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Meditation 42 · 15 November 2023 · 6:00

Finding Joy in the Present Moment (Short and Simple)

Six minutes on the idea that there is already some joy in this moment, waiting to be found rather than built.

Subject: Gratitude & Joy, Quick Calm

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Inner Peace Meditations · Meditation 42

Length6:00
SubjectGratitude & Joy
Best timeAny six minutes you can find
PositionAnywhere comfortable
StyleGuided, six minutes, two lines. Music underneath

Six minutes on the idea that there is already some joy in this moment, waiting to be found rather than built.

About 6 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice.

Breathe joy in as light and breathe out whatever is in the way of it. Then move to your senses and notice they are gifts you had this whole time. Two lines to sit with. In this moment I am open to joy. In this moment I can feel joy.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

Who this is for

Days when joy feels like something you would have to manufacture.

Six minutes on the idea that there is already some in this moment, waiting to be found rather than built.

What happens in this meditation

The breath, and the body relaxing on invitation.

Then one idea. This moment already has some joy in it and it is just waiting to be noticed.

Then you breathe joy in as light, and breathe out whatever is currently in the way of it. Any tension, any barrier. The body goes a little lighter.

Then you move to your senses and notice they are gifts you have had this whole time. What can you hear, feel, smell, taste, right now. And your heart's ability to feel anything at all.

Two lines. In this moment I am open to joy. In this moment I can feel joy.

How to get the most from it

Six minutes, and there is nothing to picture, so it fits almost anywhere.

Notice the wording. Open to joy comes first, and can feel joy second. You are not being asked to produce a feeling to order.

The senses part is the one worth lingering on. Hearing and tasting and feeling are extraordinary and entirely unremarked upon most days.

Questions people ask

What if I feel no joy at all?

Then you have been open to it for six minutes, which is not nothing. Being open is the first line for a reason and it does not require you to arrive anywhere.

Is six minutes too short?

For this, no. It is one idea rather than a journey, and it is meant to be usable on a day when a longer one would not get played.

Is this the same as gratitude?

Close, and slightly different. Gratitude looks at what you have. This looks at what is already here and available to feel, which includes your own senses.

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The transcript

It follows the audio. Press any line to jump there.

joy · present-moment · breath · quick

Read the transcript

Welcome to finding joy in the present moment.

First of all, just find a comfortable spot or a comfortable position that you are

going to relax into over the next five minutes or so.

And then just bring your attention to your breath.

You don't have to do anything with your breath. Just breathe in calm and breathe out. Relax. Relax

And as you breathe out, just allow your body to relax into this moment.

Allow your shoulders and your face. Your neck and the rest of your body.

All your body knows how to relax. You don't have to get involved. You just have to invite the different

areas to go ahead and relax and they know how to do it.

And I invite you to just be aware that this moment does have some joy and

it's just waiting to be discovered.

And as we turn our attention fully to our breath and notice the natural rhythm.

And with each inhalation, just visualize joy as light entering the body.

And as you exhale, just imagine releasing any barriers to joy you have at the moment

or even in joy in the light

and releasing any pockets of tension that may be preventing it.

And you'll feel your body is a little lighter

And you may start shifting your focus more towards your chest and your heart.

And if you gently move your focus to your senses,

What can you hear?

What can you feel?

What can you smell or taste right now?

And just acknowledge that these senses are gifts. That

you have in this present moment.

And they enable you to do such amazing things.

Your ability for your heart to feel.

And as you feel deeply, this affirmation. In this moment, I am open to joy.

In this moment, I am open to joy.

In this moment, I can feel joy.

In this moment, I can feel joy.

And now if you just express gratitude for this moment and really appreciate that finding peace in this

simplicity that we just done, just by breathing in calm and being open to joy,

we can just feel it in this moment. And

we can fill our bodies with light and joy. And we can recognise the senses and what joy they can

bring us.

And this moment is everything it needs to be.

It is whole just the way it is.

And if you've got your eyes closed, just gently open your eyes and shake out your arms and welcome back

to this moment and thank you for spending a few moments with me.

I'm Steven Webb and I'm the host of Stillness in the Storms and I

really do appreciate you listening to these meditations and if they help, please let me know. You can contact me

via my website. There'll be a link just below.

Take care. I Hope you have a wonderful, joyful day.

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