The gift of stillness – Don’t just do something, sit there!
It’s so easy, when we’re madly busy, when there are lots of competing demands on our time, and we are running frantically through items on our to do list, that we lose all sense of ourselves. We pressure ourselves to Get Things Done. We experience the panic that is Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something!
Maybe, sometimes, we could come at this a different way. Rather than doing, how about gifting ourselves a little stillness. The simplest meditation is being present in the moment, stepping out of time.
So, rather than doing, being busy, just sit there.
- Close your eyes.
- Notice your body in relation to your surroundings.
- Feel your feet on the ground. Imagine you have roots growing into the earth, grounding you, giving you stability.
- Notice your breath. Observe how you draw air into your lungs. Slow this down, fill every part of your body, then let the air fall out gently, with a sigh.
- Feel where there is tension or tightness in your body. Perhaps place a hand on the tight spot, give some loving attention to the stress point, feel it become warmer, a little more relaxed.
- Have a little shake. Imagine you are letting all worries and anxieties drip out of your fingertips as you shake them away, even for a moment.
- Connect with your emotional being. What emotions are you noticing right now? Be with your body. What are you feeling, as you inhabit this blessed body of yours?
- Witness, with compassion, the sense of who you are, what’s going on for you right now, in this moment.
- Savour your moment of stillness. Allow every part of you, your mind, your body, your essence, to be still.
Don’t do anything at all. Just be, and breathe.
I came to tantra from a career as a nurse, teacher and facilitator, familiar and comfortable with supporting people during major life changes, all sorts of challenges. As a practitioner I work with people who want to explore new and different ways to feel, experience and express their sexuality.
