Whom Scroll

Meditation I · 5 minutes

The Sitting Stone

Abjuration Grounding

The stone does not try to be still. It simply has nowhere else to go.

Every working in this scroll begins here. Before you count a breath or listen for anything, you need a seat that does the holding for you. A chair is fine. A cushion is fine. The edge of a bed is fine. What matters is that you stop gripping.

The working

  1. Sit so your feet or knees rest on something solid. Let your hands fall where they land, on your thighs or in your lap.
  2. Lengthen your back a little, as if a thread at the crown of your head were drawn up gently. Then let your shoulders drop away from your ears.
  3. Notice where your weight meets the seat. Feel it as plainly as you can: pressure, warmth, the edges of contact.
  4. Each time you breathe out, let a little more of your weight go down into that place, as if you were settling into wet sand.
  5. When a thought tugs at you, you don’t have to follow it or chase it off. Notice the tug, and return to the weight of your body on the seat.

Closing

Before you rise, rest your eyes on one thing in the room for a breath or two. Then stand slowly, as a stone would if a stone could stand.