| Length | 9:44 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Morning |
| Best time | First thing, before the day starts |
| Position | However you woke up, sitting or lying |
| Style | Guided, three small wishes to take with you. Music underneath |
We wake up already braced. This is ten minutes before any of it starts, when there is genuinely nothing to carry yet.
About 10 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice. Perfect for the morning.
Something is already holding your weight. The shoulders come down, the jaw lets go, and the night goes wherever nights go. The trick is not picking up the whole day at once, because the whole day never turns up together. It comes a piece at a time. Three small wishes to take with you, and one is only to notice one good thing.
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Thank you for sitting with me.
Steven
Who this is for
You wake up already braced. Shoulders up somewhere near your ears, jaw tight, and the mind reaching for the whole day before your eyes are properly open.
The whole day is not here. It has not happened. There is a few minutes first thing where there is genuinely nothing to carry yet, and most of us walk straight past it.
This is for anybody who would like to start somewhere other than braced.
What happens in this meditation
You let whatever is under you take your weight. The chair, the bed, the floor. Something is already holding you.
Then we notice the body waking without changing anything, let the shoulders drop, let the face go, and let the night go wherever nights go.
It ends on three small wishes to take into the day. One of them is only to notice one good thing.
How to get the most from it
Ten minutes, and it works best before you have picked up your phone or spoken to anybody.
You can stay exactly as you woke up. There is nothing to do with your breath and no posture to get right.
If you can only manage this a couple of mornings a week, take the ones you already know will be hard. It is more use in front of a difficult day than an easy one.
Questions people ask
What if I have already been up an hour?
Then start there. It is not really about the clock, it is about the moment before you pick the day up.
Is ten minutes too long for a work morning?
It fits inside the time most of us spend scrolling before we get out of bed. If it genuinely does not fit, do the first half and take the three wishes with you.
Do I have to say the wishes out loud?
No. Say them quietly in your head, or just feel them. Nobody is checking.
