Keep Making It Simpler (With Background Music)

Let go of a mindset of scarcity. Cultivate awe and wonder. Integrate mindfulness practice and see the immediate results. This is a gentle practice of contemplation where we are invited to re evaluate the things in our lives that serve us, and rid ourselves of what no longer does.

Transcript

Starting by noticing what it's like to be sitting here right now.

Just noticing what is it like to be alive.

Simply being with the body,

With the breath,

With your thoughts,

With your feelings.

Keeping it simple.

Our lives can be described as sitting down and getting up.

Often we don't value the importance of sitting down,

The importance of not doing,

Of just being quiet and still.

Nothing to gain,

Nothing to do,

Nothing to achieve.

Meditation is like hitting the reset button,

A chance to start over,

A chance to return to zero.

Or another metaphor for meditation is that it's like taking out all of the furniture in your house,

Clearing everything away,

Then carefully slowly deciding what to bring back in.

So let's do that as much as possible,

Emptying with each exhale,

Letting go of anything extra,

Letting go of anything unnecessary.

Just being here,

Breathing,

Curious,

Open,

Kind.

One of my favorite quotes is by Wendell Berry,

Fifth generation Kentucky farmer and writer,

Who said,

Be joyful,

Though you've considered all the facts.

Joy is simple.

If you'd like,

You might experiment with a half smile,

Slightly moving the edges of your lips upward,

Just a slight touch of a smile.

See what happens.

How does a half smile influence what you're feeling right now?

Keeping it simple,

Noticing the body,

Noticing the breath,

Emptying with each exhale.

And then whenever you're ready,

Coming back,

Back to the room.

Reviews

Brief yet super-sweet. Makes for a quick reset in the day. 🙏🏼🩵

This was a perfect little meditation to help me relax! I love the analogy of the furniture! Thanks for helping start my day off on the right track!🥰🙏💞💫

Great meditation. Calm, quick and simple. The music was a nice layer. Thanks so much!

Great talk on mindfulness ! The half smile is an immediate shift to feeling good. The furniture metaphor, I’ll be putting that one to practice. Simple is good. Thank you !

Very nice! Unusual quotes and furniture analogy. Thank you for a fresh view.

Great, thank you

Very calm and sweet! Great little break to the day!

Wonderfully concise meditation I instructions. Delightful. Thanks!

Sweet, relaxing.

Very nice meditation, simple & clear. Thank you☀️

I like the ideas here very much and I will be returning.

Simple yet powerful. I wish it were longer but that may be the point.

Wow! What a heart warming moment this was. Thank you for sharing this. All love and joy back to you, Marc. 😌💞

Perfect short meditation, thank you.

Thank you Marc. Deeply beautiful and profound in its simplicity 👍

I agree with Mark- pure gold!

Your messages, your presentation and your soothing voice are a winning combination.
Namaste 🙏🏻🦋

I absolutely loved it! Sooo simple but sooo powerful and uplifting!
Thank you so much for sharing it!
Namaste 🙏 💜🌞🌸

Perfect! I love this. 😊🙏🏻

Short, yet powerful. I enjoyed this one very much. Bookmarking.