Open Awareness Grounding

This is a mindfulness meditation designed to offer you relaxation, alertness, and presence. You’ll be using the soundscape around you as a tool to focus awareness and open up the sensory body. This practice connects you to your inner awareness, releasing stress and tension as you invite peace.

Transcript

Welcome,

And thank you for sharing this space with me.

My name is Elliot,

And I'm honored to be a part of your inner journey.

I thank you for your trust in allowing me to guide you towards your greater self.

This is a mindfulness meditation designed to offer you relaxation,

Alertness,

And presence.

We'll be using the soundscape around us as a tool to focus awareness and open up the sensory body.

This practice connects you to your inner awareness,

Releasing stress and tension as you invite peace.

Taking a moment to find your comfortable position,

The way you want to relax into this meditation is up to you.

You can sit,

Lay down,

Or stand.

You decide.

There are no rules.

There is only your way.

And while your unconscious mind knows a variety of ways to relax,

It's good to know at least that you don't need to relax or do anything in particular for this process to have a profound impact.

You can simply just allow yourself to flow with the experience.

Take any final adjustments that you may need so that you can feel as comfortable as possible during this practice.

Then gently close your eyes.

As you close your eyes,

You'll start to become more aware of the different sounds in the environment around you,

Allowing your sense of hearing to receive all your attention now.

What sounds can you hear?

Without labeling any sound as good or bad,

And without resisting any sounds,

Just see if you can allow yourself to gravitate towards a listening presence without judgment.

Allowing your sense of hearing to operate like a laser beam,

Searching out distant sounds.

Shifting from sound to sound without identification or interpretation.

If it helps,

You can label each sound as it appears in your field of awareness by mentally noting to yourself,

Sound,

And then keep going.

Opening up the senses and allowing all sounds to move through you.

Intensifying your sense of hearing.

Listen.

Observe.

Witness.

Noticing how one sound arises,

Stays for a while,

Then passes and makes space for another sound.

Without trying to do anything,

Gently listen to the soundscape around you.

Allowing your awareness to be grounded deeper into the body by becoming aware of the physical sensations in this present moment.

Simply noticing how your body is feeling today,

Right now.

Perhaps there is some pain or tension present.

Maybe your body is feeling open and relaxed.

Simply noticing how your body is feeling in this present moment.

Not resisting any sensations that are uncomfortable or painful.

Not striving to achieve a state of physical relaxation.

All you have to do is just allow yourself to be present to the sensations in the body.

Separation is only an illusion of the mind.

There is oneness that connects everyone and everything into the ocean of life.

This is not a concept,

But a truth that dwells deep within your being.

Breathe and feel your presence as part of the oneness between you and the world.

Between you and your immediate environment.

Enjoy the sounds and embrace the world around you.

Breathing in.

Breathing out.

You might be feeling a little bit of resistance.

Whatever you're thinking,

Feeling,

Or sensing,

Know that it's perfectly okay.

None of your thoughts or feelings are good or bad.

Right or wrong.

All you have to do is gently place your awareness upon what's happening right now.

Giving yourself the space and permission to be exactly as you are in this moment.

If you're distracted,

Simply come back to the breath and the sounds of the environment.

Giving yourself to rest in easy,

Open awareness.

Feeling all of the sounds.

Feeling all of the sounds,

Physical sensations in the body,

Thoughts and emotions without judgment,

Without resistance,

Without needing to control or change whatever it is that you're experiencing.

All you have to do is allow yourself to be exactly as you are in this very moment.

Continuing to rest in this state of easy,

Mindful awareness.

Breathing in and breathing out.

Breathing in through the nose,

Exhaling out through the nose.

In bringing this meditation to a close,

Come back to a full awareness of the body.

Recognizing that awareness contains everything we are.

Gently take a long,

Slow,

Deep breath in and breathe it out.

Take your own time and slowly opening the eyes once again and then see if you can take this quality of awareness with you into your day and into your life.

Namaste.

Reviews

Wonderful guidance to a very peaceful and open state of awareness and total acceptance of yourself🧘🏾‍♀️🙏🏾

Lovely practice❣️♾️☯️☮️⚛️⚘️☄️
Thank you so kindly❣️⚛️🕯🕊
Namaste🙏🏼✨️⚛️🪔🖤🌸⚘️☄️

Easy and open awareness is everything we ARE - what a comforting feeling this motion has offered me. I just woke up and it is going to BE a good mindful day.

I know it is going to feel good within because my Presence is always without any exceptions allows me to BE my True Self -🕊️✨🤍.

Elliott has spoken delicate words and his beautiful voice has made me feel my easy-open awareness so profoundly and so intense.

An array of-Sounds, emotions, thoughts, a tad of sadness, joy and deep open awareness came upon me whilst listening to the soundscape and the amazing commentary.

I feel rather a little weepy as well and my inner core is confiding to me - ‘You are ONE and YOU are WHOLE - healing is in motion and pain will soon go away. YOU are growing and you shall feel free ONE DAY and fly away like a bird in the sky’.

The entire experience of this exceptional practice has made me grow beautifully and feel like a layer of my life has been peeled off - a strange sensation was felt during the practice accompanied by an inner voice begging me not to be scared. It felt very powerful and it took me by surprise but here I AM feeling peaceful as my TRUE SELF has delighted my BE-ing with emotions - happy/sad - Who I AM - I love my presence and growing to love it much more than words can say, Elliott.✨ 🤍🙏🏻

Thank you so much for allowing me to peel off a layer from my external body to uncover a priceless gift - my gift from me to me🙏🏻🎁🤍😊✨.🦁.

An Excellent and sensational experience - Elliott you always manage to have that immense touch & power how to make ME feel very special within - Thank you deeply and I AM always full of sincere gratitude towards your self-healing powers and your warmth and the amazing person that you are always. I sense this emotion genuinely every time I practice with you 💬❤️ 🙏🏻🕊️🎵✨🤍🎶🦁🌻🙏🏻

Beautiful meditation focusing on the sensation and awareness of sound. Elliott's voice always makes it easy for me to reach a state of relaxation.
Much love ❤️ and gratitude!
💖💜🙏🏾 ꪀꪖꪑꪖ𝘴𝓽ꫀ 🙏🏾💜💖

Very relaxing and grounding... namaste 🙏

Thank you. I always appreciate teachers who offer some freedom or flexibility versus dictating how a person sits or comes into the meditation.

Love, peace, and serenity.

Terrific; calm and relaxing way to start the day!

Very soothing, created a wonderful awareness to start my day. Thank you.

Very nice meditation just being in the present moment
Namaste 🙏
🦋

Thank U Elliott for this lovely guidness to awareness, I really felt that all my senses was with my, hearing and smelling was the strongest. And my body tells me how to increase a better state of feeling good and moves it`s self - so wonderful🤗
I heard your breathing very clear...
And as always my kundalini is rising spontanously.
Namaste & Sat Nam 🙏🏻❤️🧘🏻‍♀️🕉

Enjoyed this awareness meditation experience. Thank you ❣

Thank you Elliot for helping me be in the present moment and accept all there is without wanting to fix or change something. I got a great insight of why i always feel the need of wanting to do this all the time!! Wauw!! Again thank you so much🙏 Namastè💓🍀🌞

I like how building my capacity for listening helps me become more of an observer of my experience and helps me identify more with the oneness from which observation takes place.
Thank you!

As always, thank you Elliot, this is so beautifully put together and led. Love the sense of awareness I was able to get too. Namaste 🙏🏼

It was quite quiet in my surroundings during this meditation :). I enjoyed experiencing the silence fully. Thank you for the gentle guidance!

Thank you, I love the guidance to allow meditator to be exactly where they are and not try to change. I find when I do that I can be more present and find more peace. 🙏🏼

Thank you, I always enjoy your offerings! Have a beautiful day!😊

This was perfect for me today. I was able to still my thoughts. Perfect balance of guided meditation and silence. My environment provided a nice urban soundscape to accompany this meditation. Thank you!