Hi,
I'm Stephen Webb and this is one of my favorite meditations that helps me to deal with the constant chatter and that thinking and the overthinking of the mind,
Especially when we don't want it.
You don't need to do anything with your body or your breath.
Just become aware.
Your body knows how to breathe.
Your body knows how to relax.
We just allow these things to happen in this moment.
As long as you let yourself settle as you let yourself settle,
Feel the weight of your body just being held by whatever's holding it.
There is nothing to fix here.
Nowhere else to be.
Just this.
Breathing in calm,
Breathing out relaxed.
And I'd like us to imagine just a quiet railway station.
Your perfect kind of quiet railway station.
And it's calm here,
Almost empty.
And there's a nice bench that we're both sitting on.
We don't have to go anywhere.
We're just sitting.
Watching the platform.
And in a moment a train comes in.
And this train is a thought.
Maybe something you need to do later.
Maybe something from this morning.
We don't need to push it away.
We just notice it.
Ah.
There is a train.
And we stay on the bench.
We let it sit there for a moment and then in its own time it pulls away.
We don't have to climb on.
And here comes another one.
This one might be a bit louder.
It might be a worry.
The kind that usually grabs us.
Tries to pull us out of what we're doing.
Now just a little pull to get on board,
To follow it.
To go where it wants to take us.
And just for now we stay seated.
We let it pull in.
And we let it pull away.
And the trains keep coming.
This is what they do.
The mind is built to think.
The way the heart is built to beat.
We are not here to empty the station.
We're just learning to stay on the bench.
And every now and again a kinder train rolls in.
A warm memory,
A small gratitude.
Those ones we can choose to ride,
And gently if we wish.
But mostly we are just watching.
Resting,
Letting them come and go.
Notice now the quiet between the trains.
That space.
The stillness on the platform.
This is you.
Not the trains.
The one who watches them.
There is nothing to chase.
Nothing to board.
Just a pinch.
And the quiet and you.
And as we rest here a little longer,
If you get any thoughts come in,
Just imagine their trains coming into the station.
And in a moment I'm going to count back from five.
So five,
Just gently become aware of the room you're in.
Four,
Gently open your eyes if they're closed.
Three,
Just move your arms,
Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes perhaps.
To just look around generally.
One and just take a deeper breath.
And I always do this meditation because it takes us out of.
.
.
What the thoughts are.
What the thoughts do.
Who we are,
The role we play.
And you may have noticed that you had gaps between your thoughts.
And very often we just don't notice them.
It really has been a pleasure sitting with you on the bench today.
So thank you for your support on Insight Timer.
Really do appreciate it.
Hope you have a wonderful day.
