Find a quiet place in which to take a comfortable seat.
Sit up tall and close your eyes.
Breathe patiently and fully,
Yet gently and quietly.
In and out through your nose.
Give yourself permission to do nothing.
Give yourself permission to embrace this moment,
In which there's nothing at all that needs to be done,
Other than staying here,
Relatively still,
Watching the breath.
As you watch,
Breathe with an easy,
Relaxed,
Spacious mind.
Place some small amount of attention on what else the mind or the body is feeling.
Just notice your own discomfort in simply being present,
Doing nothing.
Notice if the mind would rather run off toward the future,
A to-do list,
Or planning.
Acknowledge the pull,
Then with the loving patience of a compassionate elder,
Give your mind permission to rest.
Help the mind towards awareness of body and breath.
Without thinking of breath,
Yet present with breath.
Without thinking of body,
Yet present with body.
Feel into breath and body.
Feel into breath and body.
And as you let the mind rest back,
Allow for the mind to feel spacious,
Open and at ease.
Now allowing the mind to drop into joy,
The bliss of no longer needing to do,
The bliss of simply being.
Even the not doing includes no longer fighting against the movement of the mind or the rising thoughts.
Allow this to,
To simply be.
Chase nothing.
Distraction will arise,
But there's nothing to do.
Notice,
Acknowledge and love.
You'll find yourself again in the spaciousness of presence with the body and with the breath.
Feel in to the preciousness of this moment,
This relative quiet,
Relative stillness.
And recognize its beauty in your whole body.
The freedom in resting back.
The spaciousness in stillness.
And give yourself permission to stay right here for as long as you like.
Nowhere to go,
Nothing to do.
Nothing more sacred or more worthy than this very moment.
Just watching,
Noticing,
Being present with your body and your breath.
Give yourself permission to be still.
And give yourself permission to be still.
