Welcome in.
This practice will be very simple.
Simple does not necessarily mean easy.
The mind wants to go everywhere else but here.
But here,
It turns out,
Is the only place there ever actually is.
So this will be a practice of re-minding the mind to come back here.
If you like,
You can allow your eyes to close.
You can allow the breath to breathe.
However it wants to.
Allow the body to be however it wants to be.
Out of momentum.
And into the moment.
Out of the future and the past.
And into the present.
Now for a little while,
We will be aware of breathing in a certain way.
On the exhale,
We will breathe out and release then and there.
And on the inhale,
We will breathe in and feel here and now.
Breathing out and letting go of then and there.
Breathing in.
.
.
And being filled up with here and now.
The energy of here and now changes everything.
It turns your fear into courage It turns your judgment into compassion.
Your separateness.
Into connection.
So let's feel the mind and body.
Being purified.
By presence.
Breathing out.
And releasing then and there.
Breathing in,
Feeling the energy of here and now.
Emptying your cup of whatever it's already full of.
Letting go.
Opening the hand.
And receiving.
The energy of the present moment.
Okay,
And you might just take a few more deep breaths.
Feeling the energy of the present moment corralled in your being.
Ready to be metabolized.
And expressed.
In your action.
In your conversations,
In your work,
In all aspects of your life.
And here if your eyes were closed.
But when the moment feels right You can allow the moment.
To open them.
And here you are.