The purpose of this meditation is to bring your awareness to the purpose of meditating through a meditation itself.
I have heard people say that they are no good at meditating.
They say that they have too many thoughts and they can't clear their mind.
And because of this,
They incorrectly conclude that they have failed at meditation.
This is just not true.
All they have done is observed their very own human nature.
According to research,
An average human has a new thought every two and a half seconds.
So if you are human,
You have thoughts.
It is human nature to think.
One thing we can be assured of in life is that it is constantly changing in a constant state of flux.
Meditation is a practice of both being in stillness and having thoughts.
Meditation is a practice of observing.
So let's begin the practice.
Find a comfortable position,
Either seated or lying down.
Gently close down your eyes.
Your spine is straight and tall,
Yet relaxed.
The crown of your head is lifted slightly towards the sky.
Your chin tucked in.
Relax your eyes.
Relax your ears.
Relax your jaw.
Relax your shoulders down like ice melting on a hot summer's day.
Your arms are gently,
Naturally by your side.
Always resting in your lap if you are seated or just beside you if you are lying down.
Your palms open upwards to the sky,
Ready to receive.
Become aware of your breath.
Try not to change it.
Just become aware of it for now.
Notice the air entering at your nostrils.
Notice how the air is cool as it comes in and warm as it goes out.
Notice if one nostril takes in more air than the other or if they are both even.
Now bring your breath down deeper into your abdomen.
Focus your awareness on belly breathing.
Your breath is like a silky thread,
Soft and gentle.
Notice as you inhale,
Your belly moves out.
As you exhale,
Your belly button moves back towards your spine.
You're not using the stomach muscles to push air in or out,
But allowing the air to breathe you.
Notice the silkier the thread of your breath,
The deeper and softer your breath and body become.
If your focus wanders from your breath to thoughts,
That's okay.
Just gently bring your awareness back to your breath.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Belly rise.
Belly fall.
Belly fall.
Pure and simple.
As you cultivate a meditation practice,
You become more comfortable with silence.
As you become more comfortable in silence,
You allow bigger pauses between action and reaction in your everyday life.
As you get better at pausing before reacting,
You become calmer,
More understanding and present.
You'll start to see you differently.
See if you can make your exhale longer than your inhale,
Further stimulating the relaxation response.
If you are having the same repetitive thought,
Theme or pattern,
See if you can let it go on your longer exhale and surrender into the stillness.
You may notice that releasing the pattern also releases somewhere in your body.
Just observe it and when you can,
Return to the awareness of your breath.
As you become better at letting thoughts go past without attaching yourself to them,
You get better at waiting for the next thought.
As you become better at waiting for surface thoughts to move on,
You start to uncover thoughts you've never had before.
As you become aware of these deeper,
More fruitful thoughts,
You open up your creativity and bring about the genius of you.
And when this starts to happen,
You will feel like a different person,
Alive and aware with intention.
You can't help but to be inspired and also be inspiring to others.
This is the power and purpose of cultivating your meditation practice.
With your eyes still closed,
Bring your awareness back to the space around you.
Become aware of the sounds.
Become aware of the room around you.
Bring your hands to your heart and slowly open your eyes.
I invite you to either continue or begin your meditation practice.
To cultivate a calm,
Understanding and present way of being.
To bring about the deeper thoughts within you.
To live an inspired life.
To open up your creativity and live each day with confidence.
Know that you have succeeded at meditating today.
Namaste.
