Finding Ease In Meditation

You don’t need to force your mind to be quiet.

If sitting still feels difficult, if your thoughts keep pulling you away, or if meditation sometimes feels like another thing you’re supposed to be “doing right,” this practice is for you.

This is a gentle invitation to relax into the cushion rather than struggle against your mind. We’ll let the body settle, give the mind permission to wander, and discover that meditation doesn’t require perfect concentration.

As someone with ADHD himself, Christopher knows how frustrating it can be when meditation feels like trying to hold a thought still with your bare hands.

You don’t have to.

Come as you are. Sit down. Let yourself soften. And begin again, whenever you notice you’ve wandered.

Transcript

Let's meditate just for a few minutes come into a seated posture. And allow the eyes to gently close. Gently. And allow the lungs to fill with the deep in-breaths and on the out-breath imagine a wave of deep relaxation. Traveling from the top of the head. All the way down into the soles of the feet. Then in again. And again all the way down to the soles of the feet, Pulling out any tension as the breath goes. Pulling it back into the earth. And again, One last time. All the way down. Any tension being pulled out to the body. Back into the air. And then just settle. Relax. If you feel the need to shuffle or move. To get more comfortable, Do so. Then come to a deeper stillness. And softened. Just soften the whole body. And come to even deeper stillness. A conviction for the next couple of minutes not to move. And notice. The more still you try to become. The more aware of movement you become. This attempt at stillness. Amplifies any movement. And no matter how still. You try to become. The body will breathe. Sending ripples of movement. Throughout the whole body. So can you tune in to this wherever it shows up? Is peaceful in and out flow. Not as air coming in and out of the body. But is movement. As a breathing process. All the tiny micro movements. To make up a breath. They're quite easy to see. From this vantage point of physical stillness. If we don't try too hard. The breath. Just reveals itself. Another joke. Is to simply watch that unfold. And in a moment I'll ring the bell to bring the practice to a close. And when I do. . . Don't jump out of meditation. Invite. That same stillness back. Out into your day. So keep in the eyes. Closed for a moment. Waking the body back up. Making small movements. Mindfully. Been aware of. How things change as you move changing sensations. And maybe stretch. Gently. When you're ready. Open your eyes, And bring this stillness out. From meditation. Back in two. Your day.