Episode Details

In this episode, Brother Richard returns once more to the Full Relaxation Form, the foundational practice that supports all meditation.

He reflects on why this practice must be revisited regularly, not as repetition without purpose, but as a continual return to stillness as the way in. Listeners are guided gently through the body, beginning with touch and awareness, moving from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head.

Attention opens outward to sound and inward to sensation, allowing the body to soften, release and rest. Simple affirmations remind us that we are more than body and thoughts, resting finally in a deep sense of peace and presence.

This episode offers a moment of calm, whether you are pausing during the day or winding down before sleep, helping you recover ease, gratitude and quiet awareness.

00:00 – Introduction

00:07 – Recovering the full relaxation form

00:27 – Why we return to this practice

00:47 – Stillness as the way in

01:22 – Ritual gesture

01:47 – The bell

01:57 – Beginning with the body

02:11 – Scanning from soles to crown

05:57 – Listening to distant sounds

06:17 – Listening to the body

08:37 – Relaxing the body

09:35 – The shoulders and base of the skull

09:48 – Even the bones are breathing

10:25 – I have a body, but I am more than my body

10:37 – I have thoughts, but I am more than my thoughts

11:07 – I am I

11:35 – Resting in peace

12:22 – Pausing with the breath

13:02 – Returning gently

13:22 – Dwelling in gratitude

13:47 – Coming around

13:57 – Closing bell

14:15 – Outro

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