#793: How to Calm Your Inner Storm — A Guided Meditation to Tame Restlessness with Zen Master Henry Shukman

What It Covers

Zen Master Henry Shukman guides a meditation practice for working with restlessness and difficult emotions using stillness and acceptance rather than avoidance techniques.

Key Questions Answered

• •Restlessness as sensation: Locate restlessness physically in your torso as energy, like a dust devil in belly or chest, rather than treating it as abstract thought requiring action.
• •Allowance practice: Name the emotion directly by saying restlessness is present and restlessness is welcome, then let it exist without attempting to change or eliminate the uncomfortable feeling.
• •Progressive relaxation sequence: Soften shoulders, face, chest, belly, hips, legs systematically while maintaining stillness, creating physical comfort that enables emotional acceptance and reduces resistance to difficult states.