Returning to Stillness

The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard · Mar 7, 2026 · 10m

In this meditation, I invite you to return once again to the form that steadies the practice.

These returning to form meditations are offered regularly because stillness is not something we achieve once and keep forever. It is something we gently recover. This simple structure — posture, breath and awareness — becomes a reliable way back whenever we feel scattered or distracted.

We begin with the thread of attention that draws us upright, noticing the breath as it moves. We breathe out stress and breathe in calm. Emotions and thoughts are acknowledged without struggle, and we rest quietly in…