Do you have any other guided meditation or materials, here or on the web? I have been listening to your guided meditations many times and I am interested for more.

99 Keys to a Daily Meditation Practice

10: PRACTICING FREEDOM OF AWARENESS

Instruction: To choose ease in my breath and body

Part of me finds the idea of having to “show up for myself” insulting. Part of me thinks, “Maybe I won’t get out of bed until someone else shows they care.” But what I’ve learned is that the feeling of not being chosen, though shaped by early experiences with others, is now caused primarily by my not choosing myself. We’re all like this, I think. And when we look at depression this way, we start to understand the importance of what I call the Reverse Golden Rule: Do unto yourself as you wish others had done unto you.

Meditation is the art of choosing yourself, not by pampering yourself or talking yourself up on social media (for how deep can these gestures go?) — but by choosing, above all, to put your mind on good things: your breath, your blessings, the ease in your body. And once you make up your mind that you are going to exercise your freedom of awareness, you find that ease and wellbeing are ALWAYS present somewhere in body and mind. You just have to hunt for them.

So here’s the practice: Today, in your sitting and throughout your day, make it a “treasure hunt” to find ease in your breath and body. Take inventory of any places where you have pleasant sensations and gather these sensations without forcing them to be bigger than they are. You don’t need a huge display of fireworks. A little ease is all you need if you are willing to put your awareness there and only there.

10: Practicing Freedom Of Awareness

99 Keys to a Daily Meditation Practice

Each audio segment contains a short explanation of a particular technique, a discussion of its importance, and a guided meditation. The guided meditations tend to be between 5 and 15 minutes long, but new practitioners sitting without guidance should feel free to do just five minutes daily. Consistency is everything. These techniques and practices come, more or less, from the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism. Emphasis is on developing a sustainable, daily practice, rather than on creating one-time experiences that may dazzle but do not transform.

10: Practicing Freedom Of Awareness

99 Keys to a Daily Meditation Practice

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