Brother Richard

And expanding from the bodily sensations around the food, you can ask yourself, what emotions or thoughts arise in me around this food?

What emotions or thoughts arise in me around this food?

Again, you are simply noticing what arises, not placing a value judgment on what arises.

And then gently, inwardly, you can ask yourself, what has this food revealed to me about myself?

What has this food revealed to me about myself?

Gently then you can allow the image of the food to slowly dissolve and disappear.

You can check in with yourself to see how are you after this meditative walk through the experience of this particular food.

Returning to the breath, to its rise and fall.

Breathing in, you know that you are breathing in.

Breathing out, you know that you are breathing out.

Gently then begin to be aware of your feet against the floor.

your back against the chair.

Begin to move fingers and toes.

Take a deep breath in and a deep breath out and allow the sound of the bell to draw you back to the activity of the day.

Thank you.

Welcome back.

In our meditation today, we're going to go a little deeper into the subtle sensations of the body.

So far, we have identified the body and the breath as anchors that hold us close to the present moment.

And we've even used our thoughts as another anchor.

Today, though, we're going to go even deeper into the body.