✳️ THE OFFLOAD PRACTICE
This is not a ritual. Not a tool. Not a habit. It’s a bodily unloading process, done in ~5 minutes, that’s designed to stop running the unnecessary parts of you — without having to “heal” or explain them first. Think of it like drag-and-dropping internal files into cold storage before bed. Or clearing RAM. You don’t destroy the parts of you — you just offload them for now. Do it at night. Right before sleep. No tech, no notes. Just you, stillness, presence.
🧠 STEP 1 — Say this to yourself (out loud or silently):
“I allow parts of me to rest that don’t need to solve tonight.”
“The parts of me that were alert all day can close their eyes now.”
You don’t need to list them. Just point awareness toward them —
— and just signal: You can stand down now.
👣 STEP 2 — Sit or lie down. Let your body speak instead of your mind.
Drop your weight into gravity. Notice what resists it.
You’re not scanning. You’re letting awareness sink into any part of your body that still feels like it’s bracing.
Common zones:
- Upper chest (performer role)
- Solar plexus (protector role)
- Forearms / wrists (builder role)
- Neck / jaw (explainer role)
Each time you feel tension:
→ Don't fix it. Just say thank you to that part for protecting you.
→ Then invite it: “You can melt. You don’t have to hold this for me right now.”
🫀 STEP 3 — Breathe like your nervous system is your child.
Not “deep” breathing. Not “technique.”
Just breathe like you would if a child you love was asleep on your chest.
That’s your nervous system right now.
Let your exhale carry the day out of your body.
🌑 STEP 4 — End with this phrase:
“The system is shutting down. I can carry what matters tomorrow.”
Then sleep. That’s it.
No journaling. No optimizing. No summoning.
Just trust that your deeper self knows what to discard — and what to keep.
⚠️ WHY THIS WORKS
- This isn’t about belief or ritual fidelity. It works because:
- You're not naming parts, which can re-trigger their scripts
- You’re not solving — you’re offloading without shame
- Your body leads — not your brain
- You don’t need to remember it all — your system recognizes safety by sensation, not concept
If you practice this just a few times — not as a rule, but as a gift to your nervous system —
you’ll begin to notice:
- Less tension during transitions
- Less cognitive noise before sleep
- Shorter reboots from burnout
- A clearer sense of which parts of you actually need to be online
#Mindful #Praxis
