Feeling Space

The first practice: discovering imagined space as the doorway into open attention.

Guided open-attention meditation · about 6 minutes · eyes closed

The player includes recorded narration and adjustable room tone. Start when you are ready. You can pause or end at any point.

About the practice

The questions invite an experience of space and attention. There is no correct sensation to produce and no score. This player does not measure brainwaves or confirm alpha synchrony.

Transcript

Spoken cues from the session script. The recording leaves space between these lines; pauses are part of the practice.

Settle into a comfortable position, and when you are ready, let your eyes close.

There is nothing to achieve in the next few minutes. The questions you hear are invitations, not tests. Whatever happens when you hear one is the right answer.

Begin by noticing your breathing, just as it is. No need to change it.

Now, gently: can you imagine the distance from one ear to the other?

Can you imagine that distance as open space — a volume, resting inside your head?

Can you imagine the space between your eyes?

Can you imagine the space inside your mouth and throat — not the tissue, just the openness?

If you notice effort, or trying, that is useful. Let the question hold itself, lightly, like something floating.

Can you imagine your whole head as a region of open space?

Now let the space spread downward. Can you imagine the space inside your neck and shoulders?

Can you imagine the space inside your chest, expanding and settling as you breathe?

Thoughts will come. When you notice one, you might imagine the space the thought is happening in.

Can you imagine the space inside your whole body, all at once — your head, chest, arms, and legs — one continuous openness?

And around you: can you imagine the space of the room, and your body resting inside it, made of the same openness?

Rest here. Nothing to hold, nothing to watch. Everything at once, evenly.

In a moment, the session will end. Before it does, notice how your body feels now, compared to a few minutes ago.

When the bell sounds, open your eyes slowly — and see if the room can stay wide as you do.

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