Detach From Overthinking

This 10-minute guided meditation for detachment from overthinking will help you cultivate calm whenever you have excessive thoughts. It will guide you towards a place of contentedness, and a new found sense of peace.

Transcript

Welcome to this 10 minute guided meditation for detachment from overthinking.

Begin by finding a comfortable position.

Your feet are resting on the floor,

Nice and grounded.

Your hands are resting softly in your lap and just allowing your eyes to gently close down.

This is where we're going to begin.

Paying attention to your breath.

Just checking in with yourself and noticing how you're feeling right now.

Just noticing any thoughts that are coming up and just allowing them to melt away.

Is it body settles down?

Just paying attention to your breath.

Just noticing how your breath is flowing in and flowing out.

Regardless of anything coming up for you right now.

Just paying awareness to the ebb and the flow of your breath.

Connecting to your breath.

And so we start with this meditation.

Just noticing the air coming through your nostrils.

Going all the way down through to your lungs.

And then on the exhale out.

Out of the lungs.

And through your mouth.

As the inflow of air comes in,

Just visualise it nourishing all your beautiful cells in your body.

Your body reacting.

Just a simple action of noticing the breath in.

And on the exhale out.

Just noticing how the body relaxes just a little bit deeper.

Maybe just bringing your awareness now towards the tip of your nose.

Just noticing the breath flow in and flow out.

Or perhaps it's you taking your awareness towards your lungs.

And noticing them expand with a breath in.

And then with their exhale out.

Perhaps it's observing your diaphragm and watching your belly expand with a breath in.

And then deflate with a breath out.

As your awareness here is on your breath.

Just recognising any thoughts that are coming up for you.

And like the breath,

They flow in and they flow out.

And just being aware that these thinking patterns,

They don't define you.

If one thought pattern comes up for you,

You'll notice it will stay for a moment.

And then it just passes through.

Just taking a moment now to imagine or visualise that you're sitting by the ocean.

And just noticing the waves as they come up and touch your feet.

And they flow back.

Some waves are small and some waves are large.

But what they do have in common is that they come and they go.

And as you sit on the edge of the ocean,

You're just observing these waves come in and go out.

And as you sit here and observe the waves just coming and going.

Just feeling a sense of calmness and being content.

There may be a time when you find yourself getting caught up in one of the waves.

And being okay with that and just bring yourself back to the edge of the ocean.

And just enjoying this view of the waves just as an observer as they flow in and they flow out.

They're always coming but they're always going.

And ebb and the flow of the waves.

Part of having a full life is feeling all of your emotions.

Both pleasant and unpleasant.

Sometimes we are beaming with joy and feeling our heart is full of gratitude.

And sometimes it's also feeling disappointment or sadness.

And just letting yourself sit there with these feelings and just letting them go.

Like these waves of the ocean.

Some of them are going to be pleasant and some of them are going to be unpleasant.

And not getting too caught up in it.

Just being mindful of the ones that you want to give more attention and focus to.

And now just bring your awareness in towards your body.

Becoming aware of the environment around you.

Being aware of the sensations in your body.

Awareness of your chair or the floor and how your body is resting here.

Feeling your feet,

Your hands starting to move.

Feeling any sounds around you.

Just feeling the temperature on your skin.

And gently moving your body.

Breathing and stretching.

Very gently doing a beautiful shoulder roll.

Just noticing your shoulders are nice and relaxed.

Your eyes are soft.

There's a gentle smile on your lips.

Take one last beautiful nourishing breath through the nose and out through the mouth.

And when you're ready,

Just gently opening up your eyes and welcome back.

Thank you for meditating with me today.

Reviews

Such a beautiful meditation and fantastic analogy with the waves of the ocean ❤️ 💙

Feeling much better after a rough night.
Thank you very much 👍💗🤗

This really got me out of my head and into my body. Thank you!

I was perseverating on work issues after hours. Then I did the meditation and it’s like a light switch just turned off all the chatter about work and I felt cool, calm & collected!

Such a good reminder about the ebbs and flows of the ocean and the waves and comparing it to our feelings! Thank yiu

Wonderful meditation, visualization and a way to let go of thinking for a while.

Beautiful ❤️ lucky to find it after the confusing May 2025 update, grateful 💕

That was really calming. I’m suffering from anxiety and this meditation helped me to relax.
Thank you 🙏🏻

Thank you! relaxing and calming during an anxious afternoon.

Exactly what I needed to calm my busy, overwhelmed, catastrophising mind. Thank you!

This meditation is very grounding. Just what I needed this morning.
Thank you Chelsea!

So beautiful and a good way to start my day peaceful and calming❤️❤️🤲🏼🤲🏼thank you

Thank you for taking me to my most favorite place, feeling the ebb & flow of the waves. A place that brings peace within! 🥰

Truly needed to hear your soothing voice today and have permission to feel sad right now. Like the waves it will leave again. Thank you 🙏

Thank you for this meditation to get me out of my headspace. 🙏🏻💖

I would like to hear more of your meditations on this topic as this was a really helpful start. Thankyou 🙏

Very nice. Leaving me feeling primed for a solid silent meditation now. Ty. Namaste.🧘‍♂️♥️🕊🤍

She’s the only teacher I trust for guided meditations, I always leave feeling better. Please do more under 10 min ones!!

As I listen to your soft meaningful words, I am able to latch on to the solid rhythm that is not too fast or slow. Having that and giving it so beautifully allows me to calm, collect and move forward into the next moment. Much gratitude.

This was exactly what I needed today! Thank you for sharing!