Open-eyed Meditation (short)

This meditation is unique in that you do it with your eyes open and enter into an all-around awareness and flow state.

Transcript

Sitting comfortably with your eyes open,

Find a point on the wall in front of you that's slightly above eye level.

And bring a soft gaze and your full attention to that point.

You may notice that your gaze is focused and narrow.

So gradually begin to include each side of that point,

Expanding your awareness along the wall,

Letting your peripheral vision increase.

And using your felt sense and hearing,

Let your awareness expand behind you as well,

Until you include 360 degree awareness.

Let your awareness rest as that space behind you,

Noticing the space within you and the space in front of you.

As you breathe in,

Allow a smile to come to your face.

As you breathe out,

Allow your eyes to gently come down to eye level and return to your regular activities.

Reviews

Great! Thank you! Centered in my safe place.

Short and simple but effective.

Beautiful meditation

I’m not new to opened eyed meditation, this glimpse practice however adds the “felt sense” behind my seat.
Functional eyes in the back of my head that place me in space and time erasing the lines between me, my cushion and linear time- Just tick, no tock.

Perfect for taking a short break and re-focussing anywhere. Love this!

Nice. Thank you.

Great! Short and nice and mindful for everyday, several times a day

Thank you short but extremely effective for me and deeply connecting within ❤

Helpful quick way to refresh and re-energize. Keeping the eyes open and expanding awareness was something different for me.
Thank you for sharing this interesting meditation.
Namaste.

I loved how he added “within yourself.” It felt like a little gift in that moment.

Doesn't take much to change our awareness. Thanks!

Great for at work where you can take a moment to consciously space out!!

Different from what I use to do but I enjoyed it. It's lovely relaxing and you have such a soothing voice :)