Patience

Sit with me as we practice patience together.
We all long for things — for ourselves, for the people we love.
Waiting can stir up a quiet tension, even a sense of suffering.
It’s in these moments that patience becomes so important — not just as a virtue, but as a skill we can nurture and grow throughout our lives. A way to make the inevitable experience of waiting and longing more gentle, more bearable.

Music by Sergei Chetvertnykh from Pixabay

Transcript

Patience is so important but it is difficult it's a skill we can cultivate and practice throughout our lives to make the inevitable experience of wanting longing not knowing what an outcome will be to make that easier more bearable find a comfortable position if you haven't done so already i don't mind what position you're in and gently notice the rise and fall of the breath in your body allow it to bring you here into this moment staying with this breath and this breath then gently noticing the body the surface the body is resting on right now supported safe safe noticing any sensations feelings in the body allowing that noticing to bring you here come here bringing to mind in your mind's eye now something you really want name it bring to mind why you want this thing what change will it bring about how will it make you feel feel into the wanting feel into the benefits of this thing now feeling into the waiting not knowing how not knowing if perhaps putting a hand on the other hand a hand on your heart or a hand on your belly supporting yourself through the waiting the not knowing tell yourself what you need to hear right now knowing that everyone is waiting for something everyone longs for something everyone wants and yet none of us know practicing patience not only the waiting but how we wait not knowing when if or how may you be well may you touch peace may you be kind to yourself as you practice patience and may you live with ease may you be well may you touch peace may you be kind to yourself as you practice patience and may you live with ease and thank you so so much for practicing with me today

Reviews

Great meditation and visualization of what it is we are looking to have patience for. Thank you! 🙏🏻

I have been aware that I am struggling with impatience lately . Thank you !