What If This Moment Is Enough?

When we stop pushing and pulling at our experience, a natural softness shows up. From that ease, we can gently ask: What if this moment is already enough? So much self-improvement comes from a sense of deficiency, a feeling that something is wrong with us. But this perspective is learned, not inevitable.

Think of how we hold a newborn — nothing to fix, nothing missing, just pure goodness. As adults we forget this and start trying to “improve” ourselves into worthiness, usually ending up more stressed and less satisfied.

This meditation invites you back to the simple truth of being here: the breath, the heartbeat, the warmth of your hands. When we tune into life this way, the pressure to be better loosens, and appreciation naturally grows. From that place, action becomes clearer, kinder, and aligned with what actually matters.

Transcript

Alright,

So taking a moment to just get comfortable.

If you're sitting down,

Then letting your hands rest softly on your lap or folded in whatever position feels right.

And if you'd like,

You can go ahead and gently close your eyes or if you prefer,

You can keep them slightly open with a gaze towards the floor or whatever is in front of you.

And just allowing yourself a few nice deep breaths.

Breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.

In through the nose and out through the mouth.

Allowing your feet to be firmly planted and connected to the floor if you're seated.

And we're just going to start by turning our attention to the body,

Starting with your feet.

So just noticing the bottoms of your feet and whatever you feel.

Just the contact with the floor,

The pressure,

Some temperature.

Letting your back be straight,

Shoulders relaxed.

And just staying with the feet.

Whenever there's a thought or an emotion,

Some other feeling in your body that catches your attention,

You can just allow that to be there and slowly bring your attention back to the feet.

Making your way up and shifting your attention now to your pelvis,

Pelvic region,

Perhaps feeling the weight of your legs and your body pressed against the chair cushion.

Your butt making contact,

Being supported by the floor or chair,

Keeping the back straight.

Shifting now to your belly.

So if you'd like,

You can even put a hand on your belly as you breathe.

Naturally letting the belly inflate like a balloon and deflate.

Just really starting to arrive into the body,

Feeling the warmth,

Aliveness,

Presence.

And then whenever there's some thought that pulls you out of the moment,

You can just gently label this as thinking.

So you might just repeat the word in your mind,

Thinking,

Thinking,

As a way to get some space and acknowledge it and then come back to the body and come back to noticing your belly.

Noticing now the chest,

Sternum area,

As the chest rises and falls with each breath.

Each breath nourishing you with life.

Each breath a gift.

Each breath changing and bringing your attention to the throat,

Allowing whatever is here to simply be without trying to push it away and making your way up to the head.

So feeling into the space between both of your ears and now coming all the way to the top of the head to the crown of the head.

I'm now seeing if you can expand your attention to notice all these different parts of the body.

We've just looked at the top of your head,

The space in between your ears,

Throat,

Chest,

The belly,

Hips,

Feet.

Just feeling the entire body,

This entire central channel of your body as you breathe in naturally and breathe out,

Not trying to focus too hard.

In fact,

Reducing any effort you're putting in here to a real soft gaze.

Just resting with the presence of your body,

Forgetting about the past,

Forgetting about the future,

Forgetting about any ideas you have about the present,

And just being here for what's happening right now.

I want to invite you to ask this real simple question.

What if this moment is enough?

What if this moment is enough?

Can you sense into how things are right now and how perhaps they're okay?

Letting go of any desire to solve a problem or change anything and seeing what it feels like when the mind is not trying to solve a problem.

You can take a couple of nice deep breaths,

Perhaps noticing any shift in your body,

In your mind,

In your heart.

And from this space of being okay and being enough,

What might perhaps be the most important thing,

The most important next thing for you to do?

And then you can continue to sit if you'd like and reflect a little bit on your experience,

What answers,

Insights have come up for you.

And know that whatever spaciousness,

Whatever quality of presence that's here now,

This is something that you have access to.

Something that you can bring into your life whenever you take the time to pay attention in this way.

So when you're ready,

You can gently open your eyes and stretch out if you'd like.