A contemplative ‘prose’ meditation guides you with descriptive cues and inspired thought ideas that allow you to be investigative, then to return to your breathing for a time, then to be investigative, and to again return to your breathing. 

A contemplative = ‘prose’ meditation also encourages self-reflection, asking some form of the question, ‘Who Am I?’

Each time you experience this meditation, notice its effects. 

Notice your ability to delve deeper; to witness your consciousness, and to experience precisely what you need in the present moment.  Namaste! 

“in the stillness of my mind i am peaceful – i am calm

i curate stillness as i become still in my body; as i find a comfortable place to be – to feel the presence of what i am – i am here for a time – simply following the movement of my inhalation and my exhalation; in the beautiful presence of stillness and yet soft movement; breath flowing into and out from my body.

as i hold my attention onto my breath for a time, i feel freedom – freedom from my thoughts, freedom from any and all worries – freedom to be unto myself – freedom to be in the presence and pureness of this moment.

 

as i breathe each breath in stillness, in the stillness of my mind – i am one with each inhalation, i am present with each exhalation.

my body is still, my mind softly follows my breath; my mind is able to focus on the freedom of breath – always present – always with me – always in gentle harmony with my being.

 

in the stillness of my body, i feel a return to calm; to this moment; to my inner presence – i simply allow my breath to guide me;

‘breathe for a time feeling the gentle rhythm of your breath’

as you are following the movement of breath flowing into and out from you, you witness a quieting – a softening – a stillness of your mind; let your mind be at one with your breath – and to return to your breath whenever you move away from the feeling of stillness, of quiet – of calm.

let it be your practice to simply notice where your attention is; let it be your choice to hold attention onto your breathing – to the one experience that you are having in stillness.

 

let this be how you witness both stillness and calm, motion and flow; joy and peace.”

-written and spoken by dorothy zennuriye juno

Namaste!