Yeah,
So connecting into,
It could be an image that you see in your room or a visual in your room that you see.
It could be a sound that you hear.
It could be a tactile sensation that you feel that's so simple in this moment.
It could also be a smell or a taste.
It could be a few of those overlapping.
So whatever is so simple in this moment,
I invite you to bring your attention to it.
You can have your eyes opened or your eyes closed.
Whatever feels right for you.
Whatever adds to the simplicity.
And maybe just notice that.
Is X sensory experience simpler with your eyes open or closed?
For me,
It's just really nice to remove the visuals to really feel the candle,
The texture of this candle holder in my hands.
I really give more of my attention to the texture.
And I notice my feet just pop into like these are some simplicities that keep finding my attention.
I don't need to change them.
I don't need to manage them.
We might need to use some effort to keep bringing attention to what's simple,
What's easy,
As lots can distract us from this.
Continuing to just let your attention connect to this experience of simplicity.
It's not the only thing happening,
But we're using effort to get to know this experience more.
I'm just paying attention to the positioning of your body.
Is your body positioned in a way that's going to support simplicity?
I'm noticing my body just wants to move a little bit.
That's really nice to feel,
To let that happen.
Maybe you need to get another pillow.
Maybe you need to put on a pair of socks.
Maybe you need to make an adjustment so that your attention can feel more ease in this moment with your posture or your positioning.
Now our minds are often guided by right,
Wrong,
Good,
Or bad,
Should,
Supposed to,
Is have to,
So that might all be happening.
And if so,
That just means you're a human with a very normal brain.
So that might be happening.
The invitation is to let that happen,
Not to try to keep that from happening,
But to also bring attention to what really doesn't have a right,
Wrong,
A good,
Or bad,
A should,
Supposed to.
Some experience that's very simple.
And we're just seeing if we can give some permission to ourself to stay with that simplicity.
Maybe even to breathe with that simplicity,
A simple experience.
And you might even notice what's simple about the breathing that's happening as well.
Do you have to manage breath,
Fix breath?
Maybe,
But maybe not.
Just see,
See if you can let breath breathe you like breath breathes you when you're sleeping.
And just noticing that ebb and flow of breath happening,
Something simple of it.
Something simple of breath,
Something simple,
Maybe somewhere else in your experience.
Maybe they kind of weave together,
Maybe they don't.
We're just kind of playing with attention and including simplicity.
And if you're having some frequent or habitual thoughts that are distracting,
Again,
Just notice that's a normal part of having a brain,
But maybe also just see,
See what that voice or those narratives,
What's needed for those narratives to rest for two more minutes,
Three more minutes.
What do they need to know to trust that they can,
That attention can come more to ease than to those thoughts or those worries or whatever.
Sometimes our thoughts are bringing us a message.
And so rather than try to ignore the message,
We can actually have a conversation with with those thoughts and to say,
Yeah,
I hear you.
I'll be with you in three minutes.
Or yes,
We'll connect to that later.
Or yes,
You're important too.
Come with me as we connect to breath.
Come with me as we connect to something simple in this moment.
Our nervous system and our brains love simplicity so much.
And at the same time,
Sometimes it's really hard for us to let go of or to trust that simplicity is okay to connect with.
So to bring in compassion toward ourselves.
Let's do a few more cycles of breath,
And I'll be quiet for a little bit longer here.
Keep inviting your attention to come to what's simple on this moment.
Just a little bit longer.
And before we pause this rest,
I'm gonna invite us all to connect to maybe a simple intention or prayer for what we want to connect with in the next bit of time.
Breathing with that intention,
Breathing with that prayer,
That ask,
That desire.
And then when that feels complete,
Letting the body start to move a little bit,
Hands and feet,
And maybe stretch a little bit,
Opening the eyes if they've been closed.
If there's anything you want to jot down,
That you've been connecting with,
You can do that.
And then we'll come back to the screens.
