Best for: saying no without taking it back
Some of us learned early that being good meant never letting anyone down. This guided practice walks you into a real moment of disappointing someone — recent, coming, or still half-decided — and teaches the body to stay where it is while their face changes. Through imagery, breath, and slow noticing, we separate two sentences your mind keeps merging: I am the kind of person who hurts them, and I am the person who said no, and let them be sad about it. Only the second one was ever true.
Disappointing Someone is a guided audio session from Salūs Rooms — part of the courage collection.
Salūs Rooms is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS, Android and web — hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial.