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Hi, welcome back to your Daily Mindfulness. In today's session, we're going to talk about letting things settle. And specifically, I'd like to offer you a practice that helps let things settle. Now, when I'm talking about letting things settle, I'm talking more about the agitation that can accumulate in our mind from the acute experiences or just the general accumulation of stressors of life. You might be noticing it right now, perhaps.
Different thoughts about the future, the past, ideas about things that need to get done, things that may be important. However, when we're consumed by all of these thoughts and ideas and stories, we can further disconnect from a more subtle sense of who we are and where we're going and what is true for us in each moment. And that's where grounding practices can be really useful. Practices that root us into our bodies, that drop us beneath some of the noise in our mind and help reconnect us to that more quiet, subtle, but poignant pulse of truth moving through us. So to do this, let's just find a comfortable posture.
It could be sitting, could be standing. And just imagine that your legs are extending into the earth like roots. If you'd like to close your eyes, you're welcome to. This can be a visualization. Imagining the legs rooting into the earth.
And then imagine that your upper body is expanding up, kind of like a tree blossoming toward the sky or even a light that is emanating toward the sky. So you have these oppositional movements, rooting down, expanding up. And let's just take a deep breath here. And on the exhale, relaxing around your frame so that the muscles soften around the skeleton. And there's a sense of being rooted, but also expanded.
And in this space, just repeat after me. I feel myself as an extension of the earth. I am held by the earth beneath me. And who I am is bigger than the thoughts in my mind. If your eyes are closed, you can let them open.
And this is a simple practice you can do throughout the day when you find yourself disconnected from yourself or really caught in the thoughts in your mind. Root down, expand up, take a deep breath, and then just remind yourself you're an extension of the earth, you're held by the earth beneath you, and who you are, is bigger than the thoughts in your mind. Thank you for your practice. Let's settle in for today's meditation.
Letting Things Settle
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Hi, welcome back to your Daily Mindfulness. In today's session, we're going to talk about letting things settle. And specifically, I'd like to offer you a practice that helps let things settle. Now, when I'm talking about letting things settle, I'm talking more about the agitation that can accumulate in our mind from the acute experiences or just the general accumulation of stressors of life. You might be noticing it right now, perhaps.
Different thoughts about the future, the past, ideas about things that need to get done, things that may be important. However, when we're consumed by all of these thoughts and ideas and stories, we can further disconnect from a more subtle sense of who we are and where we're going and what is true for us in each moment. And that's where grounding practices can be really useful. Practices that root us into our bodies, that drop us beneath some of the noise in our mind and help reconnect us to that more quiet, subtle, but poignant pulse of truth moving through us. So to do this, let's just find a comfortable posture.
It could be sitting, could be standing. And just imagine that your legs are extending into the earth like roots. If you'd like to close your eyes, you're welcome to. This can be a visualization. Imagining the legs rooting into the earth.
And then imagine that your upper body is expanding up, kind of like a tree blossoming toward the sky or even a light that is emanating toward the sky. So you have these oppositional movements, rooting down, expanding up. And let's just take a deep breath here. And on the exhale, relaxing around your frame so that the muscles soften around the skeleton. And there's a sense of being rooted, but also expanded.
And in this space, just repeat after me. I feel myself as an extension of the earth. I am held by the earth beneath me. And who I am is bigger than the thoughts in my mind. If your eyes are closed, you can let them open.
And this is a simple practice you can do throughout the day when you find yourself disconnected from yourself or really caught in the thoughts in your mind. Root down, expand up, take a deep breath, and then just remind yourself you're an extension of the earth, you're held by the earth beneath you, and who you are, is bigger than the thoughts in your mind. Thank you for your practice. Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
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Relaxing and assuring beyond description... thank you, Cory.
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This is the app I turn to when I want to feel calm and loved.
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Melli has a beautiful way of guiding and reminding us of the stillness within.
- Adrienne James
I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
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- Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE, Centre for Compassion Research and Training, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Excellent! Cory gently guides you into internal peace.
- Steve Ericson
A necessary tool for those who feel lost.
- Piper
Just want to say a big thankyou to all involved as this has had a positive impact in my daily life 🙏 Valuable teachings that have allowed me to have a better relationship not only with those around me, but with myself. Heal ourselves and we heal the world 💫✨🌍
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