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Opening to Presence: Entering The Now

by Olivia Rosewood

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A practice to assist in navigating into the now, inspired by my travels with Eckhart Tolle. Like building muscle, through practice, this navigation becomes more fluid and naturally integrated into everyday life.

PresenceNowPresent MomentSurrenderBreathingBody AwarenessThought LabelingBalanced PerceptionEckhart TollePresent Moment AwarenessConscious BreathingNon Judgmental AwarenessNon Judgment

Transcript

Welcome to your meditation time.

These are portals to the now.

The now is ever-present.

These are merely ways to deepen your experience of the ever-present now.

Claim this time for your meditation,

For the evolution of your consciousness.

Prioritize your inner peace.

As Eckhart Tolle says,

Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind,

The light of your consciousness grows stronger.

Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind,

The light of your consciousness grows stronger.

Find a comfortable position.

Let your spine be long like a river,

Unencumbered so your energies can flow.

Relax your body.

In and slow your breath.

Maintain balanced perception,

Giving as much attention to the silence between words as to the words themselves.

Consciously let go of thought of the past.

If it arises during meditation,

Notice thought of the past without judgment.

Then perhaps label it,

Thought of the past,

Rumination,

Repetitive replaying of events and so on.

Let it go like dropping a heavy bag or releasing a helium balloon or pop it like a bubble by labeling it,

Thought of the past.

Similarly,

Consciously let go of thought of the future.

If it arises during meditation,

Notice it without judgment,

But don't follow it.

Let it be unimportant right now.

Perhaps label it,

Speculation,

Things to do,

Worry.

Then let it go like a car passing by while you remain seated comfortably on a park bench.

Let it pass right by you.

Anchor your awareness in this now.

Can you allow this simple now to be enough?

Can you allow yourself to be this space,

Allowing the contents of this now to simply be?

Bring your awareness to your breath.

Be fully conscious of each abundant full inhale.

Be fully conscious with every sensation as you exhale completely.

Relax.

Bring your awareness to your inner body.

Can you feel the subtle vibration of energy animating your existence?

Beyond your flesh is the light of your being enlivening your body.

Beyond your heart is the light of your being,

The force of energy which beats your heart.

Can you listen for the subtle vibration of your inner body like a loyal puppy waiting at the door for the return of a loved one?

Listen with every aspect of your awareness for this subtle vibration.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

This inner body like listening for the quiet music of life itself.

Surrender deeper into the now,

Letting go of resistance to what is.

You might use the thought it is,

I am,

Or you might not need words to simply allow this now to flow through you,

In you,

As you,

And all around you.

Surrender deeper into the now,

Letting go of resistance to what is.

Surrender deeper into the now,

Letting go of resistance to what is.

You might not need thought to simply allow this now to flow through you,

In you,

As you,

And all around you.

Surrender deeper into the now,

Letting go of resistance to what is.

Surrender deeper into the now,

Letting go of resistance to what is.

Surrender deeper into the now,

Letting go of resistance to what is.

Continuously surrender,

Letting go.

Nothing else to do right now,

Just letting go,

Surrendering,

Allowing the allowing.

Breathing and being.

Once you feel you have surrendered completely to this now,

Surrender more.

Continuously surrender,

Letting go.

Continuously surrender,

Letting go.

Continuously surrender,

Letting go.

Continuously surrender,

Letting go.

Continuously surrender,

Letting go.

Nothing else to do right now,

Just letting go.

Nothing else to do right now,

Just letting go.

Surrendering to this now.

Allowing the allowing.

Breathing and being.

Once you feel you have surrendered completely to this now,

Surrender more.

To close your practice,

Take an abundant conscious breath.

Exhale and open your eyes.

Meet your Teacher

Olivia RosewoodLos Angeles

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Recent Reviews

Surendra

October 26, 2025

Namaste 🙏🏻

Kathryn

March 23, 2025

Lovely

Dick

February 21, 2025

Exquisite.

Ana

September 3, 2024

Thank you for this beautiful practice. I felt so much peace! 🙏

Kit

August 18, 2023

Perfect balance between silence and guidance. I will save this as a favorite. Thank you. 🙏

John

June 4, 2020

Thank you for taking the time to create this meditation for us.

John

September 24, 2017

Excellent

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