Mountain Meditation

The mindfulness metaphor is that of a mountain. The invitation is to stop chasing our tails – the gentlest possible way of naming what we’re seeing on the world stage – and instead, sit still, in silence, like a mountain.

Transcript

So finding your posture, Whatever that is this morning, This afternoon, Whatever time it is in your time zone, And settling in, Feeling the body sitting or standing or lying down, Whatever posture you're in right now. And feeling into the possibility of this stability that's being named, This sense of mountain-ness. Just bringing the attention to the body breathing and feeling the gravity, The physical force of gravity holding us to the earth, Settling us. And just for these few minutes, Coming to a kind of complete stillness, Whatever your complete stillness is for today. Sitting like a mountain, And maybe there are lots of storms in your life or coming your way, There are certainly storms in the world, But just for these few moments, Coming to a mountain-like stillness. And if the mind wanders, If there's proliferation in the mind, Wanting, Grasping, Clinging, Just the gratitude and appreciation when you notice and let go and come back, Come back to your mountain pose, Sensing the stability that's available, Really settling into it and memorizing it, Imprinting it so that it's a refuge and you can come back in any moment, In a moment. I'll ring the bell and then we'll each go off into our days and bring our expertise and our training into all the places that we need to do that. And I think that bringing our stability, This ability to be the mountain in the room is maybe the greatest gift that we can offer today.