Consider what would feel "stilling", calming, settling.
Many traditions teach "be still" and that stillness can be a
stilling of the body. Finding a position in which the body
can remain still has the effect of stilling the mind to some
extent. Stilling has an effect on the body as well as the mental
and emotional faculties. Just as emotions have an effect on
the physical body they can influence the experience of
emotions and thoughts. So becoming still is happening on
multiple levels simultaneously. As the process of stilling
ceases, you become more aware of the breath that's always
happening...
Many traditions teach "be still" and that stillness can be a
stilling of the body. Finding a position in which the body
can remain still has the effect of stilling the mind to some
extent. Stilling has an effect on the body as well as the mental
and emotional faculties. Just as emotions have an effect on
the physical body they can influence the experience of
emotions and thoughts. So becoming still is happening on
multiple levels simultaneously. As the process of stilling
ceases, you become more aware of the breath that's always
happening...
As we become more still, the more subtle aspects of our Being
are more evident. In stillness we have a greater capacity to open
to listening, to pure listening, not with the ears, or listening for
something, or to something. Just listening - availability.
are more evident. In stillness we have a greater capacity to open
to listening, to pure listening, not with the ears, or listening for
something, or to something. Just listening - availability.
In stilling the body and stilling the mind we become more
present to that which is - what's here - which can manifest in
an infinite variety of ways. What's here is ever changing, ever
renewing.
present to that which is - what's here - which can manifest in
an infinite variety of ways. What's here is ever changing, ever
renewing.
Allowing the body to be as it is gives the emotions and thoughts
the freedom to move and change.
the freedom to move and change.
As we become more still, that which is essential becomes
more apparent, that which is most important, the sense of a
"greater purpose", the "feeling" of being drawn/called toward
that which may be beyond our comprehension, beyond explanation,
beyond words. Yet in the stillness it is felt as a bodily experience.
Yield to it, trust, knowing that it takes care of itself. Just fall into
the stream, as the flow of life flows through us.
more apparent, that which is most important, the sense of a
"greater purpose", the "feeling" of being drawn/called toward
that which may be beyond our comprehension, beyond explanation,
beyond words. Yet in the stillness it is felt as a bodily experience.
Yield to it, trust, knowing that it takes care of itself. Just fall into
the stream, as the flow of life flows through us.
As we become still there may be a sense of ease, softening,
equanimity. Meet what arises with an attitude of openness and
curiosity. It is constantly changing and ever evolving. Sensing
beyond the habits of the mind and surface turbulence there is
great stillness, unfathomable stillness...
equanimity. Meet what arises with an attitude of openness and
curiosity. It is constantly changing and ever evolving. Sensing
beyond the habits of the mind and surface turbulence there is
great stillness, unfathomable stillness...
Stillness that just is....
Kathleen Knipp
excerpts from a Yoga Nidra Meditation
excerpts from a Yoga Nidra Meditation
original title - "be still"
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