Presence: Be Here Now

In this practice, Charles Freligh invites you into the heart of presence. Through a quiet settling of the body and breath, he guides you to explore what it means to live from exactly where you are, rather than from memories of the past or projections of the future. With gentle imagery and steady awareness, this practice helps you return to the only place life is actually happening - here.

You’ll leave with an intention to guide your day:
I will live from here.

Transcript

Welcome to day four of Insight Timer's Intention Setting Challenge.

Setting an intention is making a decision about who you want to be and how you choose to show up.

Over time,

Those choices become change.

Let's begin.

Welcome to Insight Timer's Intention Setting Challenge.

My name is Charles.

I have a simple intention to offer.

But first,

Let's just settle in.

You can allow the eyes to close if they like,

And the breath to breathe however it wants to,

And the body to relax however it can.

Now here's a question.

Where do you come from?

And what if the answer was simply,

I come from here.

So,

This is my intention for you if you choose to accept it.

Just today,

I will live from here.

We might find ourselves often living in attachment to the possible future or the remembered past.

But today,

Just today,

I will live from here.

Unattached to getting to the end or getting to the next thing,

I will live from here.

You might imagine yourself on a sailboat,

Riding across the water,

And there is a destination out there in mind.

It's what gets you moving.

But once you're moving,

You can only get there by adjusting to what's here.

The wind of the present moment.

I adjust my sails again and again,

And then naturally,

I get there.

So,

Can you be here all along the way until there becomes here?

I will live from here.

Now you might just take a few more deep breaths.

If the eyes were closed,

You can gradually allow them to reopen whenever they want to.

If you like this and maybe you'd like to go deeper with me,

You'll find several long-form courses on my profile.

And now,

On the next few screens,

You'll be invited to set this intention,

Or your own version of it,

On your insight timer home screen.

The simple act of seeing your intention reflected back throughout the day is enough to create change.

Thank you for joining me.

I will live from here.

Reviews

I absolutely love this meditation. Use it most mornings of the week. No notes!

I did this meditation back during the intention setting challenge. But it’s so wonderfully simple and present that it felt like the first time doing it again today. Thanks for having such a simple elegance with your words, Charles! 🙏

Be here✋🏾🙏🏽🎁

I’ll live from here. ❤️

This message was perfect for me. Its simple and to the point, just what I needed tonight.
Thank you
Tami

Thank you so much for this Simple and so intense meditation 💫💐💞

This affects me very deeply, thank you 💓

I will live from now 🙏🕯️🕊️☮️💝☮️🕊️🕯️🙏

Calming, insightful and leaves one with a sense of purpose, grounded in here.

Refreshingly simple yet tremendously effective reflection. Thank you and happy new year to you.

Simple message that seems to be popping up for me in many ways. Thank you.

If it was only that easy to forget the oast.
I understand the concept and it makes sense, I will have to remind myself often to be here now.
Thank You 🙏

So wonderful.Thank you for being part of intention setting challenge . Love Charles courses as well. Today I will live from here . Ahhhhhhhh🙏☯️☮️

One of the most beautiful guided meditations I’ve had.

Excellent

All of guidance packed into this short meditation takes several listens to unpack it full.

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing 🙏

Thank you

Thank you 🙏

I love this, and have listened to it four or five times this morning. Deep winter snow where I am makes it just right…no choice but to “go (nowhere) from here.” Perfect. Namaste. 🙏🏼