Episode Details

In this meditation, I return once again to the foundational relaxation form that underpins our contemplative practice.

Just as a martial artist repeats basic movements until they become instinctive, returning regularly to the meditation form helps us develop a kind of contemplative muscle memory. Over time, the body and mind learn how to enter stillness even when circumstances around us are difficult or distracting.

We begin deliberately, using a simple ritual gesture to mark our movement into meditation. From there we establish posture, feel our connection with the ground and honestly ask: how am I in this moment?

We slowly explore the body, thoughts and emotions while remembering that we are more than any individual sensation, thought or feeling. Finally, awareness settles into the breath and the deeper observing centre of our being.

This meditation is ideal both for people beginning a practice and for experienced meditators who want to reconnect with the fundamentals.

It offers support for grounding, relaxation, stress relief and contemplative awareness while strengthening the basic form we can return to again and again.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction: Recovering the meditation form

01:10 – Opening bell

01:15 – Beginning with ritual and intention

02:15 – Establishing posture and grounding

03:28 – Asking: How am I?

04:17 – Checking in with the body

05:02 – I have a body, but I am more

05:51 – Observing thoughts and emotions

07:29 – Returning to the breath

08:45 – Breathing out tension and anxiety

09:34 – Resting in the deeper self

10:12 – Meditating from the centre of awareness

11:09 – Bringing peace into the day

11:52 – Closing bell

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