Accepting What Is

This meditation gently guides you into the soft ground of Acceptance. Not as resignation but as the doorway to real change. Even when there is a resistance or a part of you wanting life to look different, you're invited to return to the simple truth that what is, is already here.
In this space Acceptance becomes a stabilising force for your nervous system and a reunion with your own clarity.
its a practice for those who sense that transformation begins with honesty, presence and a willingness to meet themselves exactly where they are.
Music courtesy of Narek Mirzaei

Transcript

Welcome, Just as you are. Find a comfortable seat, Find balance between sitting up tall and remaining relaxed. Close your eyes or gaze low at the ground ahead of you, Breathe in and out of your nose. Notice your breath. Notice what happens to your body, Your mind and your breath. Whatever it is that you notice, Welcome it in with a spaciousness, Allow it to be, Don't try to change it, Chase it or push it away. Can you remain still and spacious in your awareness? This is how things are right now, Right here. Notice how it is and accept it, And if you can't accept it, Try to accept that. Recall that acceptance is spacious, Non-judgmental, Unattached, To accept is not an opinion, To accept is not an endorsement, To accept is simply to recognise, To notice. Acceptance is mindfulness and awareness of reality as it is. And what about now? What's present here with you now? What's arising in the body? Is there stillness or movement? And in the mind? Is there stillness, Is there movement? Just notice. This is how things are right here, Right now, And recall that like all things, It will also change. In your acceptance, You give what it is that you notice the freedom to change. When you and reality are no longer battling, Reality no longer has to defend itself. Thanks to your acceptance, There can be a softening, There can be movement, There can be change. What's present for you now? Accept everything that arises. Welcome it in. Give it space. Give it freedom. Welcome it all and accept it without attaching. This is how things are right here, Right now. Notice, Welcome, From the spaciousness of acceptance, From this awareness of things as they are, Take a few deep breaths. And before opening your eyes, Connect to the wisdom in your body, Your breath and the mind. And ask the body itself the question, What should I do now? And be equally accepting of the answer. Thank you.