How am I doing Now?

This is a short meditation to help bring awareness to the present moment by simply repeating a question; How am I doing now? this practice has helped calm my mind on busy days when it would not stop chatting. I hope it helps you let go of obsessive thinking. You can continue this practice during your day when you need a break by just repeating that simple phrase.

Transcript

So the idea of this little meditation here is just as you sit with your hands,

Connecting them,

Connecting with your nose and your breath and asking in the background of your mind,

How am I doing now?

And listening for an answer.

Maybe it is my right hand is heavy.

Taking a breath and asking the question again,

How am I doing now?

Listening for the answer.

Maybe your left foot is itchy.

Taking a note,

Taking a breath.

How am I doing now?

Noticing a sound in a far away place in your apartment.

Taking a go,

Taking a breath.

How am I doing now?

Maybe finding an emotion,

Joy.

How does it feel?

Taking a breath and noticing how that feels and letting that go.

How am I doing now?

Being distracted by some facts from my life.

Noticing what it is.

Maybe naming it.

Planning for the week to come.

Dinner time.

Meeting with parents.

Taking a breath and letting that go.

Asking yourself again,

How am I doing now?

And I'll be quiet for the next minute so you can really find whatever you want to find.

Take a big a changing,

Our emotion keep changing,

Our sensation keep changing if we pay attention.

Take five more breaths,

Ask yourself one more time a question.

Just come back to the group,

Come back to sensing how you are and how you want to continue with your day.