Hello,
This meditation is focused on bringing compassion for your thinking mind.
Each one of us has a thinking mind that works a lot.
Often it works overtime.
So in this practice,
We will be offering compassion to our thinking mind,
Helping to bring it a sense of peace and gratitude.
Begin by finding a comfortable seated posture,
Alert yet relaxed.
Close your eyes or let your gaze be soft,
And then take two or three deep grounding breaths,
Inhaling and exhaling,
Letting each breath be an anchor that helps you to land here and now.
Allow your breath to flow naturally.
Notice where the breath goes as it enters your body,
And where it goes as it leaves your body,
Perhaps inhaling through the nose,
And exhaling through the mouth.
Now I invite you to bring your attention to your head.
Without delving into your thoughts,
Notice how your head feels.
Is there a part of your head that calls your attention the most?
Is there heaviness or lightness?
Is there warmth or coolness?
Without judging,
Just notice whatever you can notice about the physical sensations within your head.
You might notice tense muscles,
Maybe in your forehead or jaw.
If you can,
See what it is like to soften this tension,
Bringing just a little more ease.
The brain does so much for us.
Among other tasks,
It takes in,
Processes,
Analyzes,
And stores heaps of information.
Sometimes it absorbs too much,
And analyzes too much,
Which can leave us feeling stressed and tired.
So for the next few minutes,
Give your thinking mind permission to simply be.
As thoughts arise,
There is no need to judge them.
Instead,
See if you can offer these thoughts your loving-kindness.
And then,
Come back to simply being.
It is the thinking mind's nature to think.
You do not need to fight this.
Offer your thoughts your love,
Your compassion,
And then come back again and again to open awareness of the physical sensations of the head.
Notice if they change over time.
Be mindful of any tension that comes back into the muscles in your forehead or jaw,
And soften them again gently.
Given that our thinking mind does so much for us,
Let us open to offering it gratitude,
Thanking it for what it does to support you.
As this short practice draws to a close,
Take a few more moments here to give your thinking mind permission to just be,
As all tension melts away.
When you are ready,
Raise your hands to your heart,
And bow your head gently.
Thank you for taking this time to tend with kindness and compassion to your thinking mind.
When you are ready,
Begin to reintroduce movement by wiggling fingers and toes,
And bringing yourself fully back.
Thank you.
