Change

Everything changes, nothing stays the same. When we think about this as an idea or a concept, it can feel overwhelming. But the direct experience of this truth is what ultimately sets us free. So in many ways, the experience of something and the idea of something, two very different things. Although we might feel attached to the past in some way, unable to let go, in letting go we're not forgetting the past. We still have the ability to go back there in our mind. We're just no longer attached to it. So there's a sense of freedom, a sense of ease. Likewise, when we look forward to the future, we might be attached to some particular objective, goal or result. But in letting go of that, again, it doesn't mean that we can't continue in that direction but it means that there's no attachment to it. So again, there's a sense of freedom, a sense of ease. So it's in letting go of the past in letting go of the future, in resting here in the present moment that we find that sense of ease. So just take a moment now to get comfortable. Gonna begin with the eyes open. And taking a deep breath, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. And as you breathe out, just gently closing the eyes. In closing the eyes, becoming more aware of the physical senses. Noticing the sensation of weight, contact, pressing down. Noticing the different sounds around you. So just settling in to that space. And noticing how the body feels, where there's a sense of heaviness or lightness in the body. Now, as you sit there, as you pause for a moment, just allow your attention to rest on the breath, that rising and falling sensation. Doesn't matter where you feel the movement, just following that rising and falling sensation. You can place your hand on your stomach if you find it easier. So every time the mind wanders off, realizing it wandered, and just gently bringing the attention back again. That rising and falling sensation. And then just bringing the attention back now into the body, that feeling of contact, that feeling of weight and the body pressing down. Just starting to notice the space around you again, any sounds, any smells. And then when you feel ready in your own time, just gently opening the eyes again....