Earth Body Shamatha

Relax into your natural state by accessing groundedness through the body. This guided meditation was offered at Natural Dharma Fellowship's annual Winter Meditation Retreat at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in New Hampshire.

Transcript

Let's start with our three cleansing breaths at your own pace.

And our three Vahs breaths at your own pace.

Just inhaling fully.

Holding.

And releasing.

With both eyes open.

Come down from the thinking mind into the feeling body.

As if the mind were a handful of salt and your body a vase of warm water.

Releasing the mind into the body like that salt tossed into warm water.

All over.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

Now notice the weight of this body on the cushion or chair.

Its stability.

Its natural groundedness.

Especially let your attention descend and rest.

Where your body comes into contact with the earth.

The surface below you.

Where your seat meets the cushion.

Where your legs meet the chair.

Where your feet meet the floor.

Just resting there with that simple feeling.

Grounded and stable.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

And sometimes you will notice your attention wandering off.

You lose the focus.

And as you notice,

Allow attention to be drawn naturally back to the weight of the body.

The pull of the earth.

As if attention had gravity.

And it's drawn back down to the place where body meets earth.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

All over body awareness.

And now release on an out-breath.

The hold on the focus so that your awareness opens out.

And take in the whole panorama.

The open field of your experience.

Free from grasping at anything.

Free from pushing anything away.

Just letting be.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Free from pushing anything away.

Reviews

Excellent t in all respects to follow you must listen and do a bit of work but you arrive superbly and thoroughly focused and relaxed well done

Beautiful guidance and instruction for quietly moving into the body and connecting with the Earth.

I found you through the mind & life podcast. Beautiful practice. Thank you.

A great way to start the day

I appreciate the longer spaces of silence and minimal, yet poignant, guidance

Fantastic

Very grounding - 🙏 thank you.

Grounding, open awareness practice. Tons of silence, which I truly appreciate.

Plenty of time within the guidance to practice in silence. Simple and certainly grounding.

Coming down to earth....

Gentle guidance, open spaces.....

Absolutely wonderful thankyou

I can never have too much support for resting my awareness in my body. Slowly, beautifully done.

Love this! The focus on body weight and contact with the ground was very helpful to me.

This is what it is. Right now.more

Very grounding and calming. I appreciate the long pauses for in the stillness awareness can unfold. It took me a while to get used to the very slow cadence of the words.

Thank you Lama Willa, for making these meditations so easily accessible. Peace.🙏

Relaxing. Calm soothing voice. Thank you. Like the mind like salt dissolve into the body.

Thank you
Om shanti

A beautiful calming meditation. I like her use of gravity to help ground bodies and awareness. I hope Lama Willa posts more meditations!