Soothing The Nervous System - Let's Do It Together

This is a micro-practice to help soothe the nervous system. It also includes a practice of relaxation in the service of working with resistance and contraction. The aim is to soothe the nervous system, and leave you feeling more centered, grounded, calm and expanded once again.

Transcript

Welcome to this practice.

My name is Reuben.

Let's soothe our nervous systems.

First off,

First appreciating the fact that you have chosen this moment.

You have chosen to nurture yourself.

When the nervous system is down-regulated our bodies go into rest.

So just noticing how you are resting in this moment,

Allowing your awareness to go below the level of thought and opening up to sensations of how you are resting,

How you are gently holding your body in this moment.

And as you rest in this moment the normal natural flow of your breathing has been continuing its cycle.

Your breath that's been with you since the day you were born.

Your breath that is your ally,

Your companion,

For whenever you choose it.

Appreciating the gentleness of your breath and if you're overly distracted in this moment you can use numbers and count in any way that you wish.

Seeing these numbers or hearing them in your mind and just getting them in time with the waves of your breath.

Whilst you are connected to your breath,

Thoughts come and go just like cars going by in the street.

It's only when we get hooked by a thought that we're distracted.

So allowing thoughts to do their thing whilst you connect to the gentleness of your breath.

And as I like to say,

Whilst you connect in this way see how gentle you can be.

See how gentle you can be.

Thoughts about the past,

Thoughts about the future,

Maybe even thoughts about this practice,

Whatever they are,

However they present themselves,

Gently notice when you've become distracted because every time you notice it's a win and an opportunity to just gently come back again.

And sending a thought of appreciation to yourself,

For yourself,

In taking part in this little practice.

This has been a gift to you and from you.

Thank you for taking part in this practice.

Reviews

Short but relaxing, centering meditation that put me at ease. Thank you

I realised I was tense in my body with this meditation
and I was able to let my body release that tension with my breath in a relaxed way. So thank you.)0(

Looking for something new to listen to pre-afternoon siesta.
In usual head pain.
What I take from it, is the word, the feeling and the sensation of ‘gentleness’. I need to be gentle with myself.
Thank you Reuben for your contagious gentleness and peace.
I will sleep.
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This was so wonderful. The chimes are lovely to focus on.

Such a soothing meditation - simple & effective. I feel calmer & more relaxed. Thank you Reuben!

Love this. Really noticing it making a huge difference. I can easily do this on my own but somehow it's nice to have a fellow English human guiding me through it.

The nervous system connects to the gut and right now seems like my gut is very unhappy. I am looking for meditations that will help me breathe into calmness. I look forward to trying out your extended version of this. And hoping that calming my nervous system reduces the stress that I believe has exacerbated gut symptoms that are stressful… Which is I think where we started to begin with stress created the gut symptoms and now I am doing my best to soothe my nervous system. Thank you for this Namaste.

Thank you Reuben. Such a gentle calming meditation.
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Very calming and lots of insights in those 5 minutes. Thank you!

So real, so helpful. Woke up with anxious feelings in my body, front and centre. My mind trawled around to find the cause. Of course, there's 'stuff' but no big deal threatening. As I breathed in meditation, non-specific sadness moved up into my chest, caught the breath, moved past the throat chakra and out the top of the head, which relieved some pressure. A couple of times and I was able to breathe deeply and then normally. Some pressure remains below the solar plexus so I'm going back in. Thanks for your help. Glad this popped up today 🙏🏻💞

Thank you, that was a lovely pause to calm and ground myself 🙏

How he encouraged gentleness. That really connected it for me. Thank you

A sacred moment of calm in a hectic family morning 😊

Relaxing!

short but sweet

short but sweet

Loved it. So sorthing in such a short time. Will keep this bookmarked. Thanks 😊

He is always amazing!!

The magical chimes and simple gentle words.

Love this 🙌🤍 thank you