Stilla Meditation

Following the breath is the foundational mindfulness practice. It's often the first thing we learn and it is still a useful cornerstone even after many years of practice. One of the great things about the breath is that is's always with us. Wherever you are, whatever the situation, you can always take a mini-break by following a single breath. And this you can do many time throughout your day. So take a mini-vacation from doing by checking in with your breath.

The more we fight with our experience the more we get stuck in it. A better way is to understand it. If there is inner resistance of any kind against your experience, see if it's possible to be curious about it. "What is this resistance about?"

When the body is relaxed the mind becomes relaxed. In this session we use a relaxing body scan as a way to fall asleep.

We can help the body to relax and calm down by actively slowing down our breath and focus on the out breath. We imagine that we are breathing in love and care and that the out breath brings relaxation.

Nowhere to go
Nothing to do
No one to be

This is what we explore in this session.

“Look, here is a tree in the garden and every summer is produces apples, and we call it an apple tree because the tree "apples." That's what it does. Alright, now here is a solar system inside a galaxy, and one of the peculiarities of this solar system is that at least on the planet earth, the thing peoples! In just the same way that an apple tree apples!”

- Alan Watts

All of your experiences show up in an open space. This is the open space of awareness. In this session we are resting as that space.

By taking control of your attention you take control of your life. Running on autopilot means following every reaction you have. But once you become aware about your reactions you can start choosing your response. You become respons-able.

Labelling our distractions can be a powerful practice. It strengthens our ability to know our own experience without being completely caught up in it. Or in other words, it grows our inner capacity for clarity and spaciousness.

We can use our hands to give love and appreciation to our body. This can be a helpful way to nourish self compassion and feeling more at home in yourself.