20 Minute Guided Meditation on Letting Go | Sthiramanas

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Sthiramanas leads a 20 minute guided meditation focusing on letting go. He explores how we can use meditation to let go of habitual tension. Sometimes we hold onto stress, tension and anxiety and through meditation we can learn to let go.

[@sorayasalfrais192]

I practice this daily. So beneficial. Thank you Metta 🙏🏽❤

[@davecameron5355]

Thank you so much for your kindness in making this meditation. It's been a stressful day; this has been really helpful in bringing me back to the present moment.

[@shutynibbawhat8329]

Wow, this was very good! Thanks. Perfect amount of silence but still guided

[@DR-mv1ko]

Absolutely amazing stuff

[@kalpnasingh6921]

Another great meditation thanks very much at the begining letting go needs lots of courage and patience and slowly with lot of practice it becomes a part of ones whole life with best wishes metta

[@peacefulmind-meditation-sl7548]

I totally agree!

[@trishab3]

Thank you for this. I found something about your comment on not needing to be anyone right now incredibly freeing.

[@jessicavictoria8583]

What a loud mind I have today! Thank you for guidance 💚💚

[@josephtan2152]

Thank you for this session. I'm grateful for your guidance.

[@BBdingus]

Beautiful session, I found it revealing

[@royktubeyou]

Tested my bp before meditating. I was a little upset. 155/95. I completed this meditation 144/82. Thank you!

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Gosh. Thanks for sharing that!

[@suejones7468]

A great meditation that will take me a bit of practice. Not always so easy to let go, but very interesting to see what thoughts I seem to want to cling to.

[@karmakimdaisy8680]

did you guys used to be friends of the western Buddhist order ? I used to go to a group when I was 17ish 💖

[@trader1good]

Very nice! Thank you.

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Thank you too!

[@TanjaOnBoard]

What a wonderful meditation, thank you! 🙏

[@josephtan2152]

Once again, I am grateful for your guidance. I found this to be slightly harder. It was somehow hard on my folded legs today, I moved them a little during the session. Thank you.

[@ashleighgarry334]

Brilliant meditation 🙏

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Thanks for listening 💖

[@peacefulmind-meditation-sl7548]

Another thankful meditation! Always hope you have *Peaceful Mind*

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Thank you, hope you enjoyed it.

[@SomosLaNuevaEra]

Escuchaste mi nueva música? ❤️

[@stephenthurston1270]

Lovely start to the day 👏🏼

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Thank you Stephen

[@Lladz171]

😔😔

[@jerrymillett3895]

🙏🏻Namaste🙏🏻Peace

[@one497]

It, s not easy for me to let the breath be and focus on the out breath. I get fearful or rather anxious when I, am not quite capable of doing so. Are there any tips Thankyou for your meditations, very helpful. I appreciate it

[@aimeejane_writings]

I really liked this. Just one thing though, I didn't like the huge pauses in-between as I worried that the meditation had ended so I opened my eyes a couple of times to check which wasn't great.

[@charliemcconville]

Such valuable meditations 🙏

[@Maitrism]

❤️love meditation

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Me too!

[@noonespecial4171]

🙏

[@Blue_Dun]

I understand body scan meditation in terms of mind-body connection, but not quite grasping the benefits. Is it another form or practice of cultivating attention and awareness? Being present and controlling the mental chatter? It just seems like a corny and unfruitful process, but that's probably an ignorant perception resulting from my lack of understanding. I'd be thankful for some insight on this.

[@Blue_Dun]

@@marciestoddard730 thank you for taking the time to explain. I appreciate it.

[@jessicasteele7829]

body scanning was the first practice I learned in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. It changed my life and I think that’s why I love these types of meditations now. We think we know what’s going on until we really check in fully. It is then that we can see where are holding stress/anxiety or just general tension. Oftentimes we don’t even know we are tense in the first place. And then when we can locate the tension, we can let it go.

[@petercurry6222]

Shiny happy clappy Triratna Buddhists teaching that the world is full of pain and suffering and such a dreadful place, as if we didn't know this already. In amongst all this misery these Triratna Buddhists are always grinning 😁 and are in constant love a dove hug mode. All so churning and irritating. Then again, whatever floats your boat.

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

I hope you found the meditation helpful, Peter

[@petercurry6222]

@@marciestoddard730 Buddhism is chock full of abstract ideals. Universal compassion, wisdom, altruism. But I do wonder what it has to say in the face of the everyday reality of many people - and often through no fault of their own - who can hardly afford to live somewhere, eat, and keep warm❓ No doubt from the very high dizzying heights of Buddhism, this is all very mundane, but not so for the people in the UK and around the world , for whom this is their reality and experience.

[@IHeartDrawingStuff]

I can only speak for myself, and I don't have all the answers, but here is how I see it: being sad about suffering in the world isn't going to fix it. It only hurts us. What we can do is manage our own inner peace and then have much more energy and endurance for the things that will help people around the world who are homeless and starving: conserving resources, donating our time and money and things we don't need, voting, civil disobedience, participating in local government, buying used or repairing our own stuff instead of buying new, revolution, etc. The universal compassion and altruism you mentioned would ideally drive people to do what they can to help others. Also, in a way, being happy (or happy with what one has without desiring more) is a radical act in a capitalist society. Businesses want you to be unhappy so you'll keep buying things you don't need in order to feel better. But that never truly lasts. Being happy with yourself and what you have, instead of desiring more and more and more, keeps your money away from greedy people and conserves resources for those who need them. Of course this is easier said than done, but that's where the inner peace and detachment aspect of Buddhism comes in. And just one person can't change the world on their own. We have to work together.

[@alaasuliman2931]

Wonderful. Very happy I came across your video

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@malevich92]

Thank you

[@anlaykan1648]

🙏

[@steve54brown]

what a great meditation ,thank you.

[@londonbuddhistcentre]

You're most welcome Steve.

[@78jtfvhiuuygiuyg]

Notice your physical tension… now let it go! If I could do that I wouldn’t have clicked on this video.