How To Feel OK, Even In A Sh*tstorm | Bonus Meditation with Matthew Hepburn

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Learn to find a feeling of protection and trust during a downpour of stressful thoughts or overwhelm.

About Matthew Hepburn:

Matthew is a meditation and dharma teacher with more than a decade of teaching experience and a passion for getting real about what it means to live well. He emphasizes humor, technique, and authentic kindness as a means to free the mind up from unnecessary struggle and leave a healthier impact on the world. Beyond Happier, Matthew has taught in prisons, schools, corporate events and continues to teach across North America in buddhist centers offering intensive silent retreats and dharma for urban daily life.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to 10% happier early and ad-free right now.
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0:13.3	It's the 10% Happier podcast.
0:15.9	I'm Dan Harris. Hey, hey, everybody, time for a bonus meditation. Today we're going to talk about finding a moment to breathe, even in the middle of a super stressful situation, remembering that you can always find
0:39.4	a sense of refuge inside of yourself, even when there's a storm outside.
0:45.9	Our meditation teacher du jour is Matthew Hepburn, who's a meditation and Dharma teacher
0:50.9	with more than a decade of teaching experience.
0:53.7	Here we go now with Matthew Hepburn.
0:57.0	Hey, it's Matthew. Sometimes the stresses of the day pile up so high in your mind you start to lose hope there's any
1:05.1	alternative but to fight your way through it. But when you can remember that you're actually a part of
1:10.8	something much bigger,
1:12.4	it's easier to find the confidence to weather difficult storms instead of getting swept up
1:18.2	and painful self-centered thinking. Take a few moments to get settled in and intentionally relax.
1:34.3	You can gently close the eyes.
2:03.5	Take a few long, slow in breaths and let each one out naturally. While you're tuning into your breath and relaxing, imagine for a moment you're outside when suddenly a massive downpour of rain opens up from the sky above. You quickly duck under a nearby awning, safe, dry, and
2:11.8	protected while the deluge passes. In this meditation, you're going to practice building the muscle memory of ducking out from
2:21.7	a downpour of stressful thoughts into a sense of refuge, trust, and ease.
2:29.5	To start, we'll bring to mind a reflection that has three attributes. It feels a part of this moment,
2:38.2	feels broader than you are,
2:41.2	and brings you a sense of trust or peace.
2:45.2	Some examples might be calling to mind
2:48.3	that you are a small part of the grandness of nature, or remembering your
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