07:10

Practice Name

by Judi Cohen

Rated
4
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
10

I feel so fortunate to be engaged in this lifelong endeavor with all of you, and grateful, too, for your company. And not just company, but courage and perseverance, in this endeavor and also in an unwavering commitment to change. As Margaret Mead said so long ago, let’s all of us never doubt that we can create that change. As the Buddha said, let’s also not doubt we can be the change.

MindfulnessCompassionMeditationBuddhismChangeBreath AwarenessMind Wandering ManagementCompassion CultivationPosture SettlingEye Movement

Transcript

So let's sit and just do an ordinary paying attention to the breath kind of sit,

Okay?

So finding your seat and your seat that's just like what posture can I settle into right now for what eight and a half minutes?

And just completely settle into and closing the eyes if that's available to you or casting the eyes down so that there's no like peeking at email or at the clock or anything else and just really the gift of silence and quiet and stillness.

And with all that silence and stillness sometimes the mind will wander unless it's very,

Very settled.

So we give the mind this anchor,

This refuge,

This home base,

The breath.

And we just issue this super kind invitation to follow the breath.

And when the mind wanders off anyway,

Yeah,

We don't make it a problem.

We just come right back to it.

Just like when the mind forgets about compassion and wisdom and peace,

We don't make it a problem.

We just come right back to it.

Staying with the breath or returning to the breath and really with this very kind,

Even grateful attitude,

Oh,

That's right,

I have this refuge.

I can come back.

Meet your Teacher

Judi CohenSonoma, CA, USA

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Recent Reviews

Twindad

September 9, 2025

Love this. So simple, with plenty of quiet moments to Reflect. Thank you.

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