Stilla Meditation

Breathing with your belly can be an effective way to calm down.

We can affect our nervous system with our breath. Maybe you've heard about breathwork? By actively taking slower and deeper breaths we activate the parasympathetic nervous system, the "rest and digest" system that relaxes us. In this session we combine that by simply watching the breath.

If you were an alien that have never even seen earth before, much less a human. What would it be like to wake up in this human body? Let's experience the body again with fresh eyes, as a completely new experience.

In-between the thoughts are silence. Abide in that silence.

Today we explored listening to sounds just as sounds. "Let them play with your eardrum and let them go". Inspired by Alan Watts.

Help your body relax by giving it your attention

Beauty is not a quality of the object, it's a quality of the attention that is perceiving the object.

Beautiful, beauty full. Attention filled with beauty. Attention that experiences everything as beautiful.

Today we mix it up a bit with a breathing exercise. It's guided to help activate the parasympathetic nervous system, the "rest and digest" system. This can help you wind down and perhaps help you fall asleep. See if it works for you.

By taking some distance to our difficult emotions it becomes possible to hold them and comfort them rather than being stuck inside of them.

Admitting to yourself that you wish to be happy is a great gateway into the softness of you heart. It can feel innocent and vulnerable. Sometimes it can be surrounded with a question about worthiness. "Do I really deserve to be happy?" For most people, its easier to be compassionate with others than with ourselves. Is it like that for you? If it is, just know that the voice of compassion also lives in you, and you can access it with some practice.