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Hi, I'm Steven Webb, and welcome to a meditation with very little instructions.
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No one's going to tell you how to breathe,
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No one's going to tell you where to put your hands,
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And we're going to just sit together, and let this be easy.
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And we're going to do very little.
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I will be very quiet in this meditation at times, and I will keep an eye on the clock.
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So allow your body to breathe,
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And allow your body to relax.
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And we just allow these things to happen.
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Your body already knows how to do them.
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You'll often notice that your mind will wander off. That's fine. That's what the mind does.
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It may have gone to the shopping or a conversation yesterday, or what you're going to do for tea.
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We're not going to stop the thoughts.
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We're just going to notice them,
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Notice we've been away,
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And just bring it back to this moment.
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Awareness of your breathing.
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Awareness of this moment.
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Whatever is happening right now, just let it happen.
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It could be a sound, an itch,
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A feeling you did not ask for.
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We don't need to fix any of it.
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We just allow this moment to be what it is.
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That's all we're doing here, just...
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That's all we're doing here, just being aware.
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Meditation is only ever this:
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Just coming back to the now.
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You'll find yourself going off into a story,
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Or planning what happens next.
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This isn't failing meditation. That is the practice.
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The muscle we are building is noticing that, and then returning to the now.
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And you'll notice when you allow this moment to be, and you allow your breath to be,
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And just bring your awareness, you notice the mind does go quiet.
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And as we're going to come to the end of the meditation,
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Let's spend the last minute or so just listening.
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Just listening.
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Doing nothing with what you can hear.
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Just allow it to happen.
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And that was it.
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That was a meditation.
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Nothing to get right.
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Nothing you could get wrong.
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Just you, in this moment.
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A bit of coming back.
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In a moment, I'll guide you back.
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And just take this with you into the day.
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Whenever it gets loud, we can just return to now.
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Return to what is. Return to this breath.
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So as you just gently open your eyes, gently move your arms, wiggle your fingers,
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And just look around, and just...
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Appreciate that meditation doesn't have to be complicated.
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It can be done just by becoming aware.
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Thank you for sitting with me today, and it does mean a lot.
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And just before you go, all these meditations are brought to you by people just treating me to a coffee.
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And I always said as long as I can cover the cost,
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There'll be no adverts ever in these meditations.
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So if you can support or you'd like to find out about The Stillness in the Storms podcast about helping people through difficult times,
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Or like to message me,
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Just head over to stevenwebb.uk.
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Thank you. Namaste.
