Hello,
Hello,
Hello,
And welcome back to Nalu,
Mind the Flow.
Grateful to have you join us today.
If you're joining for the first time,
Welcome.
If you're returning,
Then welcome back.
Today is day 20 of our 28-day journey together while we follow Nalu on their experiences with mindfulness,
Meditation,
And some practices in the world.
So previously we had observed the breath together with Nalu and we have observed body sensation together,
And this week we've been observing interior and exterior sensations together at the same time.
Yesterday,
We were with Nalu as they were walking along their favorite part of the shoreline and noticing the people in the distance and spending some time with the person or personality.
And because they became more curious about that,
Nalu decides to walk down the shore down to where the people are congregating together and they're doing their shoreline things.
Who knows,
Maybe they're looking out over the waves,
Looking out over the flow,
Or maybe they're enjoying the wind or the weather.
But what Nalu seeks to do today is to walk through the people and observe and notice the different people and different lives and different lifestyles that they see around them while at the same time maintaining an inner focus on their breath or the sensation on the body as they do so.
So as we follow along,
Now's a great time to sit back and relax,
Get into a comfy spot.
And as we've done many times before,
And if you're joining for the first time,
Then it's very simple practice to bring the attention onto the breath.
So to start,
You're welcome to have your eyes opened or closed,
Just bringing the attention to the breath and to the quality of the air and the quality of the breathing as the air comes into the body and the air flows out of the body.
And so just taking a minute or so for us to hone in,
Key in,
Zoom in on that very natural process of the breath coming in and the breath going out,
Seemingly of its own effort.
Coming in and going out,
And we just observe it and watch it and notice it.
And as we notice the breathing coming in and the breathing going out,
We just observe that happening.
We may start to notice sensations around the body as especially where the breath is happening or maybe in other places on the body,
We notice sensations happening.
It's a great time to observe those.
This is our practice of keying in on the current moment,
What's currently going on by observing natural processes as they occur in their own time.
So maybe observing some of those sensations as they occur on the body.
And then we may take our mind's eye and begin to move toward the group of people that are there down the shoreline from us.
And as we approach the people,
We might start to notice their details.
We might be familiar with some,
Strangers to others.
We're just going to slowly move through the various people that we see ahead of us naturally and slowly while at the same time maintaining an internal focus on the breath coming in and the breath going out or on any sensation or feeling that we're having on the body.
As we slowly move through various people that we encounter along the shoreline,
And we begin to wonder as we encounter these different folks,
Different lifestyles and different situations and maybe different composure or view or image than us,
We start to wonder perhaps they have their own flows and their own waves and their own inhales and exhales happening right there within their own lives.
Maybe perhaps very similar to our own as we continue to observe our own breathing and our own bodily sensations and move slowly through seeing and perhaps knowing and perhaps greeting some of these people who are there along the shoreline with us.
And observing and watching and moving slowly and observing and watching and moving slowly.
And if the mind is wandering or if maybe you don't feel like visualizing today or creating a story,
That's okay too.
You're definitely welcome to continue the breath observation,
Noticing the breath happen or noticing sensations on the body in any scenario.
And if you so choose,
Continue to move through the various people that you maybe come into contact with.
Maybe you're walking by them without them noticing you,
Just observing the sensation inside as we watch and notice various other people on the outside.
And it may be that during this time the breathing has changed slightly.
Maybe you notice particular sensations on the body or within the body upon encountering certain people or certain characteristic of people,
Of other people.
So now's the time to take stock of those and notice those and remember what happened as you move through the crowd along the shore.
And maybe just observing any changes that happen to the breathing or any changes that happen to your sensation as you made that mental journey through the various people.
And as we come now to the close of our day here together with the few minutes that we have meeting Nalu and sharing the experience and practice that journey that they've been on,
I welcome you to return to the common room where we are back to the top of the hour and perhaps feeling a little bit more alert and awake and maybe a little bit more curious about the day.
And I thank you for joining us for today's Nalu Mind the Flow and hope to see you again.
