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Meditation 99 · 19 April 2026 · 6:23

Peace Right Where You Are

Six minutes, and it works in a waiting room. You have not failed because a thought turned up. You were never meant to stop them.

Subject: Busy Minds & Overthinking

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Inner Peace Meditations · Meditation 99

Length6:23
SubjectBusy Minds & Overthinking
Best timeAny gap you already have
PositionAnywhere, waiting room included
StyleGuided, six minutes, no imagery at all. Music underneath

Six minutes, and it works in a waiting room. You have not failed because a thought turned up. You were never meant to stop them.

About 6 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice.

Notice the breath, notice the thought, do nothing with either. You have thoughts, but you are not those thoughts. The awareness behind all the noise is where the peace already is. If your mind wandered and you noticed, that was the practice. That is all it ever is.

The companion talk episode: Demystifying Meditation: What You Need to Know

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

Who this is for

You think you are bad at this because thoughts keep turning up.

You have not failed. You were never supposed to stop them. Nobody stops them.

This is the plainest one I do, for anybody who wants the actual practice with nothing built on top of it.

What happens in this meditation

You settle wherever you are, notice the breath without changing it, and then let the thoughts come.

A thought arrives, you see it, and you do nothing. You do not follow it, fix it, argue with it or work it out. Then another one comes and you do the same.

That is all of it. You have thoughts and you are not those thoughts, and the awareness sitting behind the noise is where the peace already was.

How to get the most from it

Six minutes, and there is no scenery to picture, so it works in a waiting room or a parked car.

If your mind wanders and you notice, that was the practice. That is genuinely all it ever is.

I would do this one for two or three weeks until you can run it yourself without me. Then you have it whenever you want it.

Questions people ask

Is six minutes really enough to do anything?

For this, yes. Little and often beats one long sit, and the short one is the one you will actually use.

What if I get bored?

Likely, and that is fine. Boredom is just another thing to notice. There is nothing here to entertain you, which is rather the point.

Which meditation should I start with?

This one. If you only ever do one of mine, make it this. Everything else I do is built on what happens here.

Listen together

The companion talk

The Stillness in the Storms episode that goes with this meditation.

Stillness in the Storms · Episode 164Demystifying Meditation: What You Need to KnowListen on Stillness in the Storms

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The transcript

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present-moment · mindfulness · breath

Read the transcript

Welcome to this very simple meditation.

So wherever you are, just allow yourself to settle.

You don't have to be in the perfect position.

You don't have to be somewhere quiet.

This works.

Wherever you are, whether on a chair, your bed, could be a waiting

room.

Wherever you are is just fine.

Just allow your eyes to close or soften your gaze.

Whatever feels right.

And just notice your breath.

You don't have to change it.

Your body knows how to breathe.

It's been doing it a long time without you getting involved.

Just notice it.

Breathing in.

Breathing out.

Breathing in.

Calm.

Breathing out.

Relax.

Now.

Your mind's going to think, that's fine.

That's what it does.

You haven't failed because a thought appeared.

You cannot stop thoughts you were never supposed to.

So instead of trying to push them away, just notice them.

A thought comes, you see it.

You don't have to do anything with it.

You don't have to follow it.

You don't have to fix it or argue with it, or even figure it

out.

Just notice it's there.

I thought, then accept it and allow it to be.

Another thought will come along, and that's fine too.

Just notice that one as well.

You have thoughts, but you are not those thoughts.

You have feelings, but you are not those feelings.

You are the one noticing.

The one that's aware.

And that awareness, that quiet space behind all the noise, that's

where the piece is.

It's already here.

It just needs to be rested in.

So just rest here for a moment.

Breathing in calm.

Breathing out.

Relax.

Nothing to fix, nothing to achieve.

Just this breath.

Just this moment.

Sa.

And if your mind has wandered, that's fine.

That's the practice you noticed.

That's all you ever need to do.

Just come back to the breath.

And now just feel this throughout your body.

May I be at peace.

May I be present.

May I trust this moment.

And just feeling that throughout your whole body.

What it's like to know that peace is already here.

So now we'll gently come back.

5.

Feeling the weight of your body, whatever is holding you up.

4.

Notice the space around you.

Any sounds, the air on your skin.

3.

Wiggling your toes and fingers, bringing a little energy

back.

2.

Taking a slightly deeper breath.

1.

And when you're ready, just gently open your eyes.

And that's it.

Just you, your breath and peace.

That was already here.

You can do this anytime.

Whenever you need it, it's here.

Because it was never somewhere else.

It's such a simple meditation.

I would recommend doing it for two or three weeks until you can

do this completely by yourself anytime.

You need a little peace in your life.

I'm Stephen Webb and these meditations are free because of people

just like you supporting them.

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take care and have a lovely day.

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