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Honoring Impermanence

by Joana Franco

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guided
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Meditation
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In this guided mindfulness meditation, I invite you to ground in presence and notice the impermanence of all perceived things. By bringing awareness to the impermanence of the breath, sound, thoughts, body sensations, we start to relate with gratitude and honor life as it is.

MindfulnessMeditationImpermanenceAwarenessNon GraspingEmotional AwarenessGratitudePresenceSound AwarenessBody SensationsBody Sensations AwarenessBreathingBreathing AwarenessSounds

Transcript

Hello and welcome to meditation.

I invite you to find a comfortable position for your body such that you can still be alert and present,

Closing your eyes or finding a soft gaze.

And for this moment,

Connecting with your breath.

Seeing the sensations of your breath from within.

Where is your breath right now?

What about now?

And now.

Realizing that at each moment the breath is in a different place,

Is felt differently,

And it's moving,

It's alive.

Always new.

Where can you feel your breath now?

How does the breath is felt inside the body?

Is it softened?

Is it tight?

Is it expensive?

Is it calming?

Is it still the same?

Let's deep breath.

And as you feel the breath in the body,

Invite the breath to just be here saying,

You're welcome exactly as you come and exactly as you go.

No seconds.

All right.

Noticing that all that we perceive has this quality of coming and going.

And I invite you to notice the sounds that come to you right at this moment.

Maybe a car passing by,

Or birds chirping,

Or the sound of my voice.

And if we don't chase after any sound,

If you're simply here to receive the sounds as much as the breath are also alive,

Which means they are impermanent.

Coming and going in their own time.

And how does it feel to be in this mode of simply receiving life as it is?

Letting the sounds pass as they do,

And also welcoming them as they come.

Letting the sounds pass as they come.

Letting the sounds pass as they come.

How does it feel to receive life as it is without grasping,

Wanting it to stay?

Without avoiding or wanting it to go?

Simply being here and receiving as it is at each moment.

What sound is present right now?

What sound is present right now?

And even if a sound or something else triggers a thought,

Thoughts also come and go.

How does it feel to just receive?

How does it feel to not own the thoughts that come and to allow them to go when they do?

How does it feel to just receive?

Noticing that all that is perceived has this quality of impermanence.

And if we don't chase after,

Avoid.

Say,

It's mine.

All these things just come and go.

All perceptions are alive and impermanent.

Now,

I invite you to notice your body.

Notice sensations.

Notice maybe your heart beating.

Notice maybe a pain in the body if you have one.

Notice the lack of pain in the body if you don't have one.

Seeing the body and the sensations that are present at this moment.

Noticing if there's any shift in sensations.

How does it feel to receive?

The perceptions of your body,

The sensations that come and go without grasping,

Chasing,

Avoiding.

Also noticing the body is alive.

And is any other thing alive?

Has the nature of coming and going?

Is impermanent?

How does it feel to see that,

To notice?

What is your relationship to what you notice?

Can you simply receive as it is?

Can you welcome as it is?

Can you welcome the emotions that the body feel?

Can you welcome the identity that thinks and fears and rejoices?

Can you notice that all things perceived just come and go in their own time?

Can you rest in this?

Can you let thealle Attorney Call On Me?

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Meet your Teacher

Joana FrancoLogan, UT, USA

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Recent Reviews

Carrie

July 30, 2025

The impermanence meditation was an experience of softening attachment to life and it's sensations and movements. Thank you for this beautiful practice 💜🙏🏻💜

Caro

May 2, 2025

Wonderful guidance with pauses, clear & simple. Thanks for sharing 🙏

Kevin

October 24, 2024

A beautifully paced exploration of impermanence encouraging reflection on the felt sense of change in present moment experience. Thank you 🙏

Dan

April 10, 2024

Beautiful and simple. Pairs very well with the ambient cello music feature.

Paula

March 7, 2024

This guidance provides balance between instruction and silence that works well for me. The long and gradual ending bells are soothing. 🙏

Kris

June 21, 2020

thank you. it's a guided meditation with lots of room to guide oneself.

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