Hello and welcome to another episode of Mindfulness Plus. My name is Thomas McConkey. Thank you for listening today.

Well, I find myself in a familiar place.

I am recording this particular episode from the little nook underneath my stairwell.

We've been in studio during season five, thanks to some generous support from our sponsors.

And today, as we're just coming out of the holidays, I wanted

to record a little bit more lengthy of a meditation for you. In the last few seasons, every

four episodes or so, I'd actually give you a longer meditation that you could sink into a little bit,

kind of feel more of the depths of the practice through more extended formal practice periods.

So we're going to do that today.

And I do it in the spirit of being open to this new year that is totally full of possibility, this new year, this moment,

this now that is utterly pregnant with possibility.

This new year. Thank you. The This moment right now is one of my favorite phases of meditation.

You have an intention to practice for a little bit of time here. Maybe you're sitting, maybe you're lying down, standing, walking.

Whatever you're doing, whatever the shape, the posture of the body, you can take these

first few moments to do nothing or as close to nothing as you can tolerate.

Just let the body return to its natural state.

You're not trying to make something happen.

You can't make something happen.

Not anything that's ultimately important anyway.

You're making way for something, for stillness, for openness, for grace.

Settle in. Thank you. Stay with it.

Particularly when you're in stillness,

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