Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeA Lighter Start to the DayMeditation teacher Steven Webb guides a gentle eight minute meditation to ease you into the morning. It is for anyone who wakes already braced for the day, and it helps you begin a little softer, one breath and one moment at a time.Who this meditation is forYou wake with the day already feeling heavy before it has begunYour shoulders are up and your jaw is tight before your feet touch the floorYou reach for the whole to-do list the moment you open your eyesYou want a calmer, kinder start before the rush takes overKey benefitsA softer, slower way into the dayLess bracing in the body, looser shoulders and a softer faceA reminder that the day comes one moment at a time, not all at onceThree small morning intentions to carry with youIf you'd like to contact Steven or support his work, go to https://stevenwebb.uk

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeMeditation teacher Steven Webb guides you to a quiet railway station where each passing train is simply a thought. Instead of climbing aboard every worry and to do, you learn to stay on the bench and watch them come and go. It is a gentle way to step back from a busy mind and rest in the stillness underneath.Who this meditation is for:The person lying awake while their mind runs through tomorrowAnyone caught in a loop of worry they cannot seem to put downThe overthinker who treats every thought as something to act onSomeone who wants a short, kind way back to calm in the middle of a noisy dayAnyone curious about what it feels like to watch their thoughts rather than be pulled by themKey benefits:A simple image you can return to any time the mind speeds upRelief from the pull to follow every anxious thoughtA felt sense of the quiet that sits between the thoughtsA way to meet a busy mind with kindness instead of a fightA few minutes of genuine rest without needing to fix anythingIf you'd like to contact Steven or support his work, go to https://stevenwebb.uk

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeThis is a gentle Zen influenced meditation on giving space to thoughts, feelings and body sensations.Steven Webb guides you through the image of a closed shed and then an open field, so you can feel the difference between being crowded by what arises and giving it enough room to be seen clearly.We begin by arriving just as we are. No forcing calm. No pushing thoughts away. No trying to fix every feeling that appears. A thought may appear, a feeling may appear, a pain may appear, or a worry may appear. The practice is to notice it without immediately following it, arguing with it, explaining it, or turning it into a problem.Inside the closed shed, a thought or feeling can feel loud, close and urgent. It can seem as if it fills the whole space. Then the door opens. Light comes in. You step into a wider field with sky, air and room in every direction. The same thought may still be there, but now there is space around it. It is no longer the whole truth. It is something passing through.This meditation is for anyone who feels crowded by their own thoughts, emotions, body sensations, worries or stories. It is also a companion practice for the Stillness in the Storms episode on giving space as a form of love.Space does not mean distance from life. Space means just enough room to see clearly.Who this meditation is for:Anyone whose thoughts feel loud or crowdedPeople who want to stop fixing every feeling as soon as it appearsListeners who find Zen helpful when it stays practical and groundedAnyone learning to pause before reactingPeople who need a little more room around worry, pain or emotionWhat it may help with:Creating a gap between awareness and reactionSeeing thoughts and feelings more clearlySoftening the urge to fix everything immediatelyPractising spaciousness through guided imageryReturning to the body with more kindness and less pressureIf this meditation meant something to you, please share it, leave a review, or treat me to a coffee: stevenwebb.uk

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeThe carer. The parent. The partner. The friend who always answers the phone. The one who keeps going because other people need them to.This meditation is for that person.In this gentle loving kindness practice, Steven Webb guides you to set down the weight of carrying others, just for a few minutes. Not forever. Not because you no longer care. But because the one who holds everyone else also needs to be held.Using three simple phrases, may I be held, may I be soft, may I rest, this meditation helps you turn kindness back towards yourself before offering it to someone you care for, and then to all those quietly carrying others.This is not about pretending the responsibility has gone. It is about softening your grip around it, giving your body a little room, and remembering that love is wider than the weight.If you are emotionally tired, caring for someone, or simply used to being the strong one, this meditation is for you.

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeMeditation teacher Steven Webb offers a short evening practice for the moment when work is done but the day has not quite left the body. Around six minutes of quiet noticing for anyone coming home with the day still held in jaw, shoulders, and breath. Gentle, undemanding, and suitable for any seat, sofa, or floor.Who this meditation is forThe commuter who has walked through the front door and still cannot feel homeThe parent who has finished the day's tasks and is still carrying the day's noiseThe remote worker who closed the laptop an hour ago and is still pacing the kitchenAnyone whose shoulders are up by their ears at eight in the eveningThe one who knows the day is over but cannot quite put it downKey benefitsReleases the day's residue from jaw, shoulders, and the small space behind the eyesMarks a clear threshold between the working self and the rest of the eveningSettles the body without asking for any particular outcomeThree quiet wishes to let what was done, what came, and what is unfinished restShort enough to do before dinner, long enough to make a differenceIf you'd like to contact Steven or support his work, go to https://stevenwebb.uk

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeA gentle, lying-down practice for the moment before the day begins.Most of us meet our body for the first time each day in those first few minutes after waking, before we move. The shoulders that ache. The back that protests. The first stretch that tells us what kind of day we're going to negotiate with.This is a meditation for that moment. It's permissive, soft, and meant to be done lying down, before you get up. We move slowly through the body and ask one simple question of each part: what do you need today? You may not get a clear answer. The practice is the asking, not the answer.Suitable for anyone navigating a changing body, chronic pain, the ordinary aches of getting older, or simply a tired morning. Stay in bed for this one if you can.Companion episode: Waking Up to Body Betrayal: How to Find Peace in the Pain on the Stillness in the Storms podcast. On the soldiers inside you, the difference between pain and the story you add, and the ancient violin you wake into.Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.If this meditation meant something to you, please share it, leave a review, or treat me to a coffee: stevenwebb.ukTake care of yourself.

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeDescription:Meditation teacher Steven Webb offers a short grounding meditation for those moments when anxiety has already shown up. Rather than trying to push it away, you greet it. You sit with it. You ask it why it came, and you listen, the way you'd listen to a friend who turned up at the door looking pale. It's the practice of meeting an unwelcome feeling with curiosity instead of war.Who this meditation is for:Anyone with anxiety rising in the middle of a busy dayPeople who have been told to "calm down" or "breathe through it" and found that doesn't reach the actual feelingListeners who want a quick reset, not a long sitAnyone who has tried suppressing anxiety and found it gets louderKey benefits:A practical way to meet anxiety with curiosity rather than fight itA short reset you can do anywhere (bus, desk, car park, between meetings)A simple loving kindness close: may I be peaceful, may I be safe, may I trust this momentPairs with this week's Stillness in the Storms episode on dropping the "I'm fine" armourIf you'd like to contact Steven or support his work, go to https://stevenwebb.uk

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeThe Garden for Deep Sleep. A Spring Meditation for Drifting Off (Inner Peace Meditations Episode 100)Description In this special 100th episode of Inner Peace Meditations, meditation teacher Steven Webb invites you into a small walled garden that only grows at night, and only when someone is resting there. Tonight, that someone is you. You settle onto a cushioned old bench, your body softens with each breath, and the garden quietly fills in around you. Bare earth becomes green shoots. Climbing roses thread the stone walls. Lavender and jasmine drift through the night air. There is nothing to do tonight except rest. Your stillness is the gardening.A soft, slow meditation with a quiet nod to spring, designed to send you to sleep. Listen somewhere safe. You are not meant to make it to the end.Who this meditation is forAnyone who struggles to fall asleepPeople with overactive minds at bedtimeAnyone who feels they should still be doing something, even at restListeners who love gentle nature visualisationsAnyone marking the turn of the season into springKey benefitsHelps the body let go of the dayQuiets the mind enough for sleep to find youReleases the pressure to make sleep happenEncourages the listener to feel held by something gentle and unhurriedA soft place to land at the end of a long dayIf you'd like to contact Steven or support his work, go to https://stevenwebb.uk

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.ukDonate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffeeA Simple Meditation You Can Do AnywhereA simple five minute meditation for anyone with a busy mind, no time, or no quiet place to sit.DescriptionIf you've tried meditation but your mind won't stop, if you've put it down because it felt like one more thing you were doing wrong, or if you just don't have a quiet place to sit properly, this is for you.A simple five minute guided meditation you can do right where you are. A chair, a bus, your bed, a waiting room. No cushion, no special room, no perfect silence required. Just breath, thoughts, and the awareness behind both.You won't be asked to clear your mind. You won't be asked to picture anything. You'll simply notice what is already here. Because peace is not something you create. It is already here. This meditation helps you notice it.This is the companion to this week's Stillness in the Storms episode (EP164: Demystifying Meditation: What You Need to Know).Who this is forBeginners who feel they don't know how to meditatePeople with racing thoughts, overthinking, or an anxious mindAnyone coming back to meditation after stoppingPeople with ADHD or minds that won't settleAnyone short on time, space, or quietPeople who have tried meditation before and felt they were doing it wrongWhat it will help withCalming a busy or anxious mindReducing stress in the momentFinding a pause between thought and reactionComing back to the present when you feel overwhelmedBuilding a meditation practice when life is loudSign offThese meditations are free because of listeners who support them. If this helped you, you can treat me to a coffee at stevenwebb.uk. No adverts. No sponsors. Ever.