10-Minute Meditation: Relax, Let Go, and Awaken to Presence!

Welcome, dear friend…

This moment is yours.

A sacred pause…

A chance to breathe… to soften… to simply be.

Find a quiet space where the world can wait.

Settle into comfort, cross-legged on a cushion or seated with ease in a chair.

Let your spine rise effortlessly… like a noble mountain.

Chin slightly lowered, crown of the head floating gently upward…

Feel the back of your neck lengthen—graceful, poised, at peace.

Now, bring awareness to your dominant hand.

Make a gentle fist.

Squeeze… tighter… hold for a slow count of six…

And now—release.

Let go.

Feel a warm wave rising from within…

A melting ease… unfolding softly.

Let this sensation expand, like golden sunlight through your body and mind.

Soothing, caressing, touching every hidden corner.

Let us begin with the breath.

Inhale gently through the nose… to the count of four…

Hold for four…

Exhale slowly through the mouth… to the count of six…

And again…

Inhaling… 2… 3… 4…

Holding… 2… 3… 4…

Exhaling… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6…

Let this rhythm carry you inward.

As your breath deepens, notice your body…

Still… silent… like a statue carved in calm.

Notice the weight of your sit bones as they rest entirely on the cushion or chair.

"Allow the stillness within the pose to gently carry you deeper into meditation."

And now, notice how the breath has shifted…

Longer… smoother… deeper…

Reaching gently down to your hara—your energetic center, just below the navel.

Now… turn inward.

Toward the quiet of the mind.

Notice… how thoughts begin to fade…

The inner chatter softens… like music drifting into the background.

No need to chase it.

No need to fix or follow.

Just notice…

Beneath the thoughts, there is calm.

Now, open to the sounds around you…

Those nearby… and those far away.

Don’t name them. Don’t label.

Just listen.

Sound as vibration… as energy… passing through awareness like clouds across the sky.

And once more… return to the breath.

Ride the inhale all the way to its peak…

Feel the pause… that sacred still point between inhale and exhale…

And now—ride the wave out…

Notice the space that follows…

Now, gently… Turn your gaze inward.

To the silence beneath all sound…

The stillness beneath all thought…

The space between two moments.

Let yourself fall inward—into that empty space.

Not a void… but presence itself.

Awareness… without object.

Effortless… open… free.

Simply being aware.

This is your natural state.

Your quiet power.

Your wholeness.

And when the mind wanders—as it will—

Simply return…

Again and again…

Back to presence.

Back home… to yourself.

Rest here now.

In silence.

In stillness.

In the fullness of your being.

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