In this meditation, we return once again to the foundational form of relaxation and stillness that lies at the heart of contemplative practice.
Having a simple, familiar method that we can enter at any time — in any place — helps strengthen the muscles of attention and allows us to deepen our meditation more naturally and more fully. This practice of “recovering the form” is both a beginning again and a way of deepening what we already know.
Together, we move through the essential elements of the practice: grounding the body, relaxing tension, checking in honestly with how we are, and returning to the breath as the anchor of the present moment.
This meditation gently guides us back to the deep stillness beneath thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations — the place of pure awareness where we remember that we are held in divine love.
Reset meditations are designed as reliable return points — practical, steadying and deeply restorative — especially during busy or distracted seasons of life.
This meditation offers support for grounding, emotional regulation, stress relief, returning to stillness and strengthening a daily contemplative practice.
It can be used as part of a daily meditation practice, as a reset during stressful moments, or as a calming meditation for sleep, winding down and evening stillness.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: Recovering the basic form
00:48 – Opening bell
01:08 – Marking the meditation with ritual
01:44 – Settling into posture
02:38 – Scanning the body for tension
03:27 – Asking: How am I?
04:30 – Relaxing the body into stillness
05:10 – “I have a body, but I am more”
05:36 – Observing thoughts and feelings
06:34 – “I have thoughts and feelings, but I am more”
07:00 – Following the breath to the still point
07:53 – Resting in the centre of awareness
08:15 – “I am I”
09:04 – Meditating for self and others
09:29 – Resting in stillness
10:35 – Returning through the breath
11:21 – Reconnecting with the body
11:51 – Closing bell