for a few seconds before returning to the breath.

Continue to return to the breath and open your eyes after five minutes of practice.

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Feeling of being loved script 2

Your mind is constantly trying to make sense of the world around you and fill in the gaps in understanding.

When we are stressed or anxious, the mind can become very busy and focused on negative thoughts. Mindfulness helps us bring attention to the present moment and the experience of our body. This is an opportunity to feel the present moment and live fully in the moment.

In this exercise, you will train your attention to be aware of your experience with gentleness and kindness.

Find a comfortable posture in which to sit, and close your eyes. Focus on the breath as you inhale and exhale, noticing the flow of air entering and exiting the nostrils. Allow the mind to settle and focus on the body. Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. Inhale and exhale, noticing that you are breathing and that you can feel the air coming in and out of the body.

Bring awareness to the sensation of the body breathing, as if it were a separate being. Notice how the body moves as the breath goes in and out.

For the first three to five minutes, notice the quality of your experience with a soft heart. Be aware of the flow of your breath, your senses, and your mind.

Be with your experience as it unfolds. Bring attention to your thoughts, emotions, sensations, and perceptions. As you practice, bring your attention to the areas of your experience that are most pleasurable. Be with these experiences, noticing the flow of energy and how the experience feels.

As you bring your awareness to these experiences, notice how they change. Be gentle with yourself.

After five minutes, switch to noticing the pain of life. When you turn to the pain of the world, bring attention to the body. Bring awareness to the sensations in the body that are painful.

Be with the sensation, noticing how it feels. Bring your attention to the physical sensations of pain.

For the last few minutes, focus on the five traditional senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.

Focus on each sense. Notice the beauty and pleasure it brings.

In this exercise, you will focus on your breath and the experience of being loved.

Close the eyes and focus on the feeling of the breath moving in and out. Feel the energy that is coming into and going out of your body. Feel the breath move through the body and the heart.

When you are ready, ask yourself the following questions: Where do you feel the breath? What is the quality of the breath? How does it feel? What are you feeling at this moment?

Bring your attention to the body, where you feel the breath move. What is the quality of the breath?

What do you feel at this moment? Are you able to feel love for yourself? Is there anything that is pleasurable in your experience?

Feeling of being loved script 3

Take a few minutes to sit quietly and close the eyes. Bring awareness to the present moment, noticing your thoughts and feelings in your body.

Ask yourself: Am I experiencing happiness? Sadness? Excitement? Love? Anger? Fear? Joy? Sadness? Anybody else in your life who might be feeling a certain way?

Notice the body. Does it feel safe and secure? Tense? Relaxed? Or is it a mixture of all of these?

Be with this experience for a few breaths, noticing the sensations of your body.

Open your eyes, noticing the world around you. Do you feel supported by your environment?

As you open the eyes, look around you, and notice how people and things are responding to you. Do they appear to be happy or sad?

If you notice somebody nearby, smile or wave at them. If nobody is around, breathe in the air and say out loud, “I am surrounded by support.”

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