Getting Positively Triggered - Guided Meditation

by Bhavani Lev and Kristin Hoffmann 🎵

This guided meditation reframes being “triggered” as an opportunity for positive transformation, guiding the listener to breathe, relax, and consciously allow uplifting experiences—like appreciation, love, gratitude, and joy—to trigger positive emotional states. It encourages using even difficult emotional triggers as gateways to compassion, forgiveness, and deeper self-understanding, highlighting vulnerability as a path to growth. Ultimately, it invites a shift in perspective that awakens inner peace, love, and a greater sense of connection.

Getting Positively Triggered

We all get triggered.

You know how that feels.
And you probably don’t like it.

Feel your body
and settle into this moment.

Take three focused breaths.
Inhale and expand your chest.
Exhale and relax your shoulders.

Inhale and expand your chest.
Exhale with a big sigh
and relax your shoulders.

Inhale again,
expand your chest,
pause for a moment.

Exhale with a big sigh,
let go,
and relax.

And keep some of your awareness
on your breathing during this guided inquiry.

We usually think of getting triggered
in a negative way.

But as we are evolving,
we can expand our perspective.

We can let ourselves be triggered
by positive, uplifting circumstances.

Focusing on your inner resources
can positively trigger you.

Imagine someone saying, “I really appreciate you.”
Or say to yourself, “I really appreciate you.”

And let yourself be triggered
into a deep experience
of feeling appreciated.

When someone says to you, “I love you,”
let yourself be triggered
into an exquisite experience
of feeling loved.

Let nature’s beauty
trigger you into beauty.

Think of things you are genuinely grateful for
and let yourself be triggered
into the powerfully transformative frequency
of gratitude.

Imagine happy,
funny,
adorable,
laughing little children
and let yourself be triggered
into joy.

We can repurpose everything with our perception.

Let yourself be triggered right now
by the very best feelings
you can possibly imagine having.

And have them.

Feel your body.
Feel your energy field
and feel the energies in your heart.

What is happening?
What do you notice?
What are you feeling?

Just let go and let these frequencies vibrate you.

From here, you have the awareness
to know that when you get triggered in a painful way,
you’re just trying to inform yourself.

It’s an opportunity to feel more
and know more about yourself.

Getting triggered in an upsetting way
also gives you an opportunity
to bring compassion to yourself,
forgiveness, understanding, gentleness, and hope.

It opens us up to feeling vulnerable,
exposed, and even humbled.

How beautiful is that?

And for every mistake you believe you have made,
bring more compassion to yourself.

Let each breath comfort you and center you.

Remain curious, grounded, and connected
to Mother Earth.

What does feeling vulnerable,
exposed, and humbled offer you in a positive way?

Only you can know this for yourself.

Bring more compassion to yourself,
forgiveness, understanding, gentleness,
and appreciation right now.

Every emotion has its own frequency.
Every emotion is here for us
to explore ourselves more fully
and discover the truth of who we really are.

As you bring this higher perspective to yourself,
it will naturally shift your perspective
in countless other ways.

Curiously explore your ability
to change and repurpose your perspective,
especially around getting triggered.

And you will discover your power
to further awaken, transform, and evolve.

You will continue to experience
your eternal being of
limitless peace, radiant light,
and unconditional love that you truly are.

And your life, and the world,
will shift with you.