Deepen Into Stillness

Stillness is always available beneath the surface of our busy minds. In this meditation, we will gently settle our attention and allow ourselves to sink deeper into quiet awareness. By softening effort and resting in the present moment, we can experience a sense of calm, spaciousness, and inner steadiness.

Transcript

Let's begin by taking a nice deep slow breath in and exhaling in your own time and repeating that inhaling and exhaling and settling into the space settling into your body and one more time a nice slow long deep breath in and exhaling arriving and as we come into this space into this stillness this morning we're going to deepen a little bit more into stillness into presence and first let us bring our attention to the area of the heart imagining the breath flowing into and out from the heart and as we do this let's call to mind some thoughts of appreciation care for a loved one or for something we love and taking a few breaths in this state and now we want to let those thoughts go so what does it mean to let your thoughts go? Our thoughts just come sometimes without us doing anything they just pop into our mind and sometimes a thought comes and it leads to another one and another one and so every time you notice the thoughts say to yourself i'm gonna let these thoughts go and bring your attention back to the breath to your heart space one of the most difficult parts of being human is these thoughts that consume our days negative thoughts worried thoughts just unuseful thoughts so let's try this morning to become the master to decide what's allowed and what has to go so this morning we're going to notice the gaps between those thoughts and as always without judgment you might hear your thoughts say i'm no good at this my mind is too busy i can't do this and you witness those thoughts and you let them go without judgment we are all human and notice your chest rise on your next breath and just stay focused on that for a moment how each breath expands through your chest rising your chest then have the out breath it leaves your body and lowers your chest with each breath just notice and observe the air how it feels and yes while noticing the air and noticing your chest they are thoughts too but they're thoughts that you direct they're thoughts that generally don't have too much opinion attached to them and as one thought leads to the next thought remember we notice let them go and return your breath and even if that feels difficult return to gratitude focus back on your heart breathing into and out from your heart feeling grateful for all the people who love you feeling grateful for the warm space you are in feeling grateful for your chest rising and falling the wonder of your body the more we practice the more we lengthen that gap between the thoughts between the busyness of our lives that gap where there is no judgment no self-criticism no frustration no disappointment we leave that all behind and that gap that stillness is where the answers are not forced we just open that gap enough for the answer to pop out a little idea a thought that leads to an action that leads to the result you've been looking for so the process is about allowing rather than forcing and at first the gap is milliseconds but as we practice that gap gets slightly longer and even in the midst of a busy day when things are chaotic around you or just busy we can stop even for a minute come back to our heart to our breath just take that second gap to reset to choose again to take back the inner space when we take back the inner space gradually we take back the control of our lives so start today by having a fabulous inner day and taking a final big deep breath in and exhaling coming back into the present moment wiggling your fingers and toes rolling your shoulders and when you're ready opening your eyes thank you for joining me you

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Excellently narrated meditation that helped center and clear my mind. Thank you