Daily Reflection Sit

When pain threatens to take over our meditation practice or any moment, it is good to deliberately bring attention to the places that are not in distress and rest attention on the ease amidst the dis-ease. This calms the nervous system. Ease is often found in places that generally fall under the radar of awareness or attention—earlobes, cheeks, lips, elbows, fingernails, behind the knee, etc.

Continue to explore and discover what brings calm forward in your direct experience.

We might take our cues from newborn parents & caregivers whose smiles, coos, touch, warmth of skin, breath, and heartbeat all signal that the baby is safe enough to settle into calm. Let’s do that with all of the unsettled energy inside, and soothe ourselves into calm.

Watching the fish swimming in the aquarium without agitation or overly controlling.

These words are felt-experience coordinates that can NAVIGATE us back to a steadier, calmer place.

Bring to mind times when you have been most relaxed and at ease.

There are many ways of calming down. Setting up the Holding Environment and numerous breath practices including the “box breath”.

How it is indispensable and why it is challenging to cultivate.

Exploring how gratitude can be an accessible doorway to experience joy.