Calm A Busy Mind

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Calm A Busy Mind

by Charlotte Gutu

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Does your mind ever feel like it just won’t switch off? If you’re experiencing overthinking, racing thoughts, stress or mental tension, this meditation offers a gentle way to step back from the constant activity of the mind. Rather than trying to stop your thoughts or force yourself to relax, you’ll be invited to simply observe them. Imagine your thoughts as a merry go round. You don’t have to stay on the ride. You can step off and rest as the awareness that notices the thoughts. As you practise this, you may discover more space, calm and ease without needing to control what your mind is doing. This meditation is also an invitation to explore a deeper possibility: that you are not your thoughts, but the awareness in which they appear. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just gently step back, observe, and remember the quiet presence that is already here.

Mindfulness Stress Relaxation Non Resistance Thought Observation Awareness Cultivation Effortless Presence

Meet your Teacher

Sheffield, UK

Meet your Teacher

Sheffield, UK

Transcript

Hi Insight Timer, This is Charlotte. I'm a therapist, Coach and a mentor. And I'm here to help you let go of any busy thoughts that might be causing tension now. And to guide you back into ease. And relaxation. At times the mind can feel as though it's running automatically. And that you have no control over what's happening. I'm here to let you know that you do absolutely have control. But not in the way that you might think. Not by pushing, Forcing, Or exerting any effort in order to stop the thoughts. But instead by allowing. By unclenching your grip on the thoughts. And resting back. As The Watcher. Like a merry-go-round that seems to spin automatically. You might feel that you're being carried by your thoughts. We've been taught that thoughts need attention. That we need to be on the merry-go-round to be able to get somewhere or to do something. But this isn't the case. Decisions and action can still occur without force or effort. So it's really okay to rest back and to watch the thoughts go by. I invite you to realize. That you are not the merry-go-round. That there is an awareness that is experiencing the merry-go-round. And that awareness. Is what you truly are. The calm. Steady. Peaceful watcher that notices the thoughts. So at any time you can get off the merry-go-round. And just observe. You don't need to do anything. You don't need to go in and push the stop button. And you just peacefully step back. And watch. And then what might happen is the feeling as though you've jumped back on the merry-go-round. Without even noticing. As though someone or something has dragged you back onto the ride again. But I invite you to step off again. Watching the ride do its thing. No stopping, No forcing. Just allowing. Because thoughts can't harm you. They just appear. They have no great importance. Your true being is ease. It is allowance. It is this steady presence. And you never have to do anything to be what you are. So this is just about remembering. A remembering of what's present before the thoughts appear. Before the merry-go-round was built. A quiet, Open space. And this process of quietly stepping off the merry-go-round. Is always available. This feeling of stepping back. Is always available. And soon you come to realise that there is no effort involved. That this peaceful presence is what's always been there. It's just a case of remembering.