You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/meditation-talk-equanimity-inner-freedom-with-a-heart-as-wide-as-the-world/

It’s easy to feel on edge these days—caught in a low hum of anxiety, tension in the body, and a mind that won’t quite settle.

In this gentle meditation, I guide you in coming home to yourself—settling into the body, resting in the breath, and gradually releasing layers of uneasiness. As you follow the rhythm of breathing, you’ll explore a deeper place inside that is already steady, already okay, even if just for a moment.

Along the way, you’re invited to soften anxiety, connect with a sense of grounded aliveness, and open into a heart that is peaceful, kind, and unafraid.

A simple, calming practice you can return to anytime you need to feel more at ease, more present, and more like yourself.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/talk-meditation-when-unjust-power-comes-at-you-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

If you often feel tense, contracted, or caught in your thoughts, this meditation helps you relax the body, steady the mind, and reconnect with a deeper sense of openness and ease. Over time, it supports a shift into a more spacious, less reactive way of being.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/talk-meditation-how-to-claim-the-power-you-do-have-and-disengage-where-you-dont/