Mindfulness with Leia - 04 Aversion
Not Making It Worse. Today, we will explore how to let the pain just be pain. Allowing discomfort without adding extra resistance. Sometimes life is just uncomfortable. The body aches, the mind is unsettled, the mood is heavy,
and that’s already enough to carry.
But often, without even realizing it, we add more on top. We resist the discomfort by tensing up around it and then criticize ourselves for feeling it at all.
The clenching, the judgment, and the mental commentary all make everything harder.
Today’s practice is about catching that second layer and noticing when we’re piling on an extra layer which in a way ends up piling on more pain.
There’s the sensation…
And then there’s our reaction to it.
Can we stay with the raw sensation without the added story?
You don’t have to like what’s happening.
You don’t have to fix it.
You just don’t have to make it worse.
If anything uncomfortable is still here whether physically, mentally, or emotionally, see if you can stay with it, without tightening or pushing it away.
Just notice it. Breathe with it.
Let the discomfort be just a sensation and nothing more.
Leia
Filmed in the Wudang Mountain area in China
Video Summary
AI GeneratedThis session explores the concept of aversion as it relates to physical and emotional pain. The instructor emphasizes that while pain is inevitable, we often exacerbate it by adding layers of mental commentary, frustration, and self-criticism. Through a combination of Qigong exercises and contemplative meditation, participants are encouraged to sit with discomfort without judgment.