Stilla Meditation

The more we try to be peaceful the more we stir the water of the mind and the less peaceful we will be. By just letting go we find the peace that is already there in the background already.

We can use the breath to better feel the body and also to help the body relax. This is what we try in this session.

In this session we go over the whole body, relaxing each part and towards the end we fill it up with new energy with restorative breathing.

Kindness is such a powerful antidote to stress and self criticism. Most of us have an inner voice that can be quite harsh and if we would hear someone speak like that to someone we cared about we would stand up and defend them. But for some reason it is more difficult when it comes to ourselves. Today we practice kindness as a counter weight to this harsh inner voice.

Meditation can be a bit of a paradox, because we clearly practice in order to get something. To feel more calm, have more peace of mind, deal better with anxiety or stress. And at the same time, the practice itself is about Not trying to achieve anything specific or get anywhere. Inner peace arises on it's own when we stop trying to achieve it.