Welcome to this sit down meditation with Corrie.
Sit down on a chair or on the ground,
On a pillow,
Whatever feels right for you.
I'm sat down on the ground.
I have my incense burning.
I take a nice big deep breath,
Breathing in through my nose.
Hold my breath and then breathe out nice big sigh.
Breathing in,
Nice big deep breath.
Connecting to my breath and my body,
Breathing out.
If you haven't done so already,
Close your eyes so that you can join me in meditation.
Let go of your outside world,
Space around you,
Whatever your current reality is.
Start to just become aware of your body.
Feel your shoulders,
Your spine.
Check in with your hands,
See if they're comfortable.
Whether they're resting on your knees or in your lap.
Make sure that everything feels right.
It's important that your body feels good so that you can leave it,
Almost disconnect from it.
By using your focus and attention on your body to pull your thoughts away from your mind.
And then eventually your mind and your thoughts pull away from your body.
But it's very difficult to disconnect from the physical and the sensations in the body if everything's not comfortable.
So make sure that you're comfortable.
Use the physical sensations in your body to distract you from your normal thinking.
Focus in on the muscles in your face.
Soften your jaw.
Let go of any tension you might be holding in your face and around your eyes.
Allow that part of your body to relax.
Take a breath and breathe into the space at the back of your head,
Down your neck and into your shoulders.
Be aware of the sensations in that part of your body.
Maybe raise your shoulders up to your ears,
Tighten everything up just for a second.
Release completely and allow that wonderful feeling of relaxation to sweep over the back of your shoulders and your neck and down your spine.
Check in with the base of your spine,
Your sit bones,
Your knees,
Your ankles as you rest your legs on them if you're in a cross-legged position.
Just be aware of your body and the feelings,
The sensations.
Then pull your focus back to your breath.
Once again,
Take a nice big deep breath in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.
Let go of any final residue of tension in your body.
Just kind of shake it out,
Breathe it out.
And then be still.
Allow the stillness and the quiet to start to flood into your body.
Imagine it's flowing through the cells of your skin.
It's flowing in with your breath as you breathe.
Imagine the stillness and the quiet wrapping around you like a soft gentle blanket.
Just sit with it.
Sit so,
So still.
The only thing that should be moving is your chest as it rises and falls with your breath.
Allow silence into your being.
You'll start to become aware of the noises around you.
Maybe traffic if you live by the road.
Maybe creaks and moans of an old house speaking to you.
Your body may start to make noises as your tummy gurgles or digests your dinner.
Just listen.
See if you can listen through the noises and still have silence.
With the quiet comes a sense of peace,
Safety.
As if nothing is real.
Just you in this moment.
Being present in your body.
Tell your thoughts to be quiet.
No room thoughts right now.
All there is is the silence,
Your breath.
This moment.
Imagine this moment is an escape.
It's as if you're invisible.
Still.
Quiet.
But your shoulders just soften into the silence.
Let your spine relax.
No need for tension anywhere in your body.
What if everything that you needed is here right now in this moment?
What if you're not here?
Allow yourself to feel like your life is complete right now in this moment.
You have no wants.
No wanting.
There's nothing you need.
Just be with your breath.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
Just be with your body.
