A Zen Mind Guided Meditations - Meditation for the Overthinking Mind: Mantra Meditation for Presence & Awareness

Episode Date: May 27, 2026

🦚One of the biggest misconceptions about meditation is the idea that we must completely quiet or empty the mind. But the mind was created to think, and it will never simply stop thinking. So rather than forcing the mind to become silent, this meditation invites you into a gentler approach - shifting the relationship with what is present.  This is a mantra based and sensory oriented meditation, as we begin with an open eye awareness practice, and shift deeper together.  This practice was lovingly created to help you reconnect with presence, soften the over identification with the thinking mind, and cultivate a deeper sense of peace, awareness, and compassion within yourself. With love, Jo __ Explore more from A Zen Mind  Join me on ⁠Instagram⁠ 💖  ⁠ azenmindglobal.com⁠ Ad-free + extended episodes on ⁠Patreon⁠ Join the ⁠email list⁠  — Our Partners Mental Health Support: Talkiatry Online psychiatry with licensed providers and personalized, evidence-based care — all from home. Elevated Essentials: QuinceTimeless, high-quality pieces at accessible prices. Build Your Business: ShopifyEverything you need to start, run, and grow your business online. This episode is for relaxation and educational purposes only and is not a replacement for professional medical or mental health care.

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Thank you so much for being here. Hello, welcome to this guided meditation. Take a moment to get into a nice, comfortable position. Whatever feels easiest for you today. And we're going to begin this practice with our other. eyes open. So if it feels comfortable for you, allow your eyes to remain open as we begin. Let's start by simply gathering all of your attention, all of your awareness, to the space that you're in right now, to the energy moving and flowing around you.

Whether you're indoors or outdoors, just begin observing your surroundings. Allowing your head to slowly follow the tracking of your eyes. Notice the colors around you. Notice the textures. Notice the shapes. Notice the light. Notice whether the space feels. bright or maybe dim observing any movement happening around you slowly scanning through your environment allowing yourself to really look to engage with the things that you might normally glance over on any other day invite some of that awareness inward as you notice your breath notice the physical

sensations within your body notice the state of your mind today your emotional landscape just observing what's present and as you continue slowly looking through your environment moving your head and your eyes through the space can you begin to observe your surroundings through the lens of your breath as if your breath were moving through everything that you see. The inhale. The exhale. The cyclical nature of the breath.

Rhythmic and primal. Continue to look. Continue to listen. Noticing any sounds around you. Noticing the sensations within you. Sometimes we can even drop into, the sensation of our own heartbeat when we listen close enough and now once you're ready you may gently allow the eyes to close as we bring this practice fully inward and i want to remind you that the purpose of this practice is not to empty the mind however if that happens that's also one

But the core of meditation and how you weave its way into your real life is just about gently shifting your relationship to what's already present, without change, without force, without judgment. Your mind was designed to think that's what it does. So can you invite yourself to release and release and any expectations, any pressure, and simply allow this practice to be whatever it will be for you today. Take a deep breath in through the nose and exhale it all out through the mouth. Deep breath in and exhale. Deep breath in and exhale. And now I know I know that I know invite you into a new space of awareness. What happens if for just this moment you are no body, nothing?

What happens if all you are is loving awareness? No attachments, no stories, no projections, just loving awareness and so quiet. Quietly, you may wish to begin repeating to yourself. I am loving awareness. I am loving awareness. I am loving awareness. Quietly repeating that phrase within yourself. I am loving awareness.

And when a thought pops into your mind and begins to catch momentum, that's perfectly okay. treat it like a little game oh that's a thought i gotcha and then gently let it go because in this space all you are is loving awareness you are the loving awareness observing the thought you are the loving awareness, observing the body. You are the loving awareness, observing the space around you, the sky, the sensations, the emotions. You are the loving awareness, observing the colors and the textures. I am loving awareness I am loving awareness I am loving awareness I am loving awareness and now envision a doorway appearing before you a doorway that leads directly into your heart

can you ride the wave into it repeating I am loving awareness I am loving awareness I am loving awareness. If the mind wanders, simply notice it. That's a thought. I gotcha. Go. I am loving awareness. Return your awareness to your breath.

Returning your awareness to your body. Taking a deep breath in through the nose. And as you do envisioning, breathing in a color that feels right for you today any color allowing yourself to breathe that color into the body into your core and as you exhale envision breathing out translucent air letting go and softening releasing everything again deep breath in breathing in this vibrant color allowing it to move through every part of you and exhale translucent air one more deep breath in and exhale and once you're ready begin bringing awareness

back into the body by wiggling the fingers and the toes and ever so slowly allowing the eyes to open and once more just take a moment to observe the space around you again but this time through the lens of loving awareness as you take it all in observe every color every shape every texture, every corner. I am loving awareness. May you carry this energy with you into the rest of your day. May you see yourself through the lens of loving awareness. May you see others through the lens of loving awareness.

May you see your very thoughts, your emotions. and even your obstacles through the lens of loving awareness. May you exist as loving awareness, wishing you so much peace and so much love. Namaste.