Evening Meditation - What We Feel We Heal

In this delightfully simple and effective guided meditation, the happy buddha explores how to release the stress of the day without trying, in fact trying gets in the way. He shows with clarity just how coming into your present moment experience is all you need to do.

Transcript

Hello I'm going to guide you through a short meditation just about 10 minutes I'm calling this evening meditation when we run retreats the evening meditations are often people's favourites. Now there's this idea of the Sun going to rest and the mind going to rest when the mind goes to rest we are more alive we notice other things rather than just thoughts we notice the world around us so during this meditation I will pause I will go silent that's intentional these silent times are an opportunity for you to come into your direct experience yourself so just to feel what's happening to hear what's happening to see what's happening okay it's no good me talking all the way through the meditation and in a sense doing it for you so preparing yourself in your posture feet on the floor hands resting in your lap you can lay down if you want to but maybe keep your eyes open if you lay down otherwise they can be open or closed just take one or two deeper breaths it helps to bring a sense of balance and drop into the body that's it so let's begin by sensing your hands resting in your lap your feet on the floor and this is an evening meditation so you may just have a sense of the day gone the day that's passed don't dwell they just have a sense of it there's a residue of the day in the body as the day left you feeling frazzled tired perhaps you feel calm centered frustrated it doesn't matter right now I'm just going to ask you to feel the body as it is sense into the body any areas of tension perhaps the belly sense there what's happening you what about the shoulders you scrunched up heavy light just feel what you find you we're not trying to change anything here so give that up you just hear the days gone the consequences of the day are here in the body meet the body feel the body you that's it keep it simple how about the face interesting area feel around the jaw hello jaw we're not judging what we find we're just feeling what we find you there any sounds happening just hear them leave them be you everything is just perfect as it is unless you think it isn't you feel around the eyes they're soft like water or the hard and staring maybe you've been looking at the screen most of the day is there a pleasure in just closing the eyes not picking out any detail just resting them feel around the forehead and temples perhaps it's the pressure there hello don't try to get rid of it just feel it what we feel we heal and at some point you may notice that you're lost in thinking just quietly say to yourself thinking just notice what's happening then bring your attention back to the body back to the forehead and temples you see how simple this is in the body then we get lost in the mind come back to the body you get lost in the mind just what happens there's nothing wrong with it how about taking your attention back to your hands perhaps they're being busy all day well for a few minutes this evening let them rest that's it just feel them feeling them is resting them there are other parts of the body which you've used today maybe you've been walking hello feet legs let them rest that's it there's nothing to achieve there's also the breath but we haven't been aware of it during the day being preoccupied right now just feel it is it smooth and long the cello and a little pinched just feel what you find that's it there's nowhere to go there's nothing to be attained and that's a relief this is your life right now the hearing the seeing even with the eyes closed the feeling perhaps the smelling and is tasting just tune in to the end of the out breath there's a natural letting go there beautiful and that's all you need to do is just feel what you find in meditation it's not meditations not an intellectual exercise it's a physical one to one of awareness okay and when you're ready you can open your eyes and go slowly into the rest of the evening thank you bye bye

Reviews

Wow what a perfect meditation to wrap up my day and ground in before going to bed. So profound and yet so simple - THANK YOU for creating this space ❤️

Nice to have an evening meditation whose purpose is not for sleep. This was exactly what I needed to continue the things I must complete before I go to bed in a few hours from now.

Another excellent meditation by Suryacitta allowing the release of bodily tensions and emotions.

this meditation is so simple and so perfect- it guides me back to this moment, reminding me that this moment is my life— thank you 🙏✨🤍✨

This meditation was really helpful! Thank you 🙏🏼