A Meditation to Quiet an Overthinking Mind

For when your mind is full and both hands are already carrying too much. You don't need to empty it. Just find a little more room. About 12 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice and music underneath. We start at your front door with your hands full of bags and boxes, each one something asking for your attention. Out into a crowded, noisy world that feels a bit like your mind, then onto a path into the countryside and a wide clearing. There you put things down one at a time and let the ground carry them for a while. Rest is not laziness. On the way back you only pick up what you need for the next small part of the day. You're not failing at meditation. You may simply be at capacity. Treat me to a coffee, keep the podcast free, and get my Weekly Calm every Sunday. It is all on stevenwebb.uk Thank you for sitting with me. Steven Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay) Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.uk Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffee

For the storm you can't stop. Instead of fighting it or bracing against it, sit down in the middle and stay steady. About 8 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice and music underneath. We bring to mind a storm you've known. Someone passing, losing a job, moving house, or the news getting a bit too much. Most of us fight a storm until we're worn out, or brace and wait for it to pass. There's a third way. Picture yourself in a big wise armchair, like the man at the end of the bar who finishes his drink while the fight breaks out around him. You can care and still not engage. We end with three wishes, starting with may I be steady even when I cannot be calm. Treat me to a coffee, keep the podcast free, and get my Weekly Calm every Sunday. It is all on stevenwebb.uk Thank you for sitting with me. Steven Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay) Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.uk Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffee

When the news lands heavy and there's nothing you can do. Breathe in what's hard, breathe out a wish for them to be safe. About 12 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice and music underneath. We breathe in what's hard and breathe out a wish for people to be safe. It's a gentle form of Tonglen. First we notice where a headline landed in the body, then we breathe a little of that out for you too. Then we widen it. Somewhere someone is making a neighbour a cup of tea, and a nurse is starting her night shift. The fire gets the pictures, but the people carrying the water are out there too, millions of them. We end with three wishes, and the reminder that you can care and still rest. Treat me to a coffee, keep the podcast free, and get my Weekly Calm every Sunday. It is all on stevenwebb.uk Thank you for sitting with me. Steven Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay) Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.uk Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffee

Tired of being told how to breathe? This one barely says a word. Nothing to get right, nothing to get wrong. About 10 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice and music underneath. Mostly quiet. No one tells you where to put your hands. We just sit together and do very little. Your mind will wander off, to the shopping or what's for tea, and that is fine. That is what minds do. We notice we've been away and come back to this moment. That isn't failing at meditation. That is the practice. Near the end, a minute of just listening, doing nothing with what you hear. Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. It can be done just by becoming aware. Treat me to a coffee, keep the podcast free, and get my Weekly Calm every Sunday. It is all on stevenwebb.uk Thank you for sitting with me. Steven Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay) Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.uk Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffee

Built a wall to keep the world out, and now it feels like a prison? A meditation for boundaries with a gate. About 11 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice and music underneath. Imagine a wall around you, all the way round, to keep out everything that stings. At first it feels wonderful. Then the strange thing: inside the wall our own strength goes soft, like a leg in plaster. And one day we need people again, and the world never reads our rules. So we try a garden with a gate instead, and tend what grows inside it. A little wisdom, a little strength, a little kindness. Then three gentle wishes with a hand on your heart. May I be safe with my gate open. May I be loved just as I am. May I be strong enough to let the world in. A boundary was never meant to be a prison. It is a garden edge, and you hold the key. The companion talk episode: Gates, Not Thorns: Are Your Boundaries a Prison? Treat me to a coffee, keep the podcast free, and get my Weekly Calm every Sunday. It is all on stevenwebb.uk Thank you for sitting with me. Steven Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay) Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.uk Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffee