| Length | 9:59 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Anxiety & Stress |
| Best time | The middle of a day that is running you |
| Position | Sitting upright, feet flat on the floor |
| Style | You choose the place. I only ask the questions. Music underneath |
Not escaping the moment. Bringing some calm into it, and then taking that out into the rest of the day.
About 11 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice.
You pick the place, not me. Somewhere in nature you actually like, where nobody will find you. Then you fill in the detail. The weather, the breeze, what you are sitting on, what you can hear. I leave you there a couple of minutes and keep an eye on the clock.
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Thank you for sitting with me.
Steven
Who this is for
You need a few minutes out and you do not want to be talked at.
This is not escaping the moment. It is bringing some calm into it and then carrying that into whatever is next.
What happens in this meditation
Notice the room you are actually in first. What you can see, what you can hear. Then close your eyes on an out breath.
Then you pick the place. Somewhere in nature you genuinely like, where nobody will find you. A river, a lake, a wood, wherever yours is. I do not choose it and I do not describe it.
Then I ask and you fill it in. What is the weather doing? Is there a breeze? Can you feel the sun? What are you sitting on, grass or a bench or a log? What can you hear from there?
Then I leave you in it for a couple of minutes and keep an eye on the clock so you do not have to.
It ends by asking you to look at what you have to do today from that place, and five back to one.
How to get the most from it
Eleven minutes, sitting up with your feet flat, which grounds it more than it sounds like it should.
Answer the questions properly. The detail is the whole method. Somewhere you can smell and hear works, somewhere you can only vaguely picture does not.
Pick a real place you have actually been. Your body remembers standing there and it will do half the work for you.
Questions people ask
Why do I choose the place rather than you?
Because yours will always beat mine. I have no idea whether you settle by water or under trees, and the one that works is the one you already miss.
What if my mind wanders in the quiet bit?
Then smile at it, thank it for the thought, and invite it to come and sit in the peaceful place with you. That instruction is in the recording, and it works better than telling it off.
Can I use this at work?
Yes. Sitting upright in a chair with your feet on the floor is the position it asks for anyway. Eleven minutes with your eyes shut and nothing visible happening.
