Coaching practices for Resting as Awareness

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• In a still moment I sometimes catch a glimpse of just being the space everything is happening in, not the things happening
• Every time I sit quietly and let my body relax I just drift off and fall asleep
• I keep straining to "get into" a meditative state like awareness is something I have to switch on and aim
• I calm down for a minute with my eyes closed, but the second I open them and step back into the room I snap right back into the same tight, tunnel-visioned reactivity
• When I finally work through a hard feeling I rush straight back into doing and it all snaps shut again

Practices that may help

1. Rest as the witness rather than in objects
   Allow the inquiry to culminate in resting as the awareness that perceives, rather than in any object perceived.
   Self-Inquiry: Ramana Maharshi’s Path of Direct Investigation
2. Settling into restful alertness
   Allow the body to reach deep rest while the mind stays quietly awake.
   Transcendental Meditation (TM)
3. Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
   Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
   Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical
4. Expand: widen awareness back to body and situation
   After the breath anchor, expand attention outward to include the whole body and the surrounding moment.
   The Three-Minute Breathing Space
5. After RAIN: resting in natural, open awareness
   After the four steps, rest in the open awareness that remains — not returning immediately to doing.
   RAIN Meditation: Tara Brach’s Four-Step Practice
6. Drop from head-based thinking to open, embodied awareness
   Shift location of identity from the chattering mind to the open space of the whole body.
   Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical
7. Silent illumination: the quality of awake stillness
   Cultivate a stillness that is lit from inside — quiet and alert, not blank and dull.
   Shikantaza: Just Sitting
8. Arrive: openly notice what is happening right now
   Pause and acknowledge thoughts, feelings, and body sensations without editing.
   The Three-Minute Breathing Space
9. Use the cancellation procedure to end sessions safely
   Always formally "cancel" the AT state before returning to activity — skipping this can leave you drowsy and disoriented.
   Autogenic Training, Made Practical
10. Settle the body with slow breath and stillness
    Pair physical stillness with a slow, extended exhale to deepen the rest.
    Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery

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