106 : Meditation : Resting in the Simplicity of This Moment
In this episode: resting in this moment meditation
This guided meditation practice invites you to set everything aside for a little while and rest in the incredible simplicity of this moment.
We all have so much going on in our lives: things to do, things to plan, things we’re worried about, kids and family to take care of, jobs to do, etc. The list is endless.
However, we can choose to set aside everything that has come before and everything that is yet to come and just drop into this timeless moment of now, if only for one breath.
That’s what we’re practicing with this guided meditation. It’s an invitation to rest in the simplicity of having nothing to do besides being aware of just this in-breath and just this out-breath, exactly as they are, moment by moment and breath by breath.
I hope you enjoy this mediation.
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So let's begin finding a position that allows you to be both alert and relaxed at the same time. Sitting with a tall, straight back, but not rigid and resting your hands, wherever's comfortable, and you can gently close your eyes or gaze. And let's just drop into this moment by beginning with three deep breaths.
And now I invite you to check in with yourself, noticing how you're arriving here in this practice and meeting whatever you find in your experience with an attitude of openness, kindness, and curiosity. Meeting it with mindfulness kind, curious awareness, noticing what it's like in your body as you sit and breathe. Noticing if there are any areas of tension or tightness, heat or coolness or areas that feel relaxed. Curious and open to whatever arises in your experience of the body in this moment right now, in this moment, it's like this.
And expanding to include the mind, noticing what it's like in your mind in this moment, noticing if it's busy or calm. Tense or relaxed. And again, just meeting what is with a kind, curious, loving awareness right now. In my mind, it's like this.
And when you're ready, I invite you now to find the breath in the body wherever you notice it most vividly. Right now, no need to breathe in any particular. Just simply resting in awareness of the breath wherever the sensations appear most vividly right now, observing justice in breath and justice out breath. Right now, there's nothing that you need to do, nothing to plan or figure out. There's just this, and so setting aside everything that has come before and anything that is yet to come and rest in this wonderful moment, this gift that we have, moment by moment by moment, and breath by breath by breath.
Resting in the simplicity of justice and breath and justice out breath, each one. Your life happening here and now in this moment. And whenever you notice that your mind has drifted off perhaps to the past, Or perhaps to the future in planning or strategizing or fantasizing. Just simply notice that thinking is happening. Noticing what that same kind, loving awareness, which is fast enough to include all aspects of our mind, our body, and our experience. And just meet whatever has arisen with curiosity, what's on your mind, noticing it in awareness, and then just gently choosing to come back to your breath, letting go of that and beginning once again with just this in. And justice Hot breath.
And again, if you're noticing that your mind is drifted off, no problem. The mind's just doing what it does. Just invited to come back to the simplicity of this breath. This moment right now, all there is to do is to observe this in breath and this out breath, just as they are. Just as they are. And so each time the mind wanders just noticing with kindness and bringing it. And starting fresh in this moment with this in breath, each in breath is a new beginning. Each out breath, a chance to let go.
And in these last remaining moments of our practice today, I invite you to bring to mind something about you that you're extremely grateful for. We usually feel gratitude for others and things outside ourselves, but what would it be like to feel gratitude towards some aspect of you? And so inviting that to mind and just resting in the feeling of gratitude in your body and your mind for a moment. What does gratitude feel like in your body? And let us finish this practice with three deep breaths. Breathing in, I'm breathing out again, once more. When you're ready, opening your eyes. I'm taking one final mindful breath with your eyes open as a reminder that this is available to you anywhere, anytime, and it just takes a moment.
Thank you for your practice.
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