Latest / Meditations for Inner Peace / I Let My Body Stop Bracing: Deep Rest Meditation | 10 Min
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- 0:04SPEAKER_00: Let everything you've been holding just rest for a moment.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: For the next ten minutes, there's nothing you need to keep watch for.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: Breathe in slowly and let it go in and all the way out.
- 0:46SPEAKER_00: Let that continue on its own.
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: Waiting for the next email, the next change of plan.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: That kind of bracing keeps you ready.
- 1:35SPEAKER_00: But a body can't stay ready forever.
- 1:39SPEAKER_00: Somewhere along the way, the bracing became something you are, not something you do.
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: Today, let it stand down.
- 1:55SPEAKER_00: Not because everything is settled, because you are allowed to rest in the middle of it.
- 2:05SPEAKER_00: Let your forehead soften your eyes heavy and still.
- 4:59SPEAKER_00: Steady and unhurried, a blanket around your shoulders, a candle burning low.
- 5:12SPEAKER_00: No one needs anything from you here.
- 5:18SPEAKER_00: In the armchair by the window is you.
- 5:22SPEAKER_00: You, sometime from now, after this long stretch of watching has eased.
- 5:32SPEAKER_00: You're leaning back, hands open in your lap.
- 5:41SPEAKER_00: There was a time, every quiet moment felt like the pause before something else went wrong.
- 5:51SPEAKER_00: That's not true anymore.
- 5:57SPEAKER_00: You learn the next thing doesn't come any slower because you're braced for it.
- 6:05SPEAKER_00: And when it comes, you meet it rested.
- 6:30SPEAKER_00: Let your back be held by whatever is behind it.
- 6:37SPEAKER_00: Let your hands open.
- 6:43SPEAKER_00: Feel how much less effort it takes to simply be here, nothing to hold up.
- 7:10SPEAKER_00: Just for now, that you could put the watch down, let these words arrive slowly.
- 7:23SPEAKER_00: I am safe enough to rest.