About this episode Experience a soothing, unhurried meditation designed to help you unwind and release the stresses of the day. Set in a calm, quiet voice reminiscent of a peaceful evening, this session guides you through gentle breathing and visualization techniques that promote relaxation and mental clarity. Perfect for winding down before sleep, 'Sunset Surrender' offers a tranquil escape, leaving you feeling refreshed, centered, and ready for restful rest.
0:00 The average person has about sixty-thousand thoughts per day.0:13 Last time, in our Sunset Surrender, we began to unwind the body.0:27 Tonight, we create a gentle space for the mind.0:38 So let’s begin.0:41 Find a position that feels comfortable for you.0:52 Lying down, perhaps.0:56 Or seated, with your back supported.1:04 There is nothing to do right now.1:12 Nowhere to be.1:15 Simply arrive.1:18 Allow your eyes to close, if they haven't already.1:29 And bring your awareness to your breath.1:38 Noticing the gentle rise on the inhale.1:47 And the soft fall on the exhale.1:54 No need to change a thing.2:00 Just observing.2:03 With each exhale, feel a little more weight release into the surface beneath you.2:21 Allowing the jaw to soften.2:27 The small muscles around your eyes to release.2:38 Feeling the shoulders fall away from the ears.2:48 Heavy and at ease.2:52 Your arms are resting.2:57 Your hands are soft.3:01 Breathing in.3:04 And breathing out.3:08 Letting go of the day.3:13 Now, bring to your mind’s eye the image of a vast, open sky.3:27 A boundless blue, stretching in all directions.3:37 This sky is your awareness.3:43 Calm.3:44 Open.3:45 Always present.3:49 As you rest here, you may notice thoughts appearing.4:00 These are the clouds.4:05 Some thoughts might be small and wispy, drifting by almost unnoticed.4:20 Others might be large, dark, and heavy… seeming to fill the whole sky for a moment.4:39 Your task is not to stop the clouds.4:47 It is not to change them.4:53 Or to judge them.4:56 It is simply to watch them drift.5:04 See a thought arrive… like a cloud forming on the horizon.5:17 Acknowledge it without getting caught up in its story.5:29 And then… watch as it floats on by, eventually dissolving back into the vastness.5:47 If you prefer, you can imagine yourself beside a slow, gentle stream.6:02 Each thought is a leaf that lands on the water's surface.6:15 You just watch it float away.6:22 Down the stream.6:25 Out of sight.6:28 Another thought arrives.6:33 Another leaf.6:36 You watch it go.6:40 There is no need to rush.6:46 There is no need to hold on.6:52 Notice the space between the thoughts.7:00 That quiet stillness.7:05 That is your peace.7:09 That is YOU.7:12 The sky remains, even when the clouds pass.7:22 The stream flows on, long after the leaf is gone.7:32 Rest here now.7:36 In this quiet, open space.7:41 Breathing.7:44 Being.7:45 The day is done.7:49 Peace is the space between the thoughts.
