I recorded this while I was overwhelmed. So it is not a technique I am teaching you, it is the thing I actually do, done out loud with you.

About 13 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice.

Soften the gaze, let the body drop, and stay with breathing in calm, breathing out relax. Nothing clever anywhere in it. Ten minutes later the world is exactly the same world, and the whole difference is on the inside. You did not quieten yourself down. You allowed it, and that is a different thing.

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Welcome to a meditation for when you're feeling overwhelmed.

So I'm going to take you on a journey that I do when I'm feeling overwhelmed. And that's exactly what

I'm feeling now.

So I'm going to talk you through what I do. And I invite you to join me.

The first thing is I just get comfortable. Just

wiggle my body a little bit and I allow my body to relax.

And just by simply allowing my body to relax, And not trying to do anything with my body. It's

almost like my body already knows how to do it.

And then if you need to get yourself a little more comfortable, just

allow yourself to do it now.

And the idea of meditation is to just

allow things to be what they are.

That's certainly the idea of this meditation now.

So you could either gently close your eyes or just soften your gaze a few feet in front of you.

I normally just soften my gaze

And I bring my attention to my breath

And I don't do anything with my breath.

Allow my breath to be exactly what it is. My body knows how to breathe.

My body knows how to relax.

Now at this point, I normally find myself still thinking quite a bit.

Breathing through my nose, then through my mouth.

I keep looking around a little bit. I

just remind myself. Just soften the gaze. Allow

the body to relax.

Allow the breath to be.

Breathing in calm.

Breathing out relax

Breathing in calm. Breathing

out relax

And as you do this, you may notice everything just getting a little quieter.

You may notice your thoughts coming and going. You

may even notice a slight ringing in your ears.

It's because your body is quietening down.

As you become quieter, the nuances and the subtlenesses all around just become more in the

forefront.

And it's important to remember they were always there before. We just couldn't hear them underneath all the noise of

overwhelm.

And now I just sit,

taking every bit notice of my breath.

You may notice the way your chest rises and falls.

You may notice your breath just slowing down

because the more your mind slows down, the more your muscles relax, the

less oxygen your body needs. And

your body knows that so it just adapts accordingly.

If your thoughts continue to arise, just acknowledge them and be okay with them and thank them for your

mind just doing what it does. Thinking stuff up

and give a gentle smile and

bring it back to your breath.

And if the mind is a little relentless, just say to yourself, I'm breathing in,

I'm breathing out.

I'm starting to feel like I'm more relaxed and my mind is quietening down and

I'm okay with that.

Just do a little check in with yourself.

Just notice that you're a little quieter now.

There's a little more peace in this moment.

I'm going to allow you just to be aware of your breath for the next minute or so. I

will keep an eye on the timer

If any thoughts come up, gentle smile and back to your breath.

Now as you're breathing in calm, breathing out relax

And just notice that nothing has really changed

from where you were overwhelmed just A

little under 10 minutes ago.

The whole world is the same world.

Yet the calmness within

changes everything.

And you did this.

You created this calm, peacefulness when you allowed the body just to relax and you allowed the breath to be

what it is.

You allowed the mind just to soften its thoughts.

And you don't quiet in the mind or quiet in the body by doing it. You do it by allowing

it.

Just allowing your body to breathe in calm, breathe out relax

Your body has a deeper, wiser version of us. The

body knows what to do.

It's when we're getting involved, that's when we get overwhelmed.

And there's a simplicity in

breathing in calm, breathing out relax

Really that's all we need to do. We tend to complicate meditation and if we're feeling overwhelmed

or anxious or Having strong emotions or something. We tend to think that we've got to find a specific meditation.

You probably played this one because it said to relieve overwhelm in the title. But really,

it's all just the same. Just

breathing in calm. Breathing out relax

Just allow the body to relax. And

allow this moment to be what it is. In this moment, very often, there's nothing wrong.

There's nothing wrong in this immediate moment in your facility, in the room you're in, or in your space that

you're in.

So in a moment I'm just going to come back from five

And just bring your awareness back to the room. So

five, four, gently open your eyes if you have them closed. Three, shake out your arms,

wiggle your toes and fingers. Two, look around the room. One, and just feel the energy coming

back but You're in more control of it now. Just by allowing the body to deal with the

overwhelm in the way it already knows how to. And just really, it's us getting out of the way.

It's us that is overwhelmed. The overthinking mind, the eye that we think is real, is

overwhelmed. When really the body and the mind and the awareness of it, there's no overwhelm.

Everything just is.

So thank you for joining me on this meditation and I'm feeling less overwhelmed now so I really appreciate that.

Thank you. I'm Steven Webb and I really appreciate you joining me on this guided meditation

and just as a reminder I produce these free to go on the Inner Peace Meditations

podcast simply because I just want more of you to have inner peace and I don't put adverts because The

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Thank you for the share and thank you for just having a little more peace in the world. It's all

making a difference. Take care guys. Take

care and I hope you have a really peaceful day.