Hi,
I'm Jeremy.
I work in brain and spine surgery.
And one thing you notice pretty quickly is that not every signal needs to be fixed.
Sometimes,
They just need to be seen more clearly.
You might begin to settle however you are.
Composition sitting,
Lying down,
Or standing.
Just no correct posture.
Just let your weight land.
I'm not arranging too much.
I'm just arriving.
You might notice your hands.
Place them wherever they naturally fall.
Palms down,
Maybe for a sense of grounding.
You might try palms up for a sense of openness.
There's no right choice.
We're just settling.
And these are small signals we can send to our nervous system.
Now your eyes.
They might close.
And they might stay open,
But softer.
Like,
You don't need to take everything in right now.
There's nothing to do yet.
You're just noticing that you're here.
You're settling into the space that you're in.
And then somewhere in the body,
You might be noticing something you don't love.
A bit of tension,
Maybe restlessness,
In a place that feels slightly off.
Maybe a feeling that says,
I'd rather not be here.
That's the signal.
And that's the place.
Normally,
This is where the system starts to move away.
You start to adjust,
Distract,
Fix.
If you'd like,
Try to do something different.
Just noticing,
Not changing,
Not leaving right away.
Just staying just a moment longer,
Just an unhurried breath longer,
Just a little longer than usual.
And you might notice that your breath is already moving.
There's no technique to control it.
There's no need to manage.
You're just sensing.
Breath in the front,
Breath in the sides,
Breath in your back,
A 360 degrees breath in all directions.
And while that's happening,
That sensation,
It might still be there.
And you might get curious with it.
You might even give a,
Hmm,
I wonder.
We're not thinking about what it means.
We're not questioning it.
We're not questioning why it's here.
We're just sensing.
What is it actually?
Is it steady?
Or is it shifting?
What's the texture?
Is it sharp?
Does it change when you stay with it?
And if the mind says,
This isn't working,
This should feel better.
I don't have time for this.
That's OK.
OK?
Just notice that,
Too.
That's also part of the system.
It might be trying to help.
It's just a little fast.
And if you'd like,
If you drift,
Gently come back.
If you move away from the sensation,
Gently return.
If you'd like.
Not to comfort.
You're just sensing what's there.
What's now?
And you might begin to notice something subtle here.
When you don't move away immediately,
The felt urgency can start to change and not disappear and just reorganize.
Because the brain is always guessing about what's happening.
And when you stay with a signal without reacting,
The brain can get clearer information.
And when the quality of the information improves,
The experience may become easier to hold.
There's nothing to do perfectly.
You already did it,
Even briefly.
And that's the part that carries.
And you might begin to notice more of your body now,
And contact,
And where you supported.
Start to sense your weight,
Your contact beneath you.
Start to sense your hands and temperature.
Where are they now?
You might sense the simple fact of touch.
You might sense your breath moving through everything,
Including the space around you.
You might begin to sense sounds.
Whatever's here,
Nothing needs to be added,
Nothing removed.
Just a little clearer.
And in this space,
This is sometimes where something can shift.
Not because you fixed anything,
But because you stayed long enough to see it differently and for your body to sense it differently.
So later,
When this shows up again,
In the middle of your work,
In a moment that feels tight or just a little too much,
You might return to this part.
You can sit with it.
You don't have to leave immediately.
You can stay.
You can stay long enough to feel what's actually there,
Long enough for the body to sense the information with enough clarity for things to organize.
When you're ready,
Return to the signal.
