<![CDATA[Inner Peace Meditations]]>08756819-e17d-593e-9b26-45b914895574Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:55:17 +0000Captivate.fmSteven Webbhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/fed22a15-01ef-46ab-a83e-ab0fb23be4eb/Inner-Peace-Meditations-Podcast-by-Steven-Webb-cover-image.jpgInner Peace MeditationsSteven WebbSteven WebbShort guided meditations for people who cannot meditate. That is not a joke, it is the actual brief. If you have ever tried one of these and spent the whole time thinking about whether you were doing it right, then went back to scrolling, these are for you. I am Steven Webb. I have ADHD and dyslexia, and my mind has never once gone quiet. I stopped trying to make it. That turned out to be the whole thing. You do not have to empty your head. You never did. The thoughts are not the problem, your relationship with them is. Most of these run around fourteen minutes. Morning ones to start the day a bit lighter. Evening ones to let the day settle. Some for anxiety, some for anger, some for the nights when sleep is not happening. No complicated breathing. No visualisations you cannot hold. No promises about who you will be in thirty days. Free, and staying free. Steven Webb has been paralysed from the chest down since 1991. He teaches from the mess, not from the mountaintop.https://stevenwebb.comfalseepisodicnopodcastMorning Meditation for Health Anxiety and Befriending the Worried PartMorning Meditation for Health Anxiety and Befriending the Worried PartSome mornings the worry gets there before your feet hit the floor. This one gives it company instead of an argument.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Picture the worry as a child tugging your sleeve. It does not want an answer, it wants the adult in the room to notice. So you turn towards it and ask what it wants you to understand, then listen without correcting it. Nothing gets fixed, because nothing needed fixing. You thank it for doing its job.

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]]>Some mornings the worry gets there before your feet hit the floor. This one gives it company instead of an argument.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Picture the worry as a child tugging your sleeve. It does not want an answer, it wants the adult in the room to notice. So you turn towards it and ask what it wants you to understand, then listen without correcting it. Nothing gets fixed, because nothing needed fixing. You thank it for doing its job.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>31ef5133-3954-437b-862d-a19426bbc141Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -040012:18falsefull110110Anger Comes From Caring, A Meditation to Respond WiselyAnger Comes From Caring, A Meditation to Respond WiselyI have never met an angry person who did not care deeply about something. Even if it is only a parking space.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is what happens, then a gap, then what you do. Reacting skips the gap. Responding uses it. You go back to a time you snapped and notice there was no gap at all, then run it again with one in there. Three lines to leave with, and you are not asked to remember them. The body will.

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]]>I have never met an angry person who did not care deeply about something. Even if it is only a parking space.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is what happens, then a gap, then what you do. Reacting skips the gap. Responding uses it. You go back to a time you snapped and notice there was no gap at all, then run it again with one in there. Three lines to leave with, and you are not asked to remember them. The body will.

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

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]]>2b4aec8a-cb03-44bb-8cb8-f50a402cf1e0Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -040010:22falsefull109109The Second Arrow: A Meditation to Reduce Your SufferingThe Second Arrow: A Meditation to Reduce Your SufferingLife fires the first arrow. We fire the next thirty. And unlike life, we never miss.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You bring up something recent that hurt, find where it sits, and watch how fast it climbs into your head and turns into a story. That is arrow two. By the time you have told four people, the body has lived it four more times. The point is not getting rid of them. It is catching yourself drawing the bow, and having a laugh about it.

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]]>Life fires the first arrow. We fire the next thirty. And unlike life, we never miss.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You bring up something recent that hurt, find where it sits, and watch how fast it climbs into your head and turns into a story. That is arrow two. By the time you have told four people, the body has lived it four more times. The point is not getting rid of them. It is catching yourself drawing the bow, and having a laugh about it.

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

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]]>0bbeaa11-d593-4847-b19e-37f4a7c33c01Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -040010:25falsefull108108Morning: A lighter start to the dayMorning: A lighter start to the dayWe wake up already braced. This is ten minutes before any of it starts, when there is genuinely nothing to carry yet.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Something is already holding your weight. The shoulders come down, the jaw lets go, and the night goes wherever nights go. The trick is not picking up the whole day at once, because the whole day never turns up together. It comes a piece at a time. Three small wishes to take with you, and one is only to notice one good thing.

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]]>We wake up already braced. This is ten minutes before any of it starts, when there is genuinely nothing to carry yet.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Something is already holding your weight. The shoulders come down, the jaw lets go, and the night goes wherever nights go. The trick is not picking up the whole day at once, because the whole day never turns up together. It comes a piece at a time. Three small wishes to take with you, and one is only to notice one good thing.

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

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]]>08c3e32b-00e4-44d9-ae5b-462f15ef0cddThu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -040009:44falsefull107107A Meditation to Quiet an Overthinking MindA Meditation to Quiet an Overthinking MindA quiet railway station and a bench with room for two. The trains are your thoughts, and we are not getting on.

About 7 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

One pulls in that is only something you have to do later. Then a louder one, a worry, and you can feel the tug to climb aboard. We stay put. We are not here to empty the station, because the mind thinks the way the heart beats. We are learning to stay on the bench.

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]]>A quiet railway station and a bench with room for two. The trains are your thoughts, and we are not getting on.

About 7 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

One pulls in that is only something you have to do later. Then a louder one, a worry, and you can feel the tug to climb aboard. We stay put. We are not here to empty the station, because the mind thinks the way the heart beats. We are learning to stay on the bench.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>d57eff5d-8c77-4ea4-bb6e-4b71a20bb531Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -040007:30falsefull106106Create Space Around Your ThoughtsCreate Space Around Your ThoughtsImagine a small shed with the door shut. Every thought in there feels loud and urgent, because there is nowhere for it to go.

About 14 minutes, a short talk then a meditation.

Then you open the door and step out into a field, and the same thought arrives in all that space. Nothing about the thought changed. The room did. Without space every feeling seems urgent and every thought seems true. Not everything that turns up needs dealing with straight away.

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]]>Imagine a small shed with the door shut. Every thought in there feels loud and urgent, because there is nowhere for it to go.

About 14 minutes, a short talk then a meditation.

Then you open the door and step out into a field, and the same thought arrives in all that space. Nothing about the thought changed. The room did. Without space every feeling seems urgent and every thought seems true. Not everything that turns up needs dealing with straight away.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>280b6a5b-921b-466e-8289-f7459ce9eccdSun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -040013:52falsefull105105For The One Who Carries OthersFor The One Who Carries OthersFor the carer, the parent, the one everyone rings late at night. Eleven minutes where you are not holding anybody.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is a difference between loving someone and being the one who holds them every day. The grief, the guilt and the bit of resentment are not failures. They are what turns up when the holding has gone on too long without a break. Three lines, said for you first. May I be held. May I be soft. May I rest.

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]]>For the carer, the parent, the one everyone rings late at night. Eleven minutes where you are not holding anybody.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is a difference between loving someone and being the one who holds them every day. The grief, the guilt and the bit of resentment are not failures. They are what turns up when the holding has gone on too long without a break. Three lines, said for you first. May I be held. May I be soft. May I 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

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]]>083b9643-a29c-47ab-9570-03dcc6dcc1c7Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -040010:38falsefull104104Evening Meditation: Letting the Day Settle DownEvening Meditation: Letting the Day Settle DownThe day is still in your jaw and your shoulders. Six minutes to put it down by the door instead of carrying it up to bed.

About 6 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The working self is a costume. The one who answered the messages, the one who held it all together. You take it off, and you do not even fold it. Three lines to finish on. May what I did today rest. May what came to me today rest. May what is still unfinished rest.

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]]>The day is still in your jaw and your shoulders. Six minutes to put it down by the door instead of carrying it up to bed.

About 6 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The working self is a costume. The one who answered the messages, the one who held it all together. You take it off, and you do not even fold it. Three lines to finish on. May what I did today rest. May what came to me today rest. May what is still unfinished rest.

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Steven

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]]>0b2b2fd4-e7a6-4fa6-be80-7f7276933007Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 -040005:51falsefull103103A Morning Meditation for the Body You Wake IntoA Morning Meditation for the Body You Wake IntoStay lying down for this one. We go through the body asking each part the same question: what do you need today?

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Feet first, then upwards. If something hurts you notice that it hurts, and you do not fix it or argue with it or build a story round it. The body does not answer in words, and sometimes it does not answer at all. Asking is the practice. The body that woke up today is the one you have, and it has carried you this far.

The companion talk episode: Waking Up to Body Betrayal: How to Find Peace in the Pain

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]]>Stay lying down for this one. We go through the body asking each part the same question: what do you need today?

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Feet first, then upwards. If something hurts you notice that it hurts, and you do not fix it or argue with it or build a story round it. The body does not answer in words, and sometimes it does not answer at all. Asking is the practice. The body that woke up today is the one you have, and it has carried you this far.

The companion talk episode: Waking Up to Body Betrayal: How to Find Peace in the Pain

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>cd9483a6-85ee-4e34-8f1d-35f83785be26Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -040008:30falsefull102102When Anxiety Visits: A Quick Meditation for Anxious MomentsWhen Anxiety Visits: A Quick Meditation for Anxious MomentsYou pressed play because it is already here. So we are not getting rid of it. We are answering the door.

About 7 minutes. Short enough for a bus or a car park.

You say hello to it, out loud or not. Then you ask why it came, the way you would ask a friend who turned up looking pale. It might answer in a sentence, a feeling, a memory, or not at all. You are not the anxiety. You are the one who opened the door.

The companion talk episode: "I'm Fine": When It's Armour, When It's Honest, and How to Tell

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]]>You pressed play because it is already here. So we are not getting rid of it. We are answering the door.

About 7 minutes. Short enough for a bus or a car park.

You say hello to it, out loud or not. Then you ask why it came, the way you would ask a friend who turned up looking pale. It might answer in a sentence, a feeling, a memory, or not at all. You are not the anxiety. You are the one who opened the door.

The companion talk episode: "I'm Fine": When It's Armour, When It's Honest, and How to Tell

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>af78d9d6-3667-45c5-adad-9128d839db77Sun, 03 May 2026 09:00:00 -040006:47falsefull101101The Garden for Deep Sleep - (A Sleep Meditation)The Garden for Deep Sleep - (A Sleep Meditation)A walled garden that only grows at night, and only while somebody is resting in it. Tonight that is you.

About 16 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Tense and release through the whole body to begin with, because falling asleep is a skill and that is the part that works. Then you sit on an old bench and the garden grows around you at the speed of your breathing. A leaf unfurls on the way out, a seed settles on the way in. It does not need you to watch it. Your resting is the gardening.

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]]>A walled garden that only grows at night, and only while somebody is resting in it. Tonight that is you.

About 16 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Tense and release through the whole body to begin with, because falling asleep is a skill and that is the part that works. Then you sit on an old bench and the garden grows around you at the speed of your breathing. A leaf unfurls on the way out, a seed settles on the way in. It does not need you to watch it. Your resting is the gardening.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>7b0fd348-a32f-4983-9588-f32f29781313Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -040029:58falsefull100100Peace Right Where You ArePeace Right Where You AreSix minutes, and it works in a waiting room. You have not failed because a thought turned up. You were never meant to stop them.

About 6 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Notice the breath, notice the thought, do nothing with either. You have thoughts, but you are not those thoughts. The awareness behind all the noise is where the peace already is. If your mind wandered and you noticed, that was the practice. That is all it ever is.

The companion talk episode: Demystifying Meditation: What You Need to Know

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]]>Six minutes, and it works in a waiting room. You have not failed because a thought turned up. You were never meant to stop them.

About 6 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Notice the breath, notice the thought, do nothing with either. You have thoughts, but you are not those thoughts. The awareness behind all the noise is where the peace already is. If your mind wandered and you noticed, that was the practice. That is all it ever is.

The companion talk episode: Demystifying Meditation: What You Need to Know

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>36347ada-98da-41ae-a0fe-b6c934268766Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -040006:23falsefull9999Permission to Rest: A meditation for time outPermission to Rest: A meditation for time outNot sleepy tired. The kind where you have been running on empty far too long and cannot remember when you last stopped.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You lie down in a clearing where nobody is looking for you and nobody needs anything. Animals rest when they are tired. They do not lie there listing everything they should be doing instead. When the pull comes to get up and be useful, you say two words to it. Not right now. There is a dignity in being tired.

The companion talk episode: The Dignity of Being Tired: Give Yourself a Break

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]]>Not sleepy tired. The kind where you have been running on empty far too long and cannot remember when you last stopped.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You lie down in a clearing where nobody is looking for you and nobody needs anything. Animals rest when they are tired. They do not lie there listing everything they should be doing instead. When the pull comes to get up and be useful, you say two words to it. Not right now. There is a dignity in being tired.

The companion talk episode: The Dignity of Being Tired: Give Yourself a Break

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Steven

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]]>7b14ec2f-e009-4cbd-aa16-9b604aab455eSat, 11 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -040013:22falsefull9898Find the Green Shoot: A Meditation for Quiet RenewalFind the Green Shoot: A Meditation for Quiet RenewalSomething in you went quiet a while back. Not broken, just dormant. This is a meditation about noticing it stir.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A patch of winter earth, bare and cold for a long time. Then one green shoot, barely visible, that did not ask anyone's permission. You do not dig up a bulb to check whether it is growing. You sit nearby and trust that something is happening underneath, and that is the entire practice.

The companion talk episode: What Rises When You Stop Pushing

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]]>Something in you went quiet a while back. Not broken, just dormant. This is a meditation about noticing it stir.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A patch of winter earth, bare and cold for a long time. Then one green shoot, barely visible, that did not ask anyone's permission. You do not dig up a bulb to check whether it is growing. You sit nearby and trust that something is happening underneath, and that is the entire practice.

The companion talk episode: What Rises When You Stop Pushing

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Thank you for sitting with me.

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]]>9c5745b5-060b-4da6-9180-662198b3e27aSun, 05 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -040014:47falsefull9797Good Morning: Breathing Together MeditationGood Morning: Breathing Together MeditationNobody else in the world is breathing this exact breath. Then we widen out until half the country is breathing with you.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Your own breath first, wherever you feel it most. Then the room, and the same air going in and out of you. If there is a pet asleep somewhere, notice it has its own rhythm going alongside yours without either of you trying. Then the house next door, the street, someone a few roads over putting the kettle on.

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]]>Nobody else in the world is breathing this exact breath. Then we widen out until half the country is breathing with you.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Your own breath first, wherever you feel it most. Then the room, and the same air going in and out of you. If there is a pet asleep somewhere, notice it has its own rhythm going alongside yours without either of you trying. Then the house next door, the street, someone a few roads over putting the kettle on.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>553669f3-cc81-4a2d-b90e-5f9c1c39e72cTue, 31 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -040013:50falsefull9595Awakening the Child Within: A Window of WonderAwakening the Child Within: A Window of WonderRumi said sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Fifteen minutes at a window, not understanding anything on purpose.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You stand at a window with everything you know and everything you never will on the other side of the glass. The magic did not go anywhere. You learned the names of things and mistook that for knowing them. Your eyes catch a sliver of the light that exists and your ears a fraction of the sound. That is worth stopping for.

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]]>Rumi said sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Fifteen minutes at a window, not understanding anything on purpose.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You stand at a window with everything you know and everything you never will on the other side of the glass. The magic did not go anywhere. You learned the names of things and mistook that for knowing them. Your eyes catch a sliver of the light that exists and your ears a fraction of the sound. That is worth stopping for.

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

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]]>7262c77c-67cf-4a28-9c8b-7ce09023ea04Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -040014:50falsefull9494When Letting Go Feels Impossible, Try This InsteadWhen Letting Go Feels Impossible, Try This InsteadTry to let go of a thought right now. Really try. It is still there, and now you are annoyed about it as well.

About 16 minutes, a short talk then a meditation.

Letting go asks you to hold the thing in mind so you can check whether you have dropped it. It is do not think of a red bus, every time. Acceptance says something else. This is here, I see you, you can stay. The struggle was the fuel. Take the struggle away and what is left is just what is.

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]]>Try to let go of a thought right now. Really try. It is still there, and now you are annoyed about it as well.

About 16 minutes, a short talk then a meditation.

Letting go asks you to hold the thing in mind so you can check whether you have dropped it. It is do not think of a red bus, every time. Acceptance says something else. This is here, I see you, you can stay. The struggle was the fuel. Take the struggle away and what is left is just what is.

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

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]]>b3a5d6b8-b19f-4c00-a975-19a066024ec6Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -040016:01falsefull9393Morning Abundance: Seeing What Was Always ThereMorning Abundance: Seeing What Was Always ThereNot the abundance you are told to chase. The kind already in the room, that you stopped seeing years ago.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Take the chair away. Feel the floor, the awkwardness, the annoyance. Now let it come back. Then the pillow, the quilt, the kettle. All of it just works until it does not, and then it is all we can think about. This morning arrived. You woke up. There is another breath and another day, which was never guaranteed.

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]]>Not the abundance you are told to chase. The kind already in the room, that you stopped seeing years ago.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Take the chair away. Feel the floor, the awkwardness, the annoyance. Now let it come back. Then the pillow, the quilt, the kettle. All of it just works until it does not, and then it is all we can think about. This morning arrived. You woke up. There is another breath and another day, which was never guaranteed.

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

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]]>61c2e6c5-b59b-4067-a540-c7dbfb7172cbSun, 01 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -040012:55falsefull9292Meditation to Dealing With Intrusive ThoughtsMeditation to Dealing With Intrusive ThoughtsIntrusive thoughts are not stopped, they are starved. Your mind only watches for two things: did it make you feel something, and did you go with it.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Push a thought away and you have given it exactly what it wanted, which is your attention. Good or bad makes no difference to the sender. So you sit on the platform and let the trains in. Someone hands you something, you say thank you, you put it down. Do that long enough and the mind quietly stops sending that one.

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]]>Intrusive thoughts are not stopped, they are starved. Your mind only watches for two things: did it make you feel something, and did you go with it.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Push a thought away and you have given it exactly what it wanted, which is your attention. Good or bad makes no difference to the sender. So you sit on the platform and let the trains in. Someone hands you something, you say thank you, you put it down. Do that long enough and the mind quietly stops sending that one.

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Steven

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]]>cc404b1e-1a12-46c8-9dd8-4dd1fff1661dSun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -040013:49falsefull9191Morning Stillness for a Tough DayMorning Stillness for a Tough DayYou already know today is going to be hard. You came anyway, and that takes something.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You move through the day from the heart rather than the head, because the head is quick and the heart has a few thousand years on it. Some of the faces you meet are part of what makes today difficult. Every one of them is doing the best they can with what they understand, which does not make them right. That includes you and me.

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]]>You already know today is going to be hard. You came anyway, and that takes something.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You move through the day from the heart rather than the head, because the head is quick and the heart has a few thousand years on it. Some of the faces you meet are part of what makes today difficult. Every one of them is doing the best they can with what they understand, which does not make them right. That includes you and me.

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Steven

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]]>d272f247-3e35-454d-96d9-29bb55ca6700Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -040009:34falsefull9090Stop the World... I Want to Get offStop the World... I Want to Get offFor when the world is going too fast. You slow yourself down first, then let everything else follow you.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

It starts inside. The breath, the muscles, then the thoughts getting further apart. Then you look at whatever is near you, a cup, a table, and let that slow down too, until the whole thing has dropped a gear. I have thoughts but I am not those thoughts. I have feelings but I am not those feelings.

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]]>For when the world is going too fast. You slow yourself down first, then let everything else follow you.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

It starts inside. The breath, the muscles, then the thoughts getting further apart. Then you look at whatever is near you, a cup, a table, and let that slow down too, until the whole thing has dropped a gear. I have thoughts but I am not those thoughts. I have feelings but I am not those feelings.

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Steven

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]]>530c8fb6-a902-4623-b911-3de13b4e9543Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -040012:22falsefull8989Falling Asleep By The Sea – A Sleep Story MeditationFalling Asleep By The Sea – A Sleep Story MeditationAn evening beach with nobody on it, the sand still warm, and a dune to lie down in.

About 13 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Tense and release through the body first, because that is the part that does the work and the body usually goes under before the mind. Then the walk. The sea does not try to be anything other than the sea. It comes in, it goes out. Your breath is doing exactly the same thing and you are not running either of them.

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]]>An evening beach with nobody on it, the sand still warm, and a dune to lie down in.

About 13 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Tense and release through the body first, because that is the part that does the work and the body usually goes under before the mind. Then the walk. The sea does not try to be anything other than the sea. It comes in, it goes out. Your breath is doing exactly the same thing and you are not running either of them.

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Steven

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]]>dca0c75f-99a8-4739-ab71-53d17b8189d2Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:00:00 -040050:00falsefull8888Your Morning Calm - Guided MeditationYour Morning Calm - Guided MeditationFor the kitchen table with a cup of tea, before anyone needs anything from you.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The stillness you find here is not something this meditation makes. It is always there. You just cannot see it when you are in doing mode. Then you walk the day through gently. A little extra time getting places, a pause at a door, listening to someone a beat longer than you normally would.

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]]>For the kitchen table with a cup of tea, before anyone needs anything from you.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The stillness you find here is not something this meditation makes. It is always there. You just cannot see it when you are in doing mode. Then you walk the day through gently. A little extra time getting places, a pause at a door, listening to someone a beat longer than you normally would.

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Steven

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]]>6493f856-1c86-4116-a1fb-fe45c5d05da4Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -040012:31falsefull8787Trust Your Path: A Gentle Meditation for Times of ChangeTrust Your Path: A Gentle Meditation for Times of ChangeFor when you have been doing everything right and nothing seems to be moving. Progress is often invisible while it is happening.

About 11 minutes, a short talk then a meditation.

A seed underground has nothing to show for weeks. Healing works the same. Trust is not believing everything is fine, it is knowing you are moving even in the dark. You walk a path where the light breaks through sometimes and the fog rolls in at others. I trust the path even when I cannot see it.

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]]>For when you have been doing everything right and nothing seems to be moving. Progress is often invisible while it is happening.

About 11 minutes, a short talk then a meditation.

A seed underground has nothing to show for weeks. Healing works the same. Trust is not believing everything is fine, it is knowing you are moving even in the dark. You walk a path where the light breaks through sometimes and the fog rolls in at others. I trust the path even when I cannot see it.

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]]>e5cc33d3-94cd-4018-bcdf-7a31a6790687Sun, 02 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -040011:35falsefull8686Morning Bloom: A Powerful Meditation to Open the DayMorning Bloom: A Powerful Meditation to Open the DayThe lotus never asks the water to be clear before it rises. You do not need the world sorted before you open.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Pick your flower. A lotus, a rose, a sunflower, or a wild Cornish one out of the hedgerow. You start closed in the soil with roots going down into everything that has happened to you, the hard parts included. Then the light changes and you open, one petal at a time. Nothing outside you has changed. You have.

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]]>The lotus never asks the water to be clear before it rises. You do not need the world sorted before you open.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Pick your flower. A lotus, a rose, a sunflower, or a wild Cornish one out of the hedgerow. You start closed in the soil with roots going down into everything that has happened to you, the hard parts included. Then the light changes and you open, one petal at a time. Nothing outside you has changed. You have.

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Steven

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]]>7bb6b564-a0c5-4466-92e0-98e812095a26Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -040012:31falsefull9696The Garden of Your Heart: A Meditation to Uncover Your Inner StrengthsThe Garden of Your Heart: A Meditation to Uncover Your Inner StrengthsNothing gets built in this one. You walk round a garden finding the strengths that were already growing in it.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Moss in the shade is your kindness, the sort you give without needing it noticed. The old tree in the middle is your patience. The still pool is your empathy. A single wildflower between the stones, not the biggest or the loudest but bravely open, is your courage. At each one you find a real moment from this week.

The companion talk episode: In a Hard World, Your Softest Skills Are Your Strongest Asset

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]]>Nothing gets built in this one. You walk round a garden finding the strengths that were already growing in it.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Moss in the shade is your kindness, the sort you give without needing it noticed. The old tree in the middle is your patience. The still pool is your empathy. A single wildflower between the stones, not the biggest or the loudest but bravely open, is your courage. At each one you find a real moment from this week.

The companion talk episode: In a Hard World, Your Softest Skills Are Your Strongest Asset

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>f7a0edd5-5552-42a1-9f49-e3385b143b0dSat, 20 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -040013:39falsefull8585The Lantern Path: Deep Sleep JourneyThe Lantern Path: Deep Sleep JourneyLights off, phone face down. A lantern path up a hill, and music that fades to nothing while you go under.

About 17 minutes, tense and release first, with music that fades near the end.

Your body falls asleep first and the mind follows, so we start with the body. Tense and let go, section by section, which is the most reliable way there is into sleep. Then the walk. Stone walls with moss on them, lanterns getting smaller until they blend into the stars, and a warm bench at the top. You are not meant to reach it.

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]]>Lights off, phone face down. A lantern path up a hill, and music that fades to nothing while you go under.

About 17 minutes, tense and release first, with music that fades near the end.

Your body falls asleep first and the mind follows, so we start with the body. Tense and let go, section by section, which is the most reliable way there is into sleep. Then the walk. Stone walls with moss on them, lanterns getting smaller until they blend into the stars, and a warm bench at the top. You are not meant to reach it.

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Steven

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]]>ebfb1e65-9ab2-4534-b2f1-f9a9badbc681Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -040001:01:04falsefull8383The Embrace of Your Inner ParentThe Embrace of Your Inner ParentWe give better advice to other people than we ever give ourselves. Twelve minutes of turning that round.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You zoom out and watch yourself go about the day. The scrolling, the food, the thing you do to avoid thinking. You watch as a kind parent would, not a critical one. Then you pick one thing, only one, that you would gently suggest. We already know what to do. We have read the book. We just sit back and do not do it.

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]]>We give better advice to other people than we ever give ourselves. Twelve minutes of turning that round.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You zoom out and watch yourself go about the day. The scrolling, the food, the thing you do to avoid thinking. You watch as a kind parent would, not a critical one. Then you pick one thing, only one, that you would gently suggest. We already know what to do. We have read the book. We just sit back and do not do it.

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Steven

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]]>9ffd2a3f-95a9-40ec-99e4-5784e525f5b1Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -040012:10falsefull8484Out Of Your Head, into PeaceOut Of Your Head, into PeaceA short drop out of the head and into the heart, for the moment you are stuck in noise with nothing you can usefully solve.

Under 4 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You let the body settle, then move your attention down out of the thinking and into the chest. Quiet over the clutter, trust over control. It ends on three lines about resting in the wisdom of your heart, your breath and this moment, and then you are back.

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]]>A short drop out of the head and into the heart, for the moment you are stuck in noise with nothing you can usefully solve.

Under 4 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You let the body settle, then move your attention down out of the thinking and into the chest. Quiet over the clutter, trust over control. It ends on three lines about resting in the wisdom of your heart, your breath and this moment, and then you are back.

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]]>701aceee-671f-4266-b962-4dc306f77a28Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -040003:48falsefull8282Quickly Back to Calm – A Gentle 3 Minute ResetQuickly Back to Calm – A Gentle 3 Minute ResetThree minutes, sitting or standing, for the moment it has all got a bit much and you cannot leave the room.

About 3 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Let gravity have the weight of you. Notice you are already breathing. You are not the thoughts, and you are not the story about how today is going. Let this moment be enough, let yourself be enough, and then go back in.

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]]>Three minutes, sitting or standing, for the moment it has all got a bit much and you cannot leave the room.

About 3 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Let gravity have the weight of you. Notice you are already breathing. You are not the thoughts, and you are not the story about how today is going. Let this moment be enough, let yourself be enough, and then go back in.

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]]>973dd6b9-2f2f-455e-a4ae-755e6227ee10Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -040003:14falsefull8181The Open Hand of Allowing: A Meditation for Releasing AttachmentsThe Open Hand of Allowing: A Meditation for Releasing AttachmentsMake a fist round the thing you are clinging to, then open your hand. Notice it does not fly off. That is the whole lesson.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

It can be an object, a person, a habit, or just how you think things ought to go. First you feel the grip, actually in your fingers. Then you open the hand and let it sit there like a butterfly, not pushed away and not held. Push at an attachment and it grips harder. Stop pushing and it starts to loosen on its own.

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]]>Make a fist round the thing you are clinging to, then open your hand. Notice it does not fly off. That is the whole lesson.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

It can be an object, a person, a habit, or just how you think things ought to go. First you feel the grip, actually in your fingers. Then you open the hand and let it sit there like a butterfly, not pushed away and not held. Push at an attachment and it grips harder. Stop pushing and it starts to loosen on its own.

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Steven

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]]>4fb8c792-7196-4858-a10b-7793c4247240Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -040010:52falsefull8080Stillness by the Sea: Ageing Gracefully with GratitudeStillness by the Sea: Ageing Gracefully with GratitudeFor the aches you have started apologising for. A weathered bench above a beach, and two younger versions of you already sitting on it.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The Japanese have wabi sabi, the beauty in the worn and the cracked. A bench left out in the salt for years. I think we can look at ourselves the same way. Every line and every ache is a record, not a fault. Your body has never once left you, and it has done its best with everything thrown at it.

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]]>For the aches you have started apologising for. A weathered bench above a beach, and two younger versions of you already sitting on it.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The Japanese have wabi sabi, the beauty in the worn and the cracked. A bench left out in the salt for years. I think we can look at ourselves the same way. Every line and every ache is a record, not a fault. Your body has never once left you, and it has done its best with everything thrown at it.

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

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]]>661f6236-6e5e-4ef9-bc35-7c6b69759b6cTue, 15 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -040015:01falsefull7979The Freedom of Forgiveness: Letting Go For YourselfThe Freedom of Forgiveness: Letting Go For YourselfForgiveness is not for them. You do it to stop drinking the poison and waiting for someone else to feel ill.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

In Zen there is mushin, no mind. Not empty, just roomy enough that things can arrive and leave again. You bring one person or one event, say plainly that it happened and it hurt, then ask what it taught you. I do not believe in forgive and forget. I do not think it is possible. You never have to tell them. It is not about them.

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]]>Forgiveness is not for them. You do it to stop drinking the poison and waiting for someone else to feel ill.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

In Zen there is mushin, no mind. Not empty, just roomy enough that things can arrive and leave again. You bring one person or one event, say plainly that it happened and it hurt, then ask what it taught you. I do not believe in forgive and forget. I do not think it is possible. You never have to tell them. It is not about them.

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Steven

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]]>7c9dfa8d-6d23-49c4-b986-10616da81e67Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -040010:50falsefull7878Afternoon Stillness for a Busy MindAfternoon Stillness for a Busy MindRecorded late in my own afternoon with too much still on the list. Five minutes to settle before the evening.

About 5 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Shoulders, eyes, forehead, breath. Nothing else in it. There is one idea here I keep coming back to. It is far easier to bring your calm to the world than to calm the world down first. We nearly always try it the hard way round.

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]]>Recorded late in my own afternoon with too much still on the list. Five minutes to settle before the evening.

About 5 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Shoulders, eyes, forehead, breath. Nothing else in it. There is one idea here I keep coming back to. It is far easier to bring your calm to the world than to calm the world down first. We nearly always try it the hard way round.

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]]>ea0a20e7-56c7-4e4c-821e-6ada05fcc7a5Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -040005:33falsefull7777A Dharma Meditation Beyond OverthinkingA Dharma Meditation Beyond OverthinkingShikantaza, which is Zen for just sitting. You do not fight the thoughts, suppress them or work them out. You just stop boarding them.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Sit on the platform and let the trains come in. That one is not yours, so you do not get on. Your mind hands you another straight away, and eventually it learns which ones you take. One line does most of the work here: I have thoughts, but I am not those thoughts.

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]]>Shikantaza, which is Zen for just sitting. You do not fight the thoughts, suppress them or work them out. You just stop boarding them.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Sit on the platform and let the trains come in. That one is not yours, so you do not get on. Your mind hands you another straight away, and eventually it learns which ones you take. One line does most of the work here: I have thoughts, but I am not those thoughts.

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]]>f9edf342-7c51-4e75-a176-6c7b1c02b710Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -040014:06falsefull7676Self Acceptance, the Zen WaySelf Acceptance, the Zen WayZen does not fix your life. It stops you needing to. A short talk and a sit, for anyone tired of working on themselves.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Somewhere along the line we were told peace is earned, and that once everything is sorted out we can finally rest. I think that is backwards. This one asks you to be the sky that lets every kind of weather through, and to sit with three lines: nothing to do, nowhere to get, nothing missing.

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]]>Zen does not fix your life. It stops you needing to. A short talk and a sit, for anyone tired of working on themselves.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Somewhere along the line we were told peace is earned, and that once everything is sorted out we can finally rest. I think that is backwards. This one asks you to be the sky that lets every kind of weather through, and to sit with three lines: nothing to do, nowhere to get, nothing missing.

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]]>cc6186bf-6a30-4202-a32c-f4c266a4c5f1Mon, 19 May 2025 09:00:00 -040012:26falsefull7575Expanding Your Circle of LoveExpanding Your Circle of LoveI use this one when I feel myself contracting, usually because of other people. A circle that keeps getting wider.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Your closest people first, in a circle around you on a meadow. Then it widens to the ones you half know, then to strangers, then to the ones you find difficult. If you meet resistance you soften round the edges rather than force it. Then the edge dissolves altogether and it is just love in, love out.

The companion talk episode: How Big Is Your Circle? Let's Talk Love and Acceptance

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]]>I use this one when I feel myself contracting, usually because of other people. A circle that keeps getting wider.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Your closest people first, in a circle around you on a meadow. Then it widens to the ones you half know, then to strangers, then to the ones you find difficult. If you meet resistance you soften round the edges rather than force it. Then the edge dissolves altogether and it is just love in, love out.

The companion talk episode: How Big Is Your Circle? Let's Talk Love and Acceptance

Treat me to a coffee, keep the podcast free, and get my Weekly Calm every Sunday. It is all on stevenwebb.uk

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Steven

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]]>e150aace-9e02-43a7-a665-1c5378a49f3eSun, 04 May 2025 09:00:00 -040012:03falsefull7474When You Feel Like It’s Never Enough: A Meditation for the Overwhelmed SoulWhen You Feel Like It’s Never Enough: A Meditation for the Overwhelmed SoulWhen everyone says you are doing enough and something inside you still says you are falling short. This is a place to rest, not to fix.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The part that says I must do more is not your enemy. It is a child that never felt finished. You let it ache and you hold it. Underneath is a bigger mind that already holds everything and wants nothing. You are both, and you are the one who sees both. I let the small mind ache. I let the big mind open. I rest in the middle.

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]]>When everyone says you are doing enough and something inside you still says you are falling short. This is a place to rest, not to fix.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The part that says I must do more is not your enemy. It is a child that never felt finished. You let it ache and you hold it. Underneath is a bigger mind that already holds everything and wants nothing. You are both, and you are the one who sees both. I let the small mind ache. I let the big mind open. I rest in the middle.

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Steven

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]]>67d7f1bd-4b97-47f7-9482-0e1943366c50Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -040013:40falsefull7373Disconnect from Overthinking and Find Peace in the Present MomentDisconnect from Overthinking and Find Peace in the Present MomentTurn the phone face down. Eight minutes of the actual world instead of the one on the screen.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You use what is really here. Sounds you do not bother naming, the air on your face, the chair under you. The pull to go and check something will come, and you can feel it come and not move. The real disconnection is noticing there is nothing you need to do with this moment.

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]]>Turn the phone face down. Eight minutes of the actual world instead of the one on the screen.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You use what is really here. Sounds you do not bother naming, the air on your face, the chair under you. The pull to go and check something will come, and you can feel it come and not move. The real disconnection is noticing there is nothing you need to do with this moment.

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Steven

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]]>7d90828e-c39b-43ca-b8c7-223d8a5b3aabSat, 15 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -040008:13falsefull7272A Simple Meditation for Deep SleepA Simple Meditation for Deep SleepFalling asleep is not something you do. It is something you allow. Eight minutes of getting out of the way.

About 8 minutes, mostly tense and release. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Toes, calves, thighs, arms, face, then everything at once. Tense and let go. It is the quickest reliable way into sleep there is, and it is nearly all of this episode. Somewhere in there the limbs stop feeling like yours to carry. The body goes first and the mind follows, which is the right way round.

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]]>Falling asleep is not something you do. It is something you allow. Eight minutes of getting out of the way.

About 8 minutes, mostly tense and release. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Toes, calves, thighs, arms, face, then everything at once. Tense and let go. It is the quickest reliable way into sleep there is, and it is nearly all of this episode. Somewhere in there the limbs stop feeling like yours to carry. The body goes first and the mind follows, which is the right way round.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>95657e70-cb95-4674-8463-6cf83243a720Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -040012:29falsefull7171Morning Stillness for a Peaceful, Resilient DayMorning Stillness for a Peaceful, Resilient DayYou become an old tree. Not to feel strong, but to notice the roots were already down there doing the work.

About 10 minutes, ending on the singing bowl.

There is a short poem in this one. Roots do not rush to reach the dark, they trust the slow unfurling. What is solid need not shout. The tree does not work at standing up, it simply is, and your resilience is the same. A tree does not grab hold of a leaf on the way past.

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]]>You become an old tree. Not to feel strong, but to notice the roots were already down there doing the work.

About 10 minutes, ending on the singing bowl.

There is a short poem in this one. Roots do not rush to reach the dark, they trust the slow unfurling. What is solid need not shout. The tree does not work at standing up, it simply is, and your resilience is the same. A tree does not grab hold of a leaf on the way past.

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Steven

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]]>8f1a1120-83e9-4c58-adbb-2a860578e068Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -040010:17falsefull7070A New Year’s Message of Love and Vulnerability (not a meditation)A New Year’s Message of Love and Vulnerability (not a meditation)A New Year message about needing people. I cannot put a jumper on without help, and it took me most of my life to stop saying no thanks.

About 9 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

Looking back at a year, you do not see a line. You see moments. The lad who chased me down the street with a pound for the bucket. The Canadian couple who were not offended when I called them American. You rely on people too. Everyone is climbing the same mountain from a different side, seeing something true and calling everyone else wrong. I end on I love you, and I mean it as acceptance.

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]]>A New Year message about needing people. I cannot put a jumper on without help, and it took me most of my life to stop saying no thanks.

About 9 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

Looking back at a year, you do not see a line. You see moments. The lad who chased me down the street with a pound for the bucket. The Canadian couple who were not offended when I called them American. You rely on people too. Everyone is climbing the same mountain from a different side, seeing something true and calling everyone else wrong. I end on I love you, and I mean it as acceptance.

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Steven

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]]>dfdaf5b6-9cbf-4512-b3cb-601c2d28ac86Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -040009:13falsefull6969Morning Stillness: A Simple Guided Meditation for Insight, Wisdom, and CompassionMorning Stillness: A Simple Guided Meditation for Insight, Wisdom, and CompassionThis is the one I actually do every morning. Seven minutes, nothing clever in it, and it sets the whole day.

About 7 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Two or three minutes settling, then the thoughts arrive and I thank them and go back to the breath. That is the practice. Underneath all the what am I doing and is this even working, there is a calm that was there the whole time. You do not have to do anything with it.

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]]>This is the one I actually do every morning. Seven minutes, nothing clever in it, and it sets the whole day.

About 7 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Two or three minutes settling, then the thoughts arrive and I thank them and go back to the breath. That is the practice. Underneath all the what am I doing and is this even working, there is a calm that was there the whole time. You do not have to do anything with it.

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Steven

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]]>4d799d51-74fd-4c38-9213-bb1ff6d1bf1fThu, 12 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -040006:46falsefull6868Building Confidence within VulnerabilityBuilding Confidence within VulnerabilityVulnerability is a door, not a hole. This one brings two more of your voices along to walk through it with you.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You bring up a time you felt exposed and stand it in front of a door. Fear turns up, and you say I see you, thank you for trying to protect me. Then courage stands one side of you and wisdom the other, and all three say the lines together. You are not alone in there, even when it is only you.

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]]>Vulnerability is a door, not a hole. This one brings two more of your voices along to walk through it with you.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You bring up a time you felt exposed and stand it in front of a door. Fear turns up, and you say I see you, thank you for trying to protect me. Then courage stands one side of you and wisdom the other, and all three say the lines together. You are not alone in there, even when it is only you.

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Steven

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]]>f3c6d9f5-a23f-4ba0-a4fa-6c41edc39a91Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -040012:44falsefull6767Morning Meditation to Calmly Face a Busy DayMorning Meditation to Calmly Face a Busy DayOverwhelm is usually you reaching too far forward, trying to hold the entire day at once before any of it has happened.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

So we shrink it. Each task becomes a stone in a stream, and you only meet the one in front of you. I will approach this day with calm and ease, handling one thing at a time. I am enough. When the overwhelm creeps back in, you thank it for the reminder and go back to the stone you are stood on.

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]]>Overwhelm is usually you reaching too far forward, trying to hold the entire day at once before any of it has happened.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

So we shrink it. Each task becomes a stone in a stream, and you only meet the one in front of you. I will approach this day with calm and ease, handling one thing at a time. I am enough. When the overwhelm creeps back in, you thank it for the reminder and go back to the stone you are stood on.

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]]>e6d3fa0b-9313-4aee-a0d5-e5e6dcb5d818Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -040010:20falsefull6666A Special Update: 500 Miles and a Heavy Heart – Philosophical Musings from the RoadA Special Update: 500 Miles and a Heavy Heart – Philosophical Musings from the RoadI was on the road doing 500 miles in my wheelchair for the air ambulance when I got the message that a friend had died.

About 16 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

He broke his neck a couple of years before I broke mine, same level, same everything. He wrote a book. He flew planes. An hour after I heard, my ego said carry on and my body said no, and I had that argument with myself the whole way. The gift is that I am still here and so are you. Do not go looking for one life purpose. Ask what your purpose is right now, and it is usually much smaller than you think.

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]]>I was on the road doing 500 miles in my wheelchair for the air ambulance when I got the message that a friend had died.

About 16 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

He broke his neck a couple of years before I broke mine, same level, same everything. He wrote a book. He flew planes. An hour after I heard, my ego said carry on and my body said no, and I had that argument with myself the whole way. The gift is that I am still here and so are you. Do not go looking for one life purpose. Ask what your purpose is right now, and it is usually much smaller than you think.

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Steven

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]]>30ea76e5-c5c8-4408-b722-b616dfa6201eSun, 15 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -040016:43falsefull6565Simple Meditation for OverwhelmSimple Meditation for OverwhelmI recorded this while I was overwhelmed. So it is not a technique I am teaching you, it is the thing I actually do, done out loud with you.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Soften the gaze, let the body drop, and stay with breathing in calm, breathing out relax. Nothing clever anywhere in it. Ten minutes later the world is exactly the same world, and the whole difference is on the inside. You did not quieten yourself down. You allowed it, and that is a different thing.

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]]>I recorded this while I was overwhelmed. So it is not a technique I am teaching you, it is the thing I actually do, done out loud with you.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Soften the gaze, let the body drop, and stay with breathing in calm, breathing out relax. Nothing clever anywhere in it. Ten minutes later the world is exactly the same world, and the whole difference is on the inside. You did not quieten yourself down. You allowed it, and that is a different thing.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>3c1b0ece-a716-41cb-a708-a432e6fad2bfSun, 28 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -040013:13falsefull6464Uncomplicated Calm: Meditation for Everyday Peace (With Music)Uncomplicated Calm: Meditation for Everyday Peace (With Music)Ten years of teaching and this is still the one I would keep. Sit, be aware, do nothing with any of it.

About 15 minutes, with music underneath.

There are long stretches in here where I say nothing at all. Your mind will try to convince you that the thinking is the awareness. It is not. Watch for the gaps between the thoughts, the little moments of nothing. That witness is the part of you that is always calm.

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]]>Ten years of teaching and this is still the one I would keep. Sit, be aware, do nothing with any of it.

About 15 minutes, with music underneath.

There are long stretches in here where I say nothing at all. Your mind will try to convince you that the thinking is the awareness. It is not. Watch for the gaps between the thoughts, the little moments of nothing. That witness is the part of you that is always calm.

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Steven

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]]>a503dab9-9eed-4087-8b21-1499ebf64273Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -040014:44falsefull6363Peace for your Overactive MindPeace for your Overactive MindYour mind is not broken for being loud. It is a sky, and the thoughts are weather crossing it.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A calm mind is not a busy mind that finally shut up. It is muddy water left alone until it clears. So we watch the thoughts pass like clouds, and notice the game they play: the second you catch one, the mind slips you another. Watch that game long enough and it gets funny rather than frightening.

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]]>Your mind is not broken for being loud. It is a sky, and the thoughts are weather crossing it.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A calm mind is not a busy mind that finally shut up. It is muddy water left alone until it clears. So we watch the thoughts pass like clouds, and notice the game they play: the second you catch one, the mind slips you another. Watch that game long enough and it gets funny rather than frightening.

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]]>b275c8cb-0cbf-4703-9f0e-47455e0d1483Sun, 30 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -040014:34falsefull6262Peregrine Falcon: A Journey of Confidence and Calm - MeditationPeregrine Falcon: A Journey of Confidence and Calm - MeditationThere are peregrines nesting on the cathedral down the road from me. I sat in town one day wondering what one of them sees, and made this.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You end up on a bench by a river, watching one circle above the trees. In no hurry, not hungry, just up there. It is not frightened of anything on the ground and it does not fight the wind, it rides it. Then you take that back down to something today you have been dreading, and look at it from higher up.

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]]>There are peregrines nesting on the cathedral down the road from me. I sat in town one day wondering what one of them sees, and made this.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You end up on a bench by a river, watching one circle above the trees. In no hurry, not hungry, just up there. It is not frightened of anything on the ground and it does not fight the wind, it rides it. Then you take that back down to something today you have been dreading, and look at it from higher up.

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]]>1d030d2c-4474-4244-a03c-9d4bf6bec160Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -040014:48falsefull6161Finding Stillness in Difficult Times – Mountain MeditationFinding Stillness in Difficult Times – Mountain MeditationThe weather changes. The mountain does not. An old meditation of mine, back by request, for when everything outside you is going off.

About 18 minutes, ending on the singing bowl.

You picture a mountain in real detail, the trees, the snow, the clouds sitting on top of it. Then you let it become you. Storms arrive on the outside and it stays exactly where it is. I leave you sitting in that for a couple of minutes and keep an eye on the clock.

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]]>The weather changes. The mountain does not. An old meditation of mine, back by request, for when everything outside you is going off.

About 18 minutes, ending on the singing bowl.

You picture a mountain in real detail, the trees, the snow, the clouds sitting on top of it. Then you let it become you. Storms arrive on the outside and it stays exactly where it is. I leave you sitting in that for a couple of minutes and keep an eye on the clock.

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]]>19cf5d25-cb74-4f9c-887c-78a680c8f566Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -040018:07falsefull6060Kids Sleep Story: The Lost Pillow and FriendsKids Sleep Story: The Lost Pillow and FriendsA bedtime story for children. A lost pillow, a forest at night, and six animals who all know where it is and come along anyway.

About 13 minutes, for children at bedtime.

Daisy the deer, Sammy the squirrel, Benny the badger, Ruby the rabbit, Timmy the turtle and Walter the wise owl. Each one gives a small piece of advice and joins the search. The pillow was on the bed the whole time, and the bed turns out to be big enough for everybody.

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]]>A bedtime story for children. A lost pillow, a forest at night, and six animals who all know where it is and come along anyway.

About 13 minutes, for children at bedtime.

Daisy the deer, Sammy the squirrel, Benny the badger, Ruby the rabbit, Timmy the turtle and Walter the wise owl. Each one gives a small piece of advice and joins the search. The pillow was on the bed the whole time, and the bed turns out to be big enough for everybody.

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Steven

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]]>76a721e4-dd8e-4538-9e6e-a1c32da23deaFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 -040030:37falsefull5959Morning Meditation to Energize Body and MindMorning Meditation to Energize Body and MindCalm does not have to mean flat. This is the morning one for waking the whole thing up, energy and excitement included.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk into a forest with the sun coming up, and in a clearing there is a pool of golden water. You step into it and let the warmth fill you. It finishes with loving kindness, for you and for everyone you will meet today, because energy on its own is not much use without some compassion behind it.

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]]>Calm does not have to mean flat. This is the morning one for waking the whole thing up, energy and excitement included.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk into a forest with the sun coming up, and in a clearing there is a pool of golden water. You step into it and let the warmth fill you. It finishes with loving kindness, for you and for everyone you will meet today, because energy on its own is not much use without some compassion behind it.

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]]>74e7d859-b721-414a-b161-f85b1abc1e9eSun, 26 May 2024 09:00:00 -040013:19falsefull5858I Am Enough Meditation (Simple and Direct)I Am Enough Meditation (Simple and Direct)For the days you feel you are not enough. Ten short lines, said plainly, no build up. The last one is the title.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Three lines for self-compassion, three for inner strength, four for your own worth. You say each one after me and try to feel it as already true, today and yesterday and next year. It closes with a hand on your heart. May I be happy. May I be well. May I be loved.

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]]>For the days you feel you are not enough. Ten short lines, said plainly, no build up. The last one is the title.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Three lines for self-compassion, three for inner strength, four for your own worth. You say each one after me and try to feel it as already true, today and yesterday and next year. It closes with a hand on your heart. May I be happy. May I be well. May I be loved.

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]]>065aed98-7ac7-4531-a2c5-0901c1f7eb11Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -040013:51falsefull5757Returning to Your Breath for Calm and PeaceReturning to Your Breath for Calm and PeaceDeliberately simple, so you can take it anywhere. The car, the corridor outside a meeting, the kitchen with a child pulling at your hand.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

One idea sits underneath it. When you breathe in, the universe breathes out. There is a balance in every breath, and it is always available, whatever else is going on around you. Thich Nhat Hanh said returning to the breath is like kissing the floor with every step. That is the whole practice, and it is enough.

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]]>Deliberately simple, so you can take it anywhere. The car, the corridor outside a meeting, the kitchen with a child pulling at your hand.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

One idea sits underneath it. When you breathe in, the universe breathes out. There is a balance in every breath, and it is always available, whatever else is going on around you. Thich Nhat Hanh said returning to the breath is like kissing the floor with every step. That is the whole practice, and it is enough.

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]]>4c045ed2-e4cd-4951-af4b-aae1bc778e9aMon, 01 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -040012:15falsefull5656The Anxiety Companion MeditationThe Anxiety Companion MeditationYour anxiety is not the enemy. It is a jumpy friend trying to keep you safe, and sometimes it gets it wrong. This one sits you both down.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You bring up a small anxious feeling, find where it sits in the body, and look at it with curiosity instead of dread. Then you ask it the honest question: what are you trying to tell me? You thank it for all the watching it has done, and you agree some boundaries about how loud it needs to be. It stops being a thing to get rid of.

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]]>Your anxiety is not the enemy. It is a jumpy friend trying to keep you safe, and sometimes it gets it wrong. This one sits you both down.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You bring up a small anxious feeling, find where it sits in the body, and look at it with curiosity instead of dread. Then you ask it the honest question: what are you trying to tell me? You thank it for all the watching it has done, and you agree some boundaries about how loud it needs to be. It stops being a thing to get rid of.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>8e5b1d21-4e9a-481d-9997-d6b93647d4c4Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -040015:00falsefull5555That Awesome Do Nothing Meditation – Reduce Stress and Deeper InsightThat Awesome Do Nothing Meditation – Reduce Stress and Deeper InsightNo goal here. Nothing to achieve. Not even relaxing, because that would be doing something. Easier said than done, and I know it.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We have built a world where even sitting down to relax is a task on the list. So this one asks for nothing at all. The breath comes and goes, sounds come and go, and the thought that says this is a waste of time comes and goes too. You let all of it. What is left is a moment with no pressure in it anywhere.

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Steven

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]]>No goal here. Nothing to achieve. Not even relaxing, because that would be doing something. Easier said than done, and I know it.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We have built a world where even sitting down to relax is a task on the list. So this one asks for nothing at all. The breath comes and goes, sounds come and go, and the thought that says this is a waste of time comes and goes too. You let all of it. What is left is a moment with no pressure in it anywhere.

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

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]]>cca64cb2-201d-4569-bac7-d24a5aaf9f0aFri, 08 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -040013:31falsefull5454Evening Meditation: Peaceful Reflection and GratitudeEvening Meditation: Peaceful Reflection and GratitudeA quiet walk back through your day at the end of it. The good bits and the hard bits, both worth a thank you before you sleep.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We start at the moment you woke up and move slowly through the day. You stop on a couple of small joys, a decent coffee, a stranger's smile, a thing you actually finished. Then the harder moments, not to pick over, just to notice what they taught you. It works a bit like journaling, except you do it in your body, and it settles you for sleep.

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Steven

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]]>A quiet walk back through your day at the end of it. The good bits and the hard bits, both worth a thank you before you sleep.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We start at the moment you woke up and move slowly through the day. You stop on a couple of small joys, a decent coffee, a stranger's smile, a thing you actually finished. Then the harder moments, not to pick over, just to notice what they taught you. It works a bit like journaling, except you do it in your body, and it settles you for sleep.

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

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]]>e7125f6c-62bf-4b54-b8d5-353f011e1c8eSat, 24 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -040012:46falsefull5353A Meditation to Connect with Your Inner WisdomA Meditation to Connect with Your Inner WisdomFor when you know the answer is in there somewhere and you cannot get at it. A walk to a clearing, to meet the wise one you already are.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You sit on a fallen tree with a figure who is everything you would want in a wise teacher. You ask them something you are worried about. The answer might arrive as a word, a feeling or a picture, and somewhere in it you notice the answer is coming from you. That is rather the point.

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]]>For when you know the answer is in there somewhere and you cannot get at it. A walk to a clearing, to meet the wise one you already are.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You sit on a fallen tree with a figure who is everything you would want in a wise teacher. You ask them something you are worried about. The answer might arrive as a word, a feeling or a picture, and somewhere in it you notice the answer is coming from you. That is rather the point.

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

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]]>c6ceb717-6c0a-4154-851d-f4172a74e276Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -040013:17falsefull5252How to Meditate: Even If You Think You Can'tHow to Meditate: Even If You Think You Can'tI could not meditate for twenty years. Too fidgety, mind like a firework. If that is you, stay to the end.

A 23 minute talk, with a guided practice at the end.

I gave up at 27 after about three minutes. I started again at 40, at rock bottom, because every book I picked up told me to and I got tired of turning the page. Here I go through what meditation is not, the three kinds I actually use, focus, awareness and intention, and then we do all three together. Not once do I ask you to stop your thoughts. That was never going to happen.

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Steven

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]]>I could not meditate for twenty years. Too fidgety, mind like a firework. If that is you, stay to the end.

A 23 minute talk, with a guided practice at the end.

I gave up at 27 after about three minutes. I started again at 40, at rock bottom, because every book I picked up told me to and I got tired of turning the page. Here I go through what meditation is not, the three kinds I actually use, focus, awareness and intention, and then we do all three together. Not once do I ask you to stop your thoughts. That was never going to happen.

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

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]]>67977a08-fea7-40b7-80f1-40f3fa5b8718Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -040023:08falsefull5151Calming Strong and Persistent ThoughtsCalming Strong and Persistent ThoughtsFor the thought that will not shift. The stubborn one that keeps coming back no matter what you try.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Here is what helps. A relentless thought is not one thought hanging about. It is a brand new thought each time, like a river that sounds the same and never is. So you stop wrestling it and start acknowledging it. Thank you, thought. That is all it ever wanted, the same as anyone.

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]]>For the thought that will not shift. The stubborn one that keeps coming back no matter what you try.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Here is what helps. A relentless thought is not one thought hanging about. It is a brand new thought each time, like a river that sounds the same and never is. So you stop wrestling it and start acknowledging it. Thank you, thought. That is all it ever wanted, the same as anyone.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>5af30cc4-d0db-4843-8d10-477a92b5d7f6Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -040013:47falsefull5050Morning: Confidence and Self Belief MeditationMorning: Confidence and Self Belief MeditationYou stand in front of a mirror and the person looking back is the confident version. Not a stranger, just you with the volume up.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Notice the posture, notice what the eyes are doing. Then the lines, and you have to mean them. I believe in my abilities and decisions. I am worthy of respect and acceptance. Challenges are opportunities for growth. Confidence is not something we build from nothing. It is already in there being ignored.

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]]>You stand in front of a mirror and the person looking back is the confident version. Not a stranger, just you with the volume up.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Notice the posture, notice what the eyes are doing. Then the lines, and you have to mean them. I believe in my abilities and decisions. I am worthy of respect and acceptance. Challenges are opportunities for growth. Confidence is not something we build from nothing. It is already in there being ignored.

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

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]]>0083eef4-6838-4ee3-a4ed-2e6c95fce375Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -040011:49falsefull4949Whole Body Gratitude and HealingWhole Body Gratitude and HealingYou go through the body and actually talk to it. Hi toes, how are you? Then you wait, and you listen to what comes back.

About 16 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Toes, feet, ankles, all the way up. Each part gets asked, gets a moment to answer, and gets thanked for what it does. Sometimes a part tells you something you had not noticed. Sore, swollen, tired. I do this a couple of times a month, because we rarely check in with the thing carrying us around.

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Steven

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]]>You go through the body and actually talk to it. Hi toes, how are you? Then you wait, and you listen to what comes back.

About 16 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Toes, feet, ankles, all the way up. Each part gets asked, gets a moment to answer, and gets thanked for what it does. Sometimes a part tells you something you had not noticed. Sore, swollen, tired. I do this a couple of times a month, because we rarely check in with the thing carrying us around.

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

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]]>af07f7d5-816c-493d-891e-00a8f8f0b8b3Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -040016:26falsefull48481 Million Hearts Touched: The Journey and Voice of Inner Peace Meditations1 Million Hearts Touched: The Journey and Voice of Inner Peace MeditationsA million downloads, so here is who the voice belongs to. Broken neck at 18, rock bottom at 40, and still cannot meditate to save my life.

About 8 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

I was the kid told to sit on his hands. My granddad took his own life when I was twelve, we lived in a caravan for a while, and I took an overdose the same year I broke my neck. At 40 I was suffering far too much, and every book I opened told me to meditate. I do not care much about the number. I am still that seven year old who wants to help.

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]]>A million downloads, so here is who the voice belongs to. Broken neck at 18, rock bottom at 40, and still cannot meditate to save my life.

About 8 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

I was the kid told to sit on his hands. My granddad took his own life when I was twelve, we lived in a caravan for a while, and I took an overdose the same year I broke my neck. At 40 I was suffering far too much, and every book I opened told me to meditate. I do not care much about the number. I am still that seven year old who wants to help.

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

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]]>d3983c81-afc5-47d7-9598-3e8137040bedWed, 24 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -040007:49falsefull4747Secret Life of a Raindrop: Ultimate Sleep StorySecret Life of a Raindrop: Ultimate Sleep StoryA sleep story written so you never hear the end of it. A raindrop leaves a cloud, and I get quieter as it goes.

About 41 minutes, tense and release first. You are not meant to reach the end.

Tense and release first, every muscle from your feet upwards, because that is the proven part and it does most of the work. Then the raindrop falls, lands in a forest, finds a river and ends in the sea. If you miss a chapter it does not matter. Catch it tomorrow night.

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Steven

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]]>A sleep story written so you never hear the end of it. A raindrop leaves a cloud, and I get quieter as it goes.

About 41 minutes, tense and release first. You are not meant to reach the end.

Tense and release first, every muscle from your feet upwards, because that is the proven part and it does most of the work. Then the raindrop falls, lands in a forest, finds a river and ends in the sea. If you miss a chapter it does not matter. Catch it tomorrow night.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>1811db66-8bea-4fed-a11b-bac0e69e0729Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -040001:00:00falsefull4646Simple Calmness: When Meditation Is DifficultSimple Calmness: When Meditation Is DifficultI am a terrible meditator. Still am, after ten years. So I broke it into four steps and stopped trying to do the lot at once.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Still, quiet, open, curious. One at a time, and no rush between them. Meditation is the gym, not the race. You are not training to sit better, you are training for the meeting you did not want and the driver who cuts you up. Aim at a quiet mind and the opposite happens.

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]]>I am a terrible meditator. Still am, after ten years. So I broke it into four steps and stopped trying to do the lot at once.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Still, quiet, open, curious. One at a time, and no rush between them. Meditation is the gym, not the race. You are not training to sit better, you are training for the meeting you did not want and the driver who cuts you up. Aim at a quiet mind and the opposite happens.

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

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]]>e7dc869b-8f86-4a5e-a225-a249f153c5eaWed, 03 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -040015:29falsefull4545Simple Calm Awareness Meditation for Inner PeaceSimple Calm Awareness Meditation for Inner PeaceFor people who find meditation hard. No silencing anything, no forty minutes on a cushion. We just use sound.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Start with my voice and the gaps in it, and notice a word is only a noise until your mind decides what it means. Then widen out to what you can feel, taste, smell. Some of the best sittings take no effort at all. If it slips, back to the breath, and that is fine.

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Steven

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]]>For people who find meditation hard. No silencing anything, no forty minutes on a cushion. We just use sound.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Start with my voice and the gaps in it, and notice a word is only a noise until your mind decides what it means. Then widen out to what you can feel, taste, smell. Some of the best sittings take no effort at all. If it slips, back to the breath, and that is fine.

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

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]]>bc229a86-ee50-4202-96af-4531f1a6557aTue, 05 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -040013:34falsefull4444Beyond Thoughts and Emotions: The Serene ObserverBeyond Thoughts and Emotions: The Serene ObserverThere is a difference between I am depressed and I am feeling depressed. This whole meditation lives in that gap.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Thoughts first, then feelings, and the same line each time. I have thoughts, I am not those thoughts. I have feelings, I am not those feelings. Here is the proof: if you were them, you could not be aware of them. The chair can be aware of the table but not of the chair.

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]]>There is a difference between I am depressed and I am feeling depressed. This whole meditation lives in that gap.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Thoughts first, then feelings, and the same line each time. I have thoughts, I am not those thoughts. I have feelings, I am not those feelings. Here is the proof: if you were them, you could not be aware of them. The chair can be aware of the table but not of the chair.

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Steven

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]]>bb871a77-ae4e-4e77-8559-405ea4cf4c27Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -040012:26falsefull4343Finding Joy in the Present Moment (Short and Simple)Finding Joy in the Present Moment (Short and Simple)Six minutes on the idea that there is already some joy in this moment, waiting to be found rather than built.

About 6 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Breathe joy in as light and breathe out whatever is in the way of it. Then move to your senses and notice they are gifts you had this whole time. Two lines to sit with. In this moment I am open to joy. In this moment I can feel joy.

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]]>Six minutes on the idea that there is already some joy in this moment, waiting to be found rather than built.

About 6 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Breathe joy in as light and breathe out whatever is in the way of it. Then move to your senses and notice they are gifts you had this whole time. Two lines to sit with. In this moment I am open to joy. In this moment I can feel joy.

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]]>0ff64186-9c49-4f81-be74-03f855c25860Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -040006:00falsefull4242The Simple Zen Path to Letting GoThe Simple Zen Path to Letting GoAs a boy I filled my pockets with pebbles off Perranporth beach, and I would not let anyone near them. Not even to call them stones.

About 17 minutes, a talk with a meditation at the end.

The West has butchered what letting go means. It does not mean forget it and move on, because you cannot. In Zen it means every moment is arising and you do not have to put it in your pocket. You can enjoy the pebble and leave it there. Not clinging and not pushing away, which is the middle way, and it is the whole of it.

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]]>As a boy I filled my pockets with pebbles off Perranporth beach, and I would not let anyone near them. Not even to call them stones.

About 17 minutes, a talk with a meditation at the end.

The West has butchered what letting go means. It does not mean forget it and move on, because you cannot. In Zen it means every moment is arising and you do not have to put it in your pocket. You can enjoy the pebble and leave it there. Not clinging and not pushing away, which is the middle way, and it is the whole of it.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>fe787de8-5b76-4f6f-b7e0-1e3ea9f10744Mon, 13 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -040016:57falsefull4141Your Emotional Safe HavenYour Emotional Safe HavenYou build a safe place, then you build a way back into it. A touch, a necklace, a hand in a pocket. Something you can do in a crowded room.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk through a doorway into an empty space and furnish it yourself. Pictures, smells, birds, people you trust. Then you pick a physical gesture as the anchor, step out, and use the gesture to step back in. We practise that a few times, because the point is not the visit. It is being able to go back whenever you need to.

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]]>You build a safe place, then you build a way back into it. A touch, a necklace, a hand in a pocket. Something you can do in a crowded room.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk through a doorway into an empty space and furnish it yourself. Pictures, smells, birds, people you trust. Then you pick a physical gesture as the anchor, step out, and use the gesture to step back in. We practise that a few times, because the point is not the visit. It is being able to go back whenever you need to.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>2f1a8bb7-57a5-451e-a3e9-0e1a30bc8b36Sat, 21 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -040015:03falsefull4040A Meditation for When Relaxation Seems ImpossibleA Meditation for When Relaxation Seems ImpossibleI recorded this because I did not want to meditate and had been putting it off. So we do it together and I keep it short.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Nothing much is asked of you. Not even relaxing. You make a game of it instead. What can I be aware of right now? A sound, the heat on your skin, a bit of tension that lets go the second you notice it. Meditation does not have to be a big thing every time. Sometimes it is just sitting down and noticing.

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]]>I recorded this because I did not want to meditate and had been putting it off. So we do it together and I keep it short.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Nothing much is asked of you. Not even relaxing. You make a game of it instead. What can I be aware of right now? A sound, the heat on your skin, a bit of tension that lets go the second you notice it. Meditation does not have to be a big thing every time. Sometimes it is just sitting down and noticing.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>00967ac3-7280-42a5-8e4f-e6095d3a33c1Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -040010:06falsefull3939A Heartfelt Pause: 3 Minutes to Inner PeaceA Heartfelt Pause: 3 Minutes to Inner PeaceThree minutes, and most of it is a warm light spreading out from you until it has gone right round the world.

About 3 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Three deep breaths to start. Then the light grows through you and keeps going, out to the people near you, the pets, the animals, the whole globe. Two lines to take away with you. May my mind be calm. May my heart be open.

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]]>Three minutes, and most of it is a warm light spreading out from you until it has gone right round the world.

About 3 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Three deep breaths to start. Then the light grows through you and keeps going, out to the people near you, the pets, the animals, the whole globe. Two lines to take away with you. May my mind be calm. May my heart be open.

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

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]]>c4b8d8d0-c830-47be-be78-648ff119fb6dSun, 08 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -040002:57falsefull3838A Journey to Inner Calm and LoveA Journey to Inner Calm and LoveLoving kindness, and then the awkward bit where you turn it back on yourself.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You go to your own quiet place, then bring a friend, then a stranger, then everyone. Easy enough so far. Then you point it at yourself and something in you resists. We are taught to send love outwards and to go looking for it elsewhere. Love is acceptance, and accepting yourself exactly as you are today is the hardest one on the list.

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]]>Loving kindness, and then the awkward bit where you turn it back on yourself.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You go to your own quiet place, then bring a friend, then a stranger, then everyone. Easy enough so far. Then you point it at yourself and something in you resists. We are taught to send love outwards and to go looking for it elsewhere. Love is acceptance, and accepting yourself exactly as you are today is the hardest one on the list.

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

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]]>e564a51d-380c-4387-9f37-ba3f8110f997Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -040013:16falsefull3737Sleep Soundly: Lake of TranquillitySleep Soundly: Lake of TranquillityA rowing boat, a slow river, and a lake that goes still in the middle. You are meant to be gone by then.

About 16 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Tense and release first, legs then arms then everything, because that is the part that gets the body to sleep. Then the path you have walked a hundred times, the wooden decking, and your own boat waiting on it. You push off, drift down to the lake, and there is a pillow and a quilt already in there.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>A rowing boat, a slow river, and a lake that goes still in the middle. You are meant to be gone by then.

About 16 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Tense and release first, legs then arms then everything, because that is the part that gets the body to sleep. Then the path you have walked a hundred times, the wooden decking, and your own boat waiting on it. You push off, drift down to the lake, and there is a pillow and a quilt already in there.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>b7ae7aa4-847d-47c3-9b4c-edd5f0ac8729Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -040040:24falsefull3636Afternoon Lunchtime Boost: Confidence, Energy, and JoyAfternoon Lunchtime Boost: Confidence, Energy, and JoyThe afternoon dip, when there is still half a day left and not much left in you. Eleven minutes to get some back.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A ball of golden light comes down through the crown of your head and fills you as it goes. Three lines about being capable, then you go looking for one good thing already in today. It might only be a phone call. Even the roughest days have something in them if you stop long enough to look.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>The afternoon dip, when there is still half a day left and not much left in you. Eleven minutes to get some back.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A ball of golden light comes down through the crown of your head and fills you as it goes. Three lines about being capable, then you go looking for one good thing already in today. It might only be a phone call. Even the roughest days have something in them if you stop long enough to look.

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

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]]>203a1ef2-127d-4cc2-a656-f29c03b4b42bThu, 21 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -040011:30falsefull3535Morning Meditation: Finding Joy in Every DayMorning Meditation: Finding Joy in Every DayThree things, in a set order. An object, a person, and something you actually pulled off recently.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The object can be your kettle or your quilt. Picture waking without it, then picture having it back. The person can be a pet, or someone who is gone. Then you tell them the thing you managed, and how proud of it you are. That last bit is usually the uncomfortable one. That is where the joy is.

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Steven

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]]>Three things, in a set order. An object, a person, and something you actually pulled off recently.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

The object can be your kettle or your quilt. Picture waking without it, then picture having it back. The person can be a pet, or someone who is gone. Then you tell them the thing you managed, and how proud of it you are. That last bit is usually the uncomfortable one. That is where the joy is.

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

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]]>edecb1b6-0656-4085-ad80-a87fda0ddb35Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -040014:48falsefull3434Perfect Meditation for the Toughest DaysPerfect Meditation for the Toughest DaysFor the day you already know is going to be hard. Best done before it starts.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A warm light comes down through you and takes the weight off as it goes. Four lines about being stronger than what is in front of you. Then you go back to a day you did not think you would get through, and you did. You have already proved it once. Let gratitude be the anchor and your own wisdom do the teaching.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>For the day you already know is going to be hard. Best done before it starts.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A warm light comes down through you and takes the weight off as it goes. Four lines about being stronger than what is in front of you. Then you go back to a day you did not think you would get through, and you did. You have already proved it once. Let gratitude be the anchor and your own wisdom do the teaching.

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

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]]>17857e0a-1011-4ac9-9f61-ce939710b7adWed, 30 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -040013:45falsefull3333Mindbody Reset Meditation for Calm, Wisdom, and ConfidenceMindbody Reset Meditation for Calm, Wisdom, and ConfidenceA reset for the middle of the day, wherever you happen to be. Sat at a desk, sat in the car, it does not matter.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Sounds first, including the gaps between my words, because all of it is arriving and none of it needs anything from you. Then a scan down the body, giving each bit of tension permission rather than forcing it. Then the affirmations. I am calm and centred. I release the stress that does not serve me.

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Steven

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]]>A reset for the middle of the day, wherever you happen to be. Sat at a desk, sat in the car, it does not matter.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Sounds first, including the gaps between my words, because all of it is arriving and none of it needs anything from you. Then a scan down the body, giving each bit of tension permission rather than forcing it. Then the affirmations. I am calm and centred. I release the stress that does not serve me.

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

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]]>74627b4e-392e-4626-a84b-3c4556f4eb03Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -040012:46falsefull3232Embracing Change Through Nature’s GuidanceEmbracing Change Through Nature's GuidanceThe forest of uncertainty, which is a grand name for everything you do not yet know. Twelve minutes of walking into it anyway.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is a creek where every droplet is a change. Some cause ripples, some do not, and the creek gets on with it either way. Then an oak in a clearing that is you, and a seed you leave beside it. The one thing that is certain is that everything changes.

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]]>The forest of uncertainty, which is a grand name for everything you do not yet know. Twelve minutes of walking into it anyway.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is a creek where every droplet is a change. Some cause ripples, some do not, and the creek gets on with it either way. Then an oak in a clearing that is you, and a seed you leave beside it. The one thing that is certain is that everything changes.

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

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]]>42d8885a-d1ae-4b5e-bcd3-ab87b66ad08eTue, 25 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -040011:49falsefull3131[No Intro] A New Day: Rise and Shine Guided Meditation[No Intro] A New Day: Rise and Shine Guided MeditationThe same Rise and Shine meditation, with the introduction cut off. Press play and you are straight into it.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

This is the one to use every morning once you know how it goes. Body scan, golden light through the crown, then the intention. Today I am focused, productive and energised. Everything I need is within me. No preamble, no explaining, straight in.

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Steven

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]]>The same Rise and Shine meditation, with the introduction cut off. Press play and you are straight into it.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

This is the one to use every morning once you know how it goes. Body scan, golden light through the crown, then the intention. Today I am focused, productive and energised. Everything I need is within me. No preamble, no explaining, straight in.

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

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]]>1f2b6fb7-a3df-4964-b532-387855857477Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -040010:41falsefull3030A New Day: Rise and Shine Guided MeditationA New Day: Rise and Shine Guided MeditationClear the morning fog, then a golden light through the crown of your head, then one intention you carry out of the door.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A body scan to arrive, then you picture your brightest self and let the light fill you. Today I am focused, productive and energised. Everything I need is within me. It ends on one thing to be grateful for, which can be as small as hearing a bird. There is a version of this with no introduction, so you can run it daily.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>Clear the morning fog, then a golden light through the crown of your head, then one intention you carry out of the door.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A body scan to arrive, then you picture your brightest self and let the light fill you. Today I am focused, productive and energised. Everything I need is within me. It ends on one thing to be grateful for, which can be as small as hearing a bird. There is a version of this with no introduction, so you can run it daily.

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

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]]>bd11235e-e914-481b-937d-821ba235bc23Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -040011:47falsefull2929Enchanted Garden: Healing from Heartbreak and Emotional PainEnchanted Garden: Healing from Heartbreak and Emotional PainFor heartbreak, and for pain that has been sat there a while. A neglected garden, and a watering can with your name on it.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You go through an iron gate into a garden that has gone to seed. Each wilted plant is one of the feelings. A lost love here, regret there, loneliness in the corner. You water them rather than pull them up. It does not pretend heartbreak takes weeks, because it can take years. But a heart blown wide open ends up holding more.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>For heartbreak, and for pain that has been sat there a while. A neglected garden, and a watering can with your name on it.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You go through an iron gate into a garden that has gone to seed. Each wilted plant is one of the feelings. A lost love here, regret there, loneliness in the corner. You water them rather than pull them up. It does not pretend heartbreak takes weeks, because it can take years. But a heart blown wide open ends up holding more.

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

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]]>6b6a360c-a468-46a6-ab99-77b89627b535Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -040011:57falsefull2828Embracing the Moment: A Duck Pond Meditation [Recorded Live]Embracing the Moment: A Duck Pond Meditation [Recorded Live]Recorded on a bench by the duck pond, birds and all. Proof that this does not need a cushion, a candle or a quiet room.

About 13 minutes, recorded outdoors, eyes open.

You label things instead of making stories out of them. Plane. Duck. Thought. No picture, no plot. The ducks do the teaching. One lands too close to another, there is a two second flap, and then straight back to calm. They do not ring a friend about it or complain online for the next five hours.

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Steven

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]]>Recorded on a bench by the duck pond, birds and all. Proof that this does not need a cushion, a candle or a quiet room.

About 13 minutes, recorded outdoors, eyes open.

You label things instead of making stories out of them. Plane. Duck. Thought. No picture, no plot. The ducks do the teaching. One lands too close to another, there is a two second flap, and then straight back to calm. They do not ring a friend about it or complain online for the next five hours.

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

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]]>87d7c21e-0e8a-4bbd-8944-c069a844872dSun, 25 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -040012:41falsefull27273 Minutes Peaceful Pause: When you need calmness fast!3 Minutes Peaceful Pause: When you need calmness first!No time for a retreat, a cave, or twenty minutes on a cushion. Four minutes, wherever you are standing right now.

About 4 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Shake out your arms, let the body drop, and follow one line all the way through: breathing in calm, breathing out relax. A thought turns up, you do nothing with it. A noise turns up, you do nothing with that either. That is the whole practice, and it is the bit you can take back out into the day.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>No time for a retreat, a cave, or twenty minutes on a cushion. Four minutes, wherever you are standing right now.

About 4 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Shake out your arms, let the body drop, and follow one line all the way through: breathing in calm, breathing out relax. A thought turns up, you do nothing with it. A noise turns up, you do nothing with that either. That is the whole practice, and it is the bit you can take back out into the day.

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

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]]>631a94de-25b7-4c61-a5c8-1444657794b8Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -040004:12falsefull2626The Observer at the River’s Edge: Inner Peace for Busy MindsThe Observer at the River's Edge: Inner Peace for Busy MindsI wrote this one for myself, because my mind never stops. It is still the one I use when I need the noise turned down.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You sit on a riverbank and every thought is a leaf going past. Some drift straight through. Some spin about in a little whirlpool a while before they go. You are the bank, not the leaves. One line runs all the way through it. I have thoughts, but I am not those thoughts.

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]]>I wrote this one for myself, because my mind never stops. It is still the one I use when I need the noise turned down.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You sit on a riverbank and every thought is a leaf going past. Some drift straight through. Some spin about in a little whirlpool a while before they go. You are the bank, not the leaves. One line runs all the way through it. I have thoughts, but I am not those thoughts.

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

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]]>d73b71bf-d149-4efb-961f-07ccd0cda080Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -040013:09falsefull2525Morning Serenity: A Meditation for Energy, Confidence, and GratitudeMorning Serenity: A Meditation for Energy, Confidence, and GratitudeEnergy, confidence and gratitude in one morning sit. Best done daily for a fortnight, until you can run it yourself without me.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Light comes up out of the earth through your feet and fills you as it goes. Then you walk through the day ahead before it happens, handling it well. It lands on one line worth taking out the door: I am enough, just as I am. Then three things to be grateful for, or one if three is a stretch this morning.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>Energy, confidence and gratitude in one morning sit. Best done daily for a fortnight, until you can run it yourself without me.

About 12 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Light comes up out of the earth through your feet and fills you as it goes. Then you walk through the day ahead before it happens, handling it well. It lands on one line worth taking out the door: I am enough, just as I am. Then three things to be grateful for, or one if three is a stretch this morning.

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

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]]>78472b7a-2cb1-4367-b438-53efd241e6ceMon, 29 May 2023 09:00:00 -040011:59falsefull2424Instant Anxiety Relief The Peaceful Pause Guided MeditationInstant Anxiety Relief The Peaceful Pause Guided MeditationAnxiety is a message, not an emergency. You do not have to do anything with it. Sit with it a few minutes and watch the room go quiet.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Breathing in calm, breathing out relaxed, and that is most of it. When the anxious feeling turns up you do not push it off. You say hello and let it sit there. What surprises people is that the room seems to settle too, and then everything past the room.

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Steven

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]]>Anxiety is a message, not an emergency. You do not have to do anything with it. Sit with it a few minutes and watch the room go quiet.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Breathing in calm, breathing out relaxed, and that is most of it. When the anxious feeling turns up you do not push it off. You say hello and let it sit there. What surprises people is that the room seems to settle too, and then everything past the room.

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

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]]>bbe50139-23fb-4e5e-a0f8-b7c069a733f8Sat, 20 May 2023 09:00:00 -040007:57falsefull2323Journey to Deep Sleep: A Guided MeditationJourney to Deep Sleep: A Guided MeditationBuilt to put you under, so not while you are driving. A countdown you are not meant to finish.

About 14 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Two lines first, to tell the back of your mind it is safe to go to sleep. Then tense and release, section by section, which is the bit that does the work. Then a soft path through a forest, and a staircase of cloud counting down from ten. It works better the more nights you use it.

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Steven

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]]>Built to put you under, so not while you are driving. A countdown you are not meant to finish.

About 14 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Two lines first, to tell the back of your mind it is safe to go to sleep. Then tense and release, section by section, which is the bit that does the work. Then a soft path through a forest, and a staircase of cloud counting down from ten. It works better the more nights you use it.

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

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]]>07ebe018-bd68-48a0-a43b-dfd68a108d59Sun, 14 May 2023 09:00:00 -040025:14falsefull2222Journey to Profound Awareness: A Meditation for Deep InsightJourney to Profound Awareness: A Meditation for Deep InsightAwareness has one job. To be aware. Not to be aware and then do something about it. The simplest meditation I teach, and the one that changes most.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You widen out in stages. Breath first, then the whole body, then thoughts, then everything arriving from the room. Nothing gets fixed on and nothing gets fixed. What you build is a gap between what turns up and what you do about it. Sit with this daily for a few weeks and it works on you.

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]]>Awareness has one job. To be aware. Not to be aware and then do something about it. The simplest meditation I teach, and the one that changes most.

About 14 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You widen out in stages. Breath first, then the whole body, then thoughts, then everything arriving from the room. Nothing gets fixed on and nothing gets fixed. What you build is a gap between what turns up and what you do about it. Sit with this daily for a few weeks and it works on you.

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

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]]>ef157cd4-842a-437b-8650-b3c0efb630bcSun, 30 Apr 2023 08:00:00 -040014:17falsefull2121Ocean’s Embrace: Dissolving Self-DoubtOcean's Embrace: Dissolving Self-DoubtThe waves do the work here. Each one pulls a bit of the doubt out with the sand and leaves something steadier behind.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk down a beach until the water is running over your feet. Then it turns into an exchange. Breathe in confidence, breathe out self doubt, with the sea doing the same thing in and out beside you. Nature has a way of getting you back to your own wisdom without you having to think your way there.

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]]>The waves do the work here. Each one pulls a bit of the doubt out with the sand and leaves something steadier behind.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk down a beach until the water is running over your feet. Then it turns into an exchange. Breathe in confidence, breathe out self doubt, with the sea doing the same thing in and out beside you. Nature has a way of getting you back to your own wisdom without you having to think your way there.

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

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]]>bf3fcce4-a393-40aa-9e2a-cc87efe84e35Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:30:00 -040010:30falsefull2020Sunrise Gratitude: Welcoming a New DaySunrise Gratitude: Welcoming a New DayGratitude before the day gets hold of you. Four rounds of it: your body, your people, your place, and the things that happened to you.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You thank your heart for keeping going and your legs for carrying you. Then the faces, pets included, and the roof over you. Last, the experiences, the welcome ones and the ones you would not have chosen. I finish on the kettle, because nobody notices the kettle until the morning it stops working.

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Steven

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]]>Gratitude before the day gets hold of you. Four rounds of it: your body, your people, your place, and the things that happened to you.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You thank your heart for keeping going and your legs for carrying you. Then the faces, pets included, and the roof over you. Last, the experiences, the welcome ones and the ones you would not have chosen. I finish on the kettle, because nobody notices the kettle until the morning it stops working.

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

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]]>c2178f7b-36ce-4685-a77c-f437a5572846Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:00:00 -040011:31falsefull1919The 5-Minute Reset: A Simple Meditation for Busy MindsThe 5-Minute Reset: A Simple Meditation for Busy MindsThe meditation for non meditators and anyone who cannot shut their head up. Five minutes, and it works by not trying.

About 5 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Sit down to quieten your mind and the mind treats it as a party invitation. Sit down to quieten your body and the mind goes, fine, I can do that. So we do the body and let the head follow it. A nice little trick to have.

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]]>The meditation for non meditators and anyone who cannot shut their head up. Five minutes, and it works by not trying.

About 5 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Sit down to quieten your mind and the mind treats it as a party invitation. Sit down to quieten your body and the mind goes, fine, I can do that. So we do the body and let the head follow it. A nice little trick to have.

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

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]]>9eb6703d-6f4a-44f2-8902-c94db813260aTue, 28 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -040005:16falsefull1818Wildflower Wisdom: Embrace your TRUE SELF and build CONFIDENCEWildflower Wisdom: Embrace your TRUE SELF and build CONFIDENCEA meadow full of wildflowers, not one of them worrying about the others. Nine minutes on being one of them.

About 9 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Each flower blooms on its own without checking what the rest are doing. They know they are part of the field and they are still entirely themselves. They bend in the weather rather than fight it. If you get an itch during this, scratch it. No sense torturing yourself for ten minutes over an itch.

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Steven

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]]>A meadow full of wildflowers, not one of them worrying about the others. Nine minutes on being one of them.

About 9 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Each flower blooms on its own without checking what the rest are doing. They know they are part of the field and they are still entirely themselves. They bend in the weather rather than fight it. If you get an itch during this, scratch it. No sense torturing yourself for ten minutes over an itch.

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]]>8a044f99-af78-4b5f-8c28-aef388c184bdThu, 09 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -040009:24falsefull1717Starting the Day with Peace and ConfidenceStarting the Day with Peace and ConfidenceFor the morning you have to walk into something and would rather not. A forest at sunrise, and a stone to stand on until you feel steady.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk into the trees with the sun coming up, and the path takes you to a clearing with one big smooth stone in the middle. You step onto it and feel how solid it is under your feet. Then you take that steadiness back down the path with you, and out into the day.

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]]>For the morning you have to walk into something and would rather not. A forest at sunrise, and a stone to stand on until you feel steady.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk into the trees with the sun coming up, and the path takes you to a clearing with one big smooth stone in the middle. You step onto it and feel how solid it is under your feet. Then you take that steadiness back down the path with you, and out into the day.

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Steven

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]]>c90600d0-db56-4961-97bd-faefee050e84Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:00:00 -040007:29falsefull1616Building Confidence and Inner WisdomBuilding Confidence and Inner WisdomFor the day you have a decision to make and no confidence in yourself to make it.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Nothing gets pushed away in this one. Thoughts come, sounds come, and you watch them like a leaf floating down a river. The calm is not a reward for stopping the noise. It is what is left once you stop wrestling with it, and that gap is where your better decisions live.

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]]>For the day you have a decision to make and no confidence in yourself to make it.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Nothing gets pushed away in this one. Thoughts come, sounds come, and you watch them like a leaf floating down a river. The calm is not a reward for stopping the noise. It is what is left once you stop wrestling with it, and that gap is where your better decisions live.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>b75f811b-e8e2-49d4-8fc6-49b09b26e671Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:00:00 -040010:01falsefull1515Grateful and A Positive Start To Your DayGrateful and A Positive Start To Your DayFour things to be grateful for, in order. A person, an object, something you are going through, and one thing about today.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A warm light starts in your chest and spreads out as you breathe. Then you name each one and finish the sentence, I am grateful for, and say why. The thing you are going through does not have to be a good thing. It only has to be teaching you something. Do this daily for two or three weeks and it changes how you see the day.

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]]>Four things to be grateful for, in order. A person, an object, something you are going through, and one thing about today.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

A warm light starts in your chest and spreads out as you breathe. Then you name each one and finish the sentence, I am grateful for, and say why. The thing you are going through does not have to be a good thing. It only has to be teaching you something. Do this daily for two or three weeks and it changes how you see the day.

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

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]]>d404b4b3-bbf3-4c85-8704-c6d46e21a9c5Sun, 15 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -040012:35falsefull1414Relaxing after a Busy DayRelaxing after a Busy DayYou have not stopped all day. This is the wind down, before the evening properly starts.

About 9 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We start at the top of your head and work down to your toes, asking each part whether it is holding anything. Then you picture somewhere calm, a beach or a meadow, and you stay there a while. Thoughts still turn up. Give them a nod and let them carry on their merry way.

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]]>You have not stopped all day. This is the wind down, before the evening properly starts.

About 9 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We start at the top of your head and work down to your toes, asking each part whether it is holding anything. Then you picture somewhere calm, a beach or a meadow, and you stay there a while. Thoughts still turn up. Give them a nod and let them carry on their merry way.

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

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]]>30fceebc-c826-4cf2-92ad-201219b83885Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -040007:53falsefull1313Guided Deep Sleep Meditation Story (Peaceful Meadow)Guided Deep Sleep Meditation Story (Peaceful Meadow)A meadow at sunset with the light going orange and pink, and nowhere at all to be.

About 15 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

We start with tense and release through the body, which is the part that actually gets you to sleep. Write down anything nagging first, because the mind treats a written thing as dealt with. Then you sit in the meadow with the birds and the breeze and let the thoughts slow down until they stop arriving.

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Steven

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]]>A meadow at sunset with the light going orange and pink, and nowhere at all to be.

About 15 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

We start with tense and release through the body, which is the part that actually gets you to sleep. Write down anything nagging first, because the mind treats a written thing as dealt with. Then you sit in the meadow with the birds and the breeze and let the thoughts slow down until they stop arriving.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

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]]>0ad57a05-6206-40c2-a153-9974c05fc95bSat, 07 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -040035:44falsefull1212Resilience and Confidence Tree MeditationResilience and Confidence Tree MeditationOne oak, a few hundred years old, alone in the middle of a field. Then you stop looking at it and become it.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You feel the roots going down and the top of you moving in the wind. There is a creak up there and it does not worry you, because you are planted. Breathe in resilience, breathe out calm. It finishes on a line I rather like. Right, I can be a tree.

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]]>One oak, a few hundred years old, alone in the middle of a field. Then you stop looking at it and become it.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You feel the roots going down and the top of you moving in the wind. There is a creak up there and it does not worry you, because you are planted. Breathe in resilience, breathe out calm. It finishes on a line I rather like. Right, I can be a tree.

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Steven

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]]>119a6458-b149-4990-a9a3-534ade862f9eSun, 10 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -040007:43falsefull1111Deep Sleep Affirmations Perfect for Falling to SleepDeep Sleep Affirmations Perfect for Falling to SleepNothing to picture and nowhere to walk. Just short lines, said twice, until your mind stops arguing about whether it is safe to sleep.

About 15 minutes. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

My bedroom is ideal for deep healing sleep. Today is already over. My heart is grateful, my mind is quiet, my body is sleeping. You repeat each one after me and they get slower and quieter as we go. It is the plainest thing on the feed, and for some people it is the only one that works.

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]]>Nothing to picture and nowhere to walk. Just short lines, said twice, until your mind stops arguing about whether it is safe to sleep.

About 15 minutes. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

My bedroom is ideal for deep healing sleep. Today is already over. My heart is grateful, my mind is quiet, my body is sleeping. You repeat each one after me and they get slower and quieter as we go. It is the plainest thing on the feed, and for some people it is the only one that works.

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

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]]>2d9dfc91-688c-47ad-9480-4d4fcbf7fe58Fri, 14 May 2021 09:00:00 -040015:38falsefull1010Stressed to Calm in 5 Minutes (includes wave sounds)Stressed to Calm in 5 Minutes (includes wave sounds)Five minutes from wound up to ready. Do it in the car, on the edge of the bed, or at the kitchen table.

About 5 minutes, with wave sounds underneath.

Arms up, big breath in, arms down on the way out. Then two deep ones, held and let go slowly. After that you leave the breath alone and let it find its own rhythm. Your natural state is already the relaxed one. You are only getting out of its way.

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]]>Five minutes from wound up to ready. Do it in the car, on the edge of the bed, or at the kitchen table.

About 5 minutes, with wave sounds underneath.

Arms up, big breath in, arms down on the way out. Then two deep ones, held and let go slowly. After that you leave the breath alone and let it find its own rhythm. Your natural state is already the relaxed one. You are only getting out of its way.

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

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]]>2cf93248-69c6-4932-ba87-f031b65aff74Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 -040002:29falsefull99My Peaceful Place (Guided Meditation for Timeout)My Peaceful Place (Guided Meditation for Timeout)Not escaping the moment. Bringing some calm into it, and then taking that out into the rest of the day.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You pick the place, not me. Somewhere in nature you actually like, where nobody will find you. Then you fill in the detail. The weather, the breeze, what you are sitting on, what you can hear. I leave you there a couple of minutes and keep an eye on the clock.

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]]>Not escaping the moment. Bringing some calm into it, and then taking that out into the rest of the day.

About 11 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You pick the place, not me. Somewhere in nature you actually like, where nobody will find you. Then you fill in the detail. The weather, the breeze, what you are sitting on, what you can hear. I leave you there a couple of minutes and keep an eye on the clock.

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

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]]>54b78b9d-72bf-46f2-a2d8-fe16af39930bFri, 16 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -040009:59falsefull88Forest of Curiosity (Reduce Anxiety and Stress)Forest of Curiosity (Reduce Anxiety and Stress)A forest where nothing in it will hurt you. Everything you meet is friendly, and you have nowhere to be afterwards.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk in and the light comes through the tops of the trees in patches. Animals pop their heads up, have a look at you, then get on with their day. You end up sat at the base of a big tree by a stream, watching butterflies. Take the curiosity back out with you, because you can go there from a car park or a waiting room.

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]]>A forest where nothing in it will hurt you. Everything you meet is friendly, and you have nowhere to be afterwards.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

You walk in and the light comes through the tops of the trees in patches. Animals pop their heads up, have a look at you, then get on with their day. You end up sat at the base of a big tree by a stream, watching butterflies. Take the curiosity back out with you, because you can go there from a car park or a waiting room.

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

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]]>4e30781a-79e7-40aa-9633-e31d8ec769fdThu, 01 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -040012:26falsefull77Discover the Infinite Possibilities of Your True SelfDiscover the Infinite Possibilities of Your True SelfWho is doing the observing? There is no answer, and the more confused you get, the closer you probably are.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We watch the breath in real detail. The start of it, the speeding up, the pause where it changes direction. Then I ask who is watching, and you go looking, and there is nobody there to find. From that place there is no wanting, no pushing and no fear. Everything else comes out of it, which means you are not stuck being who you have always been.

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]]>Who is doing the observing? There is no answer, and the more confused you get, the closer you probably are.

About 13 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

We watch the breath in real detail. The start of it, the speeding up, the pause where it changes direction. Then I ask who is watching, and you go looking, and there is nobody there to find. From that place there is no wanting, no pushing and no fear. Everything else comes out of it, which means you are not stuck being who you have always been.

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

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]]>4c22e1f9-871a-4a5a-9583-bc3a619a80d2Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -040012:28falsefull66Morning Gratitude for Yourself and AllMorning Gratitude for Yourself and AllGratitude only works once it becomes a habit. Do this one for a few weeks, until you can run it without me.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Breathe in appreciation, breathe out thank you. That is the shape of the whole thing. Your body first, then one person who is always there or always was, then everything you own, right down to the kettle that made your drink. It finishes on whatever you take the universe to be. God, source, mystery. Your call entirely.

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]]>Gratitude only works once it becomes a habit. Do this one for a few weeks, until you can run it without me.

About 10 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Breathe in appreciation, breathe out thank you. That is the shape of the whole thing. Your body first, then one person who is always there or always was, then everything you own, right down to the kettle that made your drink. It finishes on whatever you take the universe to be. God, source, mystery. Your call entirely.

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

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]]>d67a9f96-7c04-40ad-bae1-d4d4c2afd906Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -040009:38falsefull55Guided Meditation to Reduce Stress and AnxietyGuided Meditation to Reduce Stress and AnxietyThe simplest one I have, and probably the most effective. Breathe in calm, breathe out relax. That is the whole thing.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Two words on the way in, two on the way out. The first is for the mind, the second is for the body. I use this before every other meditation I record, and any time my own head is going too fast. After a while the words drop away and it just happens on its own.

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]]>The simplest one I have, and probably the most effective. Breathe in calm, breathe out relax. That is the whole thing.

About 8 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

Two words on the way in, two on the way out. The first is for the mind, the second is for the body. I use this before every other meditation I record, and any time my own head is going too fast. After a while the words drop away and it just happens on its own.

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

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]]>26da8d3b-8167-4954-96c2-a4cf2e86a1e4Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -040006:46falsefull44Healing and Loving Your Inner ChildHealing and Loving Your Inner ChildYou cannot change what happened. You can change how it sits in you. This one sets up a room where the younger you gets what they needed.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is a room inside your heart with a comfortable chair in it. Your younger self turns up, not knowing who you are, only that you are calm and safe and worth trusting. Then you swap places and sit in their seat, which is the hard part. Receiving the love is always harder than giving it. Things can come up here. That is allowed.

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]]>You cannot change what happened. You can change how it sits in you. This one sets up a room where the younger you gets what they needed.

About 15 minutes, no music, just a quiet voice.

There is a room inside your heart with a comfortable chair in it. Your younger self turns up, not knowing who you are, only that you are calm and safe and worth trusting. Then you swap places and sit in their seat, which is the hard part. Receiving the love is always harder than giving it. Things can come up here. That is allowed.

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

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]]>5ada1687-dd3d-4aef-9596-41882b0fab65Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -040013:58falsefull33Deep Sleep Guided MeditationDeep Sleep Guided MeditationTense and release, a countdown from ten, then a slow walk by a river where you throw the day in.

About 25 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Write down anything pressing before you start. The mind treats a written thing as handled. Then tense and release through the body, which is the part that actually gets you to sleep, then the countdown, then the bench by the river. Every thought that no longer serves you goes in the water. If you miss the instructions, that is it working.

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]]>Tense and release, a countdown from ten, then a slow walk by a river where you throw the day in.

About 25 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

Write down anything pressing before you start. The mind treats a written thing as handled. Then tense and release through the body, which is the part that actually gets you to sleep, then the countdown, then the bench by the river. Every thought that no longer serves you goes in the water. If you miss the instructions, that is it working.

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

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]]>7fc30045-d419-4da5-8cfb-58afae79c89dMon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -040059:01falsefull22The Log Cabin: Deep Sleep MeditationThe Log Cabin: Deep Sleep MeditationA log cabin on the side of a mountain, a fire already going, and a book you have read a hundred times before.

About 16 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

We start with tense and release, working up the whole body. That is not a warm up. It is one of the most reliable ways there is of getting to sleep quickly, and it does most of the work before the story starts. Then you fetch logs from the shed, stop for the sunset, and settle into the chair with your drink. The fire burns down. You get into bed.

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]]>A log cabin on the side of a mountain, a fire already going, and a book you have read a hundred times before.

About 16 minutes, tense and release first. Only listen where it is safe to sleep.

We start with tense and release, working up the whole body. That is not a warm up. It is one of the most reliable ways there is of getting to sleep quickly, and it does most of the work before the story starts. Then you fetch logs from the shed, stop for the sunset, and settle into the chair with your drink. The fire burns down. You get into bed.

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

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]]>1230ff38-a7f9-4ab5-b627-faa6d81a55a6Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -040023:07falsefull11