What Helps You Settle?

In this practice, we bring awareness to what helps us settle into the present moment, into the body, into our meditation practice. This practice can be done as a preparation practice just before your regular meditation or throughout the day when you feel unsettled, restless, or anxious.

Transcript

Each union has three main limitations.

What helps me settle?

A short practice that helps us settle into the present moment,

Into the body,

Into meditation practice.

What helps me settle?

What helps me settle now?

What do I need to settle right now?

Where do I place my attention?

What feels right for me in this moment?

How does it feel to take my attention to the body and breath?

What do I notice?

What happens when I bring my awareness to the body?

What happens when I take three deep breaths?

What do I notice?

What else is here in my experience?

What about thoughts?

What about feelings?

Pleasant,

Unpleasant or neutral?

What about emotions?

Do I feel anxious,

Overwhelmed,

Frustrated or perhaps joyful,

Content,

Peaceful or somewhere in between,

Don't know?

What helps me settle?

How do I make the transition now from practicing and bringing closure to this meditation?

How do I make this transition?

Do I move the body,

My toes,

Hands,

Shoulders?

Do I open the eyes?

Do I have a look around?

What do I notice?

What does it feel like to be in this moment?

What does it feel like to be in this moment?

What does it feel like to be in this moment?

What does it feel like to be in this moment?