Claudia Chan

Maybe there are still people or things in your life that you want to let go of. 

Maybe your ex walked out on you, or maybe your mom hurt you so badly that you’re still holding onto it. 

You’re so angry, you’re still in so much pain, and you want to let it go already, because you don’t want it to control you anymore, you don’t want to be defined by it anymore. 

When other people ask you how you’re doing, you thought, I can’t share this.. because I’m still mad, sad or upset about this! 

When you talk to other people, they may say, it’s time to let go, and you’re like, I want to, but how?! 

I’m going to share with you two practices. You get to choose whichever one suits you best. 

Practice 1 - Letter Ascension Exercise

(10 consecutive days practice) 

On the first 9 days:

In the comfort of your own room, get a piece of paper, sit in front of it. And conjure up the person’s image in your head. 

Set a timer for 10 min, and write whatever comes to your mind. 

You can tell them how much you hate them. 

How much you love them. 

How much they hurt you. 

What you wish could happen. 

How they make you feel. 

What did they take away from you.

What you wish you can do to them. 

What they could have done. 

etc. 

For 10 min, write whatever that comes to mind.

If you finish early, see if you can continue until the 10 min is up.

If you need more time to write, then keep writing until you’re done. 

If any emotions come up, let them come up. 

If you need to stop, you can stop to scream, hit the pillow, pound on the bed, cry. Let it out, don’t hold back.

Still crying or screaming when the timer dings? Continue with the emotion until you have nothing left. 

With whatever you’d written, rip the paper into pieces. You can throw it in the trash, or burn it if you wish. 

Thank yourself for doing this hard work. 

Continue the Letter Ascension Exercise for 9 days. 

As you continue, you’ll feel that each day, the feeling will become less and less, until there is no more.

Complete all 9 days, even if it feels repetitive. 

On the 10th day, write a thank you letter. 

This letter is to thank the person for any and all lessons you’ve learned. 

Ie. 

Thank you for (hurting me/walking out on me) so that I am.. / I learned… 

Because of you, I can now… 

Keep writing all the lessons you’ve learned until you have no more left. 

Once you’re done, read the letter out loud. 

And feel the warmth, strength, love inside of you. Feel how much you’ve grown and expanded. 

Thank yourself for doing this hard work. 

If you need more time after the 10 days, continue until you’re ready to write the thank you letter. 

Practice 2 - Phoenix Rising Meditation 

(9 consecutive days practice)

In the safety of your own room, identify the person and three 3 scenarios (with that person) you’d like to break free from/let go of. 

Find a comfortable spot, sit with your back straight.

Close your eyes. 

Take a deep breath in slowly, and out twice as long. 

In front of you, imagine that there is a big pit of raging fire. A fire that is so hot that it will burn down anything that comes near it. 

Walk up as close to it as possible, feel the heat on your face. 

Whenever you’re ready, think of the first scene. 

Imagine it playing on a screen in front of you. And as this scene plays, feel some of the feelings that come up in your body…

As the scene runs, imagine the screen float toward the raging fire… the screen starts cracking and crumpling up.. shrivelling up into a ball. 

As the ball goes up in flame, you can let out a silent scream, or scream into the pillow, or let the tears flow. 

As the ball turns into ashes.. feel that memory and feeling dissolve… as they get erased and removed from your body and mind. 

Summon the second scene in your mind’s eyes and recall some of the feelings. 

Let the scene play on the screen in front of you.. as it enters the flame… watch it crack and crumple into a ball. 

As it gets engulfed in the flame, let the flame turn everything into nothing. 

Letting the flame remove the memory and the emotions from your mind and body. 

Now, call up the third scene, recalling some of the feelings.. 

While it plays on the screen let it move towards the flame… watch, as it cracks and crumples into a ball. 

Watch as the flame burns everything down. 

Feel, as the memory and the emotions are removed from your mind and soul. 

as it comes to completion, 

A wind of speckled golden dust rises up in the middle of the flame.. 

And the most beautiful and magnificent phoenix rises up into the air and flies around you.

Wrapping you with waves of love. 

Letting you know that 

you are not alone, 

that you are loved, 

That you’re stronger and wiser now.

And as you feel the warmth.. thank yourself for doing this hard work. 

Continue the Phoenix Rising Meditation with the same person and same scenarios for 9 consecutive days. 

Thank you for doing this work for you.

Sending you lots of strength and love.

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