The Pause
with Rachel Byrd
Join Rachel Byrd in taking a few minutes to pause from our busy outward-focused lives to explore various ways of looking inward at what is happening in our mind and body, moment to moment. This exploration can give us a break from our usual habits of constant doing and thinking; and invite us to be more aware of and receptive to what is actually happening in our lives.
As Sebastian Vettel has suggested: ‘Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.’
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There-Feb 20, 2025
Exploring the possibility of receiving experiences, without the need to react to or to do something in response.
Receiving and Letting Go-Feb 13, 2025
Exploring receiving moment to moment experiences and letting them move on, instead of our usual habits of doing/creating and holding onto experience.
February 6, 2025: Receive, Rehash, Rehearse
What happens if the mind just receives present moment experience, instead of the usual habits of rehashing the past or rehearsing for the future?
January 30, 2025: Ride The Waves
An invitation to stay present with the changing wave sounds. Can we stay interested in the arising, changing and ceasing experience of the sounds of the waves, including the pause between them? What is the effect on the mind and body?
January 23, 2025: Experiencing Feeling
An exploration of how what we experience is received/felt in the mind and body. Can we be with each experience and not caught in the beginning stages of reactivity?
January 16, 2025: Mind Like Sky
Exploring the possibility of the mind being open and clear, like the sky.
January 9, 2025:Inviting Words
Playing with inviting different words into the mind, and noticing the effect.
January 2, 2025: How do you know you’re here?
An exploration of present moment experience: How DO you know you’re here?
December 26, 2024 – Body Tension Release
An exploration of body awareness through tension and release.
December 19, 2024 Sound of Bells
An exploration of receptive listening.
Enough/Contentment
An exploration of the possibility for contentment, moment by moment.
Balance
An exploration of noticing balance in the mind/body.
November 28, 2024
Exploring the sensation of rhythm in the body and mind.
November 21st, 2024
Ground Space
November 14th, 2024
Noting.
November 7th, 2024
Meditation on Gratitude.
October 31st, 2024
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October 24th, 2024
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October 17th, 2024
Take a moment to check out episode two of The Pause.
October 10th, 2024
Join Rachel Byrd for the first episode of The Pause.