Between Lying Down And Letting Go

Some nights the body lies down long before it agrees to rest. This short practice does not ask you to fall asleep. With a calm voice and warm piano and bass beneath, it makes room for the part of you still standing guard over the day, until lying down and letting go finally become the same thing.

Transcript

Some nights the body lies down long before it agrees to rest. The day is over. But something in you is still on shift. This practice is called meditation. Between lying down and letting go. It does not ask you to fall asleep. It only makes room. For the part of you still holding the day. Let the back of your neck grow heavy. Let your jaw come apart just slightly. Don't let the mattress take the weight your muscles kept holding. You do not have to perform calm. You only have to notice. What is already here. Let one breath arrive. Let one breath leave. There is a difference between lying down and letting go. You can be still and still be bracing. For these few minutes. You can let the bracing be optional. Repeat quietly. The day is allowed to be over. My body does not have to keep guarding the night. I can rest before anything is finished. Nothing here is asking me to stay awake. You are allowed to lie here without turning rest into another task. Not because everything is handled. Because for now. . . None of it needs you.