Permission to Be Silly

How to Use This

• You may keep your eyes open or closed.

• You may move.

• You may lose the thread and come back.

• You may listen to only half of this.

All of that still counts.

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Minute 0–1: Arriving (Bare Minimum Edition)

Sit or lie down.

You do not need “good posture.”

You need tolerable posture.

Notice one thing you can feel right now.

Clothes. Chair. Floor. Air.

That’s it.

If your brain already wandered, welcome back. No penalty.

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Minute 1–2: Breath, but Not in a Weird Way

Notice your breath only where it’s easiest.

Nose. Chest. Belly. Or just the sound.

You don’t need to slow it down.

Breathing is already doing its job without your supervision.

If counting helps, you can count.

If it doesn’t, absolutely do not count.

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Minute 2–4: The Playful Energy (Not a Ball)

Somewhere inside you

there is a young energy.

Not a glowing orb.

Not a mystical power source.

It’s more like a soft, restless spark

the feeling right before laughter

or the impulse to wiggle when you’re supposed to be still.

If you can picture it, fine.

If you can’t, just sense it.

If you can’t sense it, just assume I’m not lying.

This energy is curious.

It does not sit still.

It does not follow instructions well.

Good. Neither do you.

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Minute 4–5: Letting It Move

Let that playful energy move in any way it wants.

It might:

• Bounce

• Drift

• Spin

• Hide

• Ignore you completely

You don’t need to control it.

Just notice when it pops up.

If your attention jumps to something else,

that’s the energy moving too.

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Minute 5–6: Emotional Openness Without a Speech

Bring attention to your chest.

You are not required to feel joy.

You are not required to feel healed.

Just imagine a door cracked open

not flung wide

not locked shut.

Whatever emotion shows up

even numbness

even annoyance

even nothing

Let it pass through without commentary.

No analyzing.

No meaning-making.

No pop quiz afterward.

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Minute 6–7: Permission to Be Silly

Silently say to yourself:

“I am allowed to be light.”

You do not have to believe this sentence.

Just let it exist.

If a smile happens, let it.

If it doesn’t, also let it.

Silliness is not an obligation.

It’s an option.

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Minute 7–8: Meeting the Younger You (Low-Stakes Version)

Imagine a younger version of you nearby.

You don’t need a clear image.

You don’t need to remember details.

Just the vibe.

You are not here to lecture them.

You are not here to parent them correctly.

You’re just saying:

“You didn’t disappear.

I didn’t replace you.

We’re both still here.”

Notice any reaction.

Or don’t. Either is acceptable.

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Minute 8–9: Integration Without Pressure

Let the playful energy and your adult self coexist.

You can be:

• Capable and goofy

• Serious and soft

• Structured and spontaneous

These are not contradictions.

They are a truce.

Take one breath in.

Take one breath out.

If you missed that breath, that’s okay.

There will be more.

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Minute 9–10: Returning Gently

Notice the room again.

Sounds. Light. Temperature.

Move a little if you want.

Stretch. Fidget. Adjust.

Before finishing, silently say:

“I don’t need to earn joy.

Play is not a distraction.

It’s information.”

Open your eyes if they were closed.

Or don’t. I’m not the boss of you.

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Final Note (Important, Actually)

You did not fail if:

• You zoned out

• You skipped sections

• You felt bored

• You felt nothing

• You felt too much

Your nervous system still heard this.

That playful energy isn’t fragile.

It doesn’t vanish because you looked away.

It waits.

Patiently.

Like a kid who knows you’ll come back.

Namaste 🙏🏼