10 minute meditation: a liberating phrase [FOLLOW ALONG]

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[@wilfludlam]

I love the phrase, “ let’s hang out in the present moment.”

[@Beherenow-p5e]

Love it 💚

[@JesusRaves]

Thank you my friend, I have needed this for a very long time.

[@Pixi_Stix]

I just want to say thank you so much George. I have been struggling lately to have a consistent sitting practice and this is exactly what I needed to get the ball rolling again!

[@George-Thompson]

amazing to hear!!

[@unladenswallow43]

I’m finding this breath work a lot more useful than things I’ve tried with other types of meditation, thank you so much!

[@jameslucop4503]

Beautiful. Thank you George. ❤

[@George-Thompson]

Thank you so much! We truly appreciate your support and are glad you enjoyed the video. With gratitude 🙏

[@aarond402]

Thank you so much for the relaxed approach. There is a lot in this that really resonated with me. “It’s just sensation.” 👌🏼♥️

[@wayneglynowens2435]

Thanks great to share a meditation with you again and always my friend 💜☯️🙏🏻

[@George-Thompson]

Gratitude for you Wayne!

[@tishducrot1979]

Ahh yes please ! i'm going to be using this video super often ! thanks George :)

[@gilbosh1]

my man, thank you.

[@George-Thompson]

You bet 🫶

[@minminoshiro3599]

Thank you George!

[@moanamason2454]

Man I love hanging out with you first thing in my morning. Thank you for you, brother.

[@George-Thompson]

🙏

[@patriciahowellcassity767]

Thank you

[@dianeyoung8068]

Very calming, thank you George.

[@dianemagical7955]

A Beautiful Gift Thank you

[@rainmanjr2007]

What excellent timing. I also have a bad hip so making friends with the floor is great advice. Nice video, George. Even your tent was breathing. LOL. Happy end of the year.

[@paulvanwal4875]

Thanks George, for the Good Vibrations ! 🕊

[@karalough4402]

Been a pleasure studying with you!

[@George-Thompson]

Thank you for watching and for the kind comment 🙏

[@Midnightstar2675]

Thank you for these videos! It’s always been a struggle for me to meditate but your calm gentle energy and relaxed guidance really helped me get it for the first time. In just a few days of following along with you my anxiety has gone down, my breathing is getting easier, and I’ve had more clarity to do the things I want to do instead of feeling stuck. I do want to mention though as someone who has an auditory processing disorder your mic was picking up some swallowing noises that were very distracting for me and I have to listen to this video on a very low volume. I’m not upset at you for it, obviously it doesn’t bother most people and it’s not normally a big deal. However, your videos may be more accessible to people with similar issues if you edit out those noises, assuming it’s not too much trouble to do so. It’s your production and I’m not trying to tell you how to run it, but I just wanted to mention it because most people aren’t aware of how those mouth noises like swallowing and chewing can create a barrier between people like me and media content. For meditation especially any little noise is heightened, and it can go from feeling calm to a painful spike like sudden nails on a chalkboard if that makes sense. I’ll keep watching your videos regardless though because I really do love your lessons and advice!

[@kimberlysmith7311]

Lol, you just need to learn to let go ❤😂

[@Midnightstar2675]

@@kimberlysmith7311 please do not laugh at me and belittle my neurological disorder that comes from a malformed brain. You wouldn’t be able to meditate if someone stabbed your ear with a needle every few minutes, and you wouldn’t be laughing about it either. I hope you can come to understand that others have challenges and struggles that are different than yours

[@maxinealston6183]

Thank you for this video! 🙏 sending love to you back 🙏

[@soundsoftheearth1]

Thank you lovelly and very usefull knowledge 🙏

[@mountain5623]

Thank you George ❤️ And I wish you many blessings on all your new adventures. ✌️💞🏔️

[@karalizs]

Amazing way to start the day. Thank you so much!

[@martinbguk]

Thank you George

[@yarik6591]

Brilliant, many thanks George

[@st0nks225]

Thank you so much, thoughts were going wild today but the meditation helped to finally calm myself down. Truly, thank you

[@George-Thompson]

That's wonderful. Glad it helped 💜

[@ianm5249]

Thanks George. I always find in meditation that I am often absent in thought. When I come back to the present moment, I find this is just another thought thinking about the thought I just had (if that makes sense). If I repeat a mantra such as "be here", I have to do this by thinking about it, and so this is just another thought. In actual fact, I'm never not thinking.

[@nenamari867]

Thanks mister George... I need this very much today. Grazie mille.

[@bochmanirina4170]

🙏

[@jungleer3209]

I like you George... such good intentions.

[@mattlowe1276]

Thankyou

[@lifeisflow]

Thank you so much George needed this to start my day 🥰😌🙏🏻💜 💜 💜

[@chenoah7963]

Thank you George! great tips and love the back drop scenery! enjoy your time in beautiful wilderness

[@Way827]

Thank you!!!

[@xiaomaozen]

😊🙏

[@johnschoen-mccullough6251]

Thank you very much for sharing this meditation, George! I enjoyed practicing and being still and aware today :)

[@masteryebooks]

Thank you so much😘

[@samatha8255]

very helpful thank you (and for all your excellent videos!) Scottish midges are enough to test anyone's concentration! The Scottish highlands are stunning, though I love them even more when it's warmer and when there's less rain (great for camping then too).

[@bridgetpatterson720]

Wonderful! Thank you 🙏

[@ROBERTDAVis2271]

Fantastic video 👍🏿

[@flordelsur63]

Wonderful landscape ! I could feel the cold air and clean air from that sacred place. Thank you for sharing and for the meditation . May you come to Mallorca and do some videos here . Inch Allhá! 🌀🌀🌀

[@George-Thompson]

Thanks Adela!

[@jampuppy]

Wonderful! Thank you, George!

[@sherylgergen6672]

Loved this❤ Thank you, George!

[@George-Thompson]

I'm so glad Sheryl!

[@MonacoBlast66]

Confront your rage, George. That's the only thing stopping you.

[@meerasingh2327]

❤

[@hedgehogcafe8547]

❤❤

[@George-Thompson]

I hope it was helpful for you 🙏

[@igaluitchannel6644]

It's a little cold to sit in meditation in Scotland. If I meditate too long, I get terrible nightmares.

[@andrewbuhman1066]

Have you produced any guided meditations for Neidan (inner alchemy)? I would be very interested in that.

[@brigidroche1006]

♥️🙏♥️

[@mbx76218]

George's Loch Etive scottish meditation starts at 5:17

[@cabsrhere8897]

Hi George, is it your view that consciousness is the only substance that exists and when we meditate, we can chill as pure consciousness? (Our true nature)? Or do you believe that consciousness arises from another substance and is fleeting? If consciousness is the only thing that exists and is unfolding as all that is, then is the Tao another word for consciousness?

[@Woodplants]

5:20 [ Meditation begins ^^ ]

[@IamManly]

Dude you're a gigachad 🗿👍

[@chrisplayz253]

Do u think moving before mediation in the morning or the other way round or does it not matter?

[@George-Thompson]

moving before meditation, warm up the body first 💪

[@chrisplayz253]

@@George-Thompson excellent thanks v much for your reply much love from Wales

[@MyFrancesanne]

Those midgies should not be there, it’s coming up to winter 😉! I’m winding down after a busy day so this lovely 10 min meditation and some mindful movement now should de-clutter my mind. Thank you again, George 💖

[@George-Thompson]

This was back in September. Glad to share presence with you!

[@christiancoorey]

5:17

[@edbouquet1012]

Thanks but where was the mantra?

[@markbaddeley5099]

What mantra ?

[@George-Thompson]

shared a couple: "be here" "you can't control your thoughts, but you can choose where to place your attention" ✨

[@Davidhjrick]

George, why do you have a bad hip if you use Taoism? Also, you seem disenfranchised?

[@George-Thompson]

I'm still using the Dao to fix it. how do you mean disenfranchised?

[@Davidhjrick]

@@George-Thompson I’ve been watching your great videos for years. But there seems a slight change in you. I can’t quite put my finger on it. I just hope you’re ok.

[@Flowwiththeuniverse]

I believe true Taoism doesn’t live here. It couldn’t. One of the first teachings is teaching without teaching.

[@ZsuzsannaSpiry]

And the mantra...???

[@George-Thompson]

shared a couple: "be here" "you can't control your thoughts, but you can choose where to place your attention" ✨

[@ZsuzsannaSpiry]

@@George-Thompson ah... this is what you mean by "mantra"... ok, then. Thanks

[@ZsuzsannaSpiry]

@@George-Thompson they sound aphorisms... I love the second one very much 🤗

[@AjaychinuShah]

Do you see George Rhompson enjoying Nature NO longer.

[@jeremy_lefevre]

you did well with the Midge George ;-)

[@George-Thompson]

haha thanks Jez!

[@AjaychinuShah]

There was no Nigerian invasion of Scotland like America, there WAS too in Excalibur in Heaven constellation.

[@jakobquick1598]

Thank you George 💗

[@fayfay_meow]

thank you! 🌻

[@barbaratubiolo9404]

Wonderful thank you ☮️

[@coloredinpurple1]

Thank you!🤗