Hi,
I'm Shell.
Thank you for joining me.
This practice is called Just For Now.
We're so busy in our minds with everything going on in the world at the moment.
So much coming at us with information.
And it can get a little bit overwhelming.
How often do we just be?
So today's practice is simply just to be.
So for the next little while,
We're just going to connect back in.
Just to take some time out for ourselves.
Just for now,
Just to be.
Can we just be?
So let's start by finding a comfortable seat,
Or if you prefer,
You're so welcome to lay down.
Getting nice and comfortable.
Propping yourself up where you need support.
Grounding into your sitting bones.
Or grow tall through the spine.
Crown of the head reaching towards the sky.
And a little slight tuck of the chin so your back of the neck is nice and long.
And as you find your next exhalation,
Just let those shoulders relax as well.
Just feel that rise and fall of your chest as we start to connect with our breath.
No agenda,
No outcome for this meditation.
Just connection back to ourselves.
Back to the calm.
Back to the present moment.
Sometimes for me,
I like to think of life as a bit of a whirlwind.
Right in the middle of that storm is always a place,
A center of calm.
And that's back with ourselves.
So when life gets a little bit stirred up,
The mind gets a little busy,
We come back to that eye of the storm,
That place within that is calm.
We can arrive here now by connecting to our breath.
So just for now,
Let's notice our breath.
Notice the cycle of your breath.
Filling up as the breath comes in.
And see if you can soften into the exhalation.
So just for now,
We're going to rest,
Recalibrate in the calm we've created in our own little center,
Our own little eye of the storm.
So noticing the breath,
Noticing where you feel it in the body.
Resting in the gentle wisdom of your breath.
How often do you give yourself permission to take some time out?
To just sit and just be?
Being with our breath.
Just for now.
And resisting the urge to find distraction in the body.
Can you just find a little bit more softness?
Perhaps relaxing your forehead.
If they're not already,
You might like to soften your eyes closed.
Let your jaw and shoulders relax.
Just for now.
That's all.
That's enough.
Just for now,
Sitting with your breath.
Breathing in the cycles and waves of your breath.
Noticing the breath breathing itself without you even having to do anything.
Can you just lean in and feel supported by the breath?
Just for now.
Can we just be?
Opening yourself safe right in the middle of a storm.
And if you notice any distraction,
As if you're being drawn to be swept up away in the storm again,
Come back to where you feel your breath in the body.
Come back home.
Just for now.
Nothing else to do.
Just for now.
Nowhere else to be.
Just for now.
Nothing to do.
Even your breath is taking care of you.
Just for now.
Can you lean into that support?
Just for now.
Can you soften a little more as each wave of exhalation comes?
Just for now.
Can you let it wash away any fear or worry?
Just for now.
Can you create a little space by connecting to your breath and feeling into your body?
Just for now.
Can you give yourself permission to pause?
Just for now.
Let everything you've done be enough.
Just for now.
Can you be here in this present moment?
Notice when you focus on your breath,
The mind and the body come together into the present moment.
Right here,
Right now.
Just for now.
And notice how just for now,
You can just be here without having to do anything at all.
Just resting into that cycle of your breath.
Just for now.
Can we just be?
Just for now.
Can you release some of that tension you're holding on and let it go?
Just for now,
Can you take this time for yourself without feeling guilty?
Just for now,
We can choose to be calm.
Just for now.
Just be.
Just for now.
Can we just relax?
More gently guide our hands towards our heart space and join our hands together.
Just for now giving thanks for yourself for taking this little bit of time out just to recenter just to find a little calm just to be.
We'll gently bow bringing our thumbs towards our brow and with love kindness and compassion firstly for ourselves and then extending it to each and everyone we say Namaste.
