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From the Archives: In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Busy · We Didn't Plan for This Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Amaste yogis, this is Adrienne with How Yoga Changed My Life, a podcast.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to your practice.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: This meditation is for the moments when life feels like it's moving faster than you can keep up.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: When your mind is jumping from notification to notification, and everything feels urgent.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: This practice will offer you a chance to step off this fast-moving treadmill for a few moments.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: You don't need to solve for anything right now.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Just breathe and come back to yourself.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Let's begin.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to settle into a comfortable position.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: Allow the ground beneath you to support the weight of your body.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: There is nowhere else to be right now.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing to fix.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing to figure out.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: Just this breath.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: Just this moment.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: Slowly breathe in through your nose.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: And gently exhale through your mouth.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: Again.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Breathe in through your nose.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: And exhale through your mouth.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: Allow your breath to settle into a smooth, natural rhythm.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: As your body softens, allow your attention to arrive fully here.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: There is so much competing for your attention.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_00: Noise.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Urgency, to-do lists, schedules, and notifications.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_00: Just for this moment, loosen your grip on all of it.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Imagine erasing your thoughts from a whiteboard.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: Slowly, one by one.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: Allow your mind to clear.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: Thoughts are simply thoughts.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: And feelings are simply feelings.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: You do not need to solve everything right now.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: You do not need to answer every thought.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: You do not need to carry the weight of the entire day in this moment.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Breathe.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: Slow down.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: Be here.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: If your mind wanders, gently guide it back to your breath, back to this moment.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: You are constantly training yourself to return home to yourself.
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_00: Breathe.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: Slow down.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Simply be here.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: You have the ability to detach, to allow those thoughts and feelings to drift up into the sky like puffy white clouds.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: Each thought, each feeling can gently float by busyness is not something that you are.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: Busyness is something we experience.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_00: You are not busy.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: You are you.
• 5:12
  SPEAKER_00: Stay and rest.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_00: Enjoy this return home to yourself.
• 5:23
  SPEAKER_00: And when you're ready, gradually deepen your breath.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_00: Invite movement back into your body.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_00: Return slowly.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: Take a breath.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_00: Loosen your grip a little.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Be bold.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_00: Listen and be impeccable with your words.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: Do meaningful work and leave things better than you found them.
• 6:05
  SPEAKER_00: We didn't plan for this, but we're here.
• 6:09
  SPEAKER_00: From my heart to yours.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much.