Dropping In: Meditation For Stressful Times

Okay,

Welcome back to this meditation for dropping in.

We're gonna begin seated and noticing the breath.

Just jumping right in to the inhalation and exhalation.

Bring your full attention to the breath.

Let this focus anchor you wherever you are.

You may be bringing feelings,

States of energy,

Exhaustion,

Excitement.

Just focus on the breath with me for a few moments.

And as you focus more closely,

Notice the breath slowing.

As distractions begin to fall away,

Perhaps we can now give a more open focus.

This place,

This place of the breath.

I want to convey that it's always here.

No matter where you are,

Some deeply challenging,

Heated place,

You can come back here.

Here is some spaciousness.

So you let go of all the layers,

All the layers of inflammation,

Contraction,

Stress.

Any tensions,

Any stresses in the body,

In the face,

Notice them.

Breathe.

Breathing in,

Know that you're breathing in.

Breathing out,

Know that you're breathing out.

Just let those tensions relax.

Find the safety and space to just be with yourself as you are.

It's okay.

So much of meditation can seem to be about control.

But perhaps when we get a little deeper,

Something else has room.

There's some space now.

As you follow this next breath,

From the very moment it begins to the very moment that it ends.

Listen.

Listen with your body.

Listen with your heart.

Find the space to let everything be as it is.

And.

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If you get lost,

Just come back to the breath.

Come back to the seated body,

The legs,

The lower back,

The shoulders,

The biceps,

The forearms.

Fast tingling sensations that encompass your being.

Taking the time to find space is not only a gift to ourselves.

But to others.

That in this listening,

Being with your true self.

You might then listen to others.

Thank you for joining me today.

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