That Awesome Do Nothing Meditation – Reduce Stress and Deeper Insight

0:00Welcome to the Do Nothing Meditation. It's a journey to the heart of the present moment.

0:07And as we embark on this meditation, remember that there is no goal to this meditation.

0:13There's nothing to accomplish.

0:16You're just going to simply be, just observe and allow yourself and the experience and the beauty of this moment

0:24to be just as it is.

0:27So there isn't even the intention to relax or the intention to do anything at all.

0:35Easier said than done. I totally understand.

0:41While you're finding a comfortable position,

0:50You can choose to gently close your eyes or

0:55just soften your gaze a few feet in front of you

1:01And just notice your breath.

1:07Notice how it breathes in and out.

1:12Notice that it just happens whether you're aware of it or not.

1:23Notice that you don't have to do anything with it.

1:32You may notice how this moment just becomes quieter by itself.

1:39Just by doing nothing with this moment.

1:56You may notice the way your body just moves back and forward very slightly.

2:08You may notice sounds around you.

2:16Whether it's your awareness of your breath or awareness of the sounds, awareness

2:24of my words.

2:28Be okay with whatever that awareness is.

2:34And remembering you don't have to do anything with It

2:42We spend most of our lives thinking we've got to do something with everything.

2:52Even when we sit down to relax, we've got to sit down and relax.

3:03Created a world where everybody is busy and everybody's doing something.

3:12And when we sit down to do nothing,

3:18We almost always find something to do.

3:32And if you find your mind wandering, just do nothing with it.

3:52Just be totally aware with whatever's coming up.

4:03Just observing the sensation of breathing.

4:12Observing your thoughts.

4:18You may notice as feelings are rising

4:27There may be desires to do something with this moment.

4:33There may be feelings of this may be a waste of time.

4:42And all these things are okay. Allow

4:46them to be and do nothing with them.

4:54Just like as if you're watching an object on the side

5:00And you don't have to do anything with it.

5:06What a beautiful feeling to have.

5:16What a beautiful conscious awareness moment to have.

5:29As your breath comes and goes,

5:36The sounds of my voice comes and goes

5:41the Thoughts come and go

5:46The Sounds come and go.

5:55The uncomfortableness of sitting comes and goes.

6:04And you notice that every single thing that you become aware of is not really permanent.

6:13It can almost go just as quick as it arrived.

6:35And doing nothing is like having an equal balance between the world around us and the world within us.

6:46There's no pressure.

6:51There's no feeling of expansion. There's no feeling of... Pushing in either.

6:59It's just accepting this present moment for all the beauty it is.

7:06And even accepting the present moment is almost doing something.

7:15If you've been mindful and thinking of this moment as a

7:20beautiful moment, that's doing something.

7:24Even if it's really subtle.

7:48And now we are going to do something for a moment.

7:52I'm going to go through three affirmations.

7:59Knowing you don't have to do anything with this moment I'm recognising the beauty in this moment.

8:08And let these words really sink into your heart, resonating with every part of your body.

8:21And the first one is,

8:25I'm present.

8:32I am present.

8:55Just as I am.

9:03Just as I am.

9:22I embrace the beauty of this moment.

9:30I embrace the beauty of this moment

10:02As this meditation comes to a close, and

10:08aware of how calm you already are,

10:12aware of how ready you are for the rest of the day,

10:21Be aware that just doing nothing with the present moment is also doing something.

10:29But what a gift it is to not have to have the pressure or intention of doing something.

10:49You are totally free in this moment.

10:57So take a moment to notice how you feel.

11:15Remember The peace and stillness you may experience in this meditation.

11:28It's always with you.

11:31It's accessible at any time. You can just...

11:35Bring your awareness to your breath and just recognise for the next few minutes you don't have to do anything.

11:58And as you move through your day, carry this essence with you. The Do Nothing Meditation. Let it remind you

12:06of your power in the present moment. The beauty of any present moment and the wisdom that arises from simply

12:13just being.

12:30That simply being in this moment is so powerful.

12:35There's so much joy and compassion and Peacefulness in any given moment if we just

12:44allow ourselves to see it for the beauty it is.

12:51As you gently open your eyes, shake out your arms and just look around the room and recognise how much

12:59of your day that you think you've got to do something and you really don't have to

13:04just takes a lot of the pressure away.

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