Unmasking The Inner Narration

Hi and welcome to this guided meditation before we start I'd like to contemplate with you a saying that offered me a lot of insight and perspective regarding meditation practice it reads the way we do one thing is the way we do all things which means that if we let ourselves be impatient with small things we teach ourselves to adopt this reaction toward adversity and chances are we will tend to react in the same way in more complex and important situations where the stress level is higher and in the same way when we practice non-judgment and mindfulness while meditating only a couple minutes a day we reinforce in ourselves that different approach that we can ground ourselves into in day-to-day unpredictable events let's begin by finding a comfortable position of our choice we can close our eyes or softly rest our sight on what's in front of us without grasping to the visual details in the room let's take a few slow deeper breaths feel your body filling with air and then letting it go notice the fluid movement of your breath peaceful like the waves on the ocean notice how natural the movement of letting go is to your body you have it in you life is a succession of letting go your breath is no different than your thoughts they come and then they go try to notice the demarcation between what is happening right now and what you think about what is happening right now these are not the same but we're used to confuse them try to experience the difference between what is really happening here and now and what right now makes you think of are you mentally comparing the moment with something else are you pulled back in the past by memories related to the moment you're having right now if it's the case just patiently transition to your immediate experience not the one that you transform through your thoughts by making a narrative you take it all in you're here when you get distracted don't be hard on yourself these are the waves in your mind feel the life inside of you acknowledge how full of life you are how does it feel in the inside of your body do you feel your vital energy pulsing through your veins if you catch yourself trying to watch yourself doing this like from the third person come back come back to the immediate experience don't worry you don't have to scrutinize yourself instead of trying to watch yourself experience yourself experience yourself how does it feel to be alive in this very moment don't formulate an answer for yourself in your head feel it from inside if you catch yourself talking to yourself narrating what is happening try to gently disengage from the narration every time you realize you're doing it you don't have to keep a record of everything instead you can experience it from the first person choose the moment over your thoughts choose where you are make the decision to meet how you feel right now you it might not feel natural at first don't worry all things take practice meditation is no different now let's redirect our attention to our breath to the waves of air inside of our body you and when you're ready you can open your eyes if they were closed and start moving your limbs and let's remind do whatever it wants to do I think you to have shared this moment with me much peace to you