Jo Rose

However, if that happens, that's also wonderful.

But the core of meditation, and how you weave its way into your real life, is just about gently shifting your relationship to what's already present.

Without change, without force, without judgment.

Your mind was designed to think that's what it does.

So can you invite yourself to release any expectations, any pressure, and simply allow this practice to be whatever it will be for you today.

Take a deep breath in through the nose and exhale it all out through the mouth.

Deep breath in and exhale.

One more deep breath in And exhale And now I invite you into a new space of awareness

What happens if, for just this moment, you are no body, no thing?

What happens if all you are is loving awareness?

No attachments, no stories, no projections,

just loving awareness and so quietly you may wish to begin repeating to yourself i am loving awareness i am loving awareness

I am loving awareness Quietly repeating that phrase within yourself I am loving awareness

And when a thought pops into your mind and begins to catch momentum, that's perfectly okay.

Treat it like a little game.

Oh, that's a thought.

I gotcha.

And then gently let it go.

Because in this space, all you are is loving awareness.

You are the loving awareness observing the thought You are the loving awareness observing the body You are the loving awareness observing the space around you The sky