# Reset Meditation: Recovering the Form

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Podcast: [The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550)
Published: 2026-07-03T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this meditation, we once again return to the foundational form of contemplative practice — the basic relaxation meditation that grounds and renews the whole path. This “reset” meditation is the doorway into meditative awareness: a familiar, trusted practice that allows us to begin again, deepen attention, and strengthen the inner muscles of awareness. By returning often to this form, we build stability and deepen our capacity for stillness. Together, we move through grounding in the body, observing thoughts and emotions without attachment, and resting in the breath as the anchor to the present moment. Through gentle repetition and embodied awareness, we remember that we are more than our thoughts, feelings, or physical sensations. This meditation offers support for stress relief, grounding, emotional regulation, nervous system calm, and contemplative renewal. It can be used as part of a daily meditation practice, whenever you need to begin again, or as a moment of calm and inner stillness before sleep. Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction: Returning to the basic form 00:24 – Opening bell 00:45 – Entering meditation with intention 01:18 – Grounding in posture and ritual gesture 02:23 – Settling into the body 02:54 – Scanning the body for tension 03:30 – Checking in with thoughts and emotions 04:37 – “I am more than my body, thoughts and feelings” 05:22 – Anchoring in the breath 06:08 – Breathing out stress and tension 07:31 – Breathing in peace, light and healing 08:00 – Deep bodily relaxation 09:15 – Resting in the inner self 09:49 – “I am I” — centre of consciousness and will 10:28 – Resting in stillness 11:08 – Returning to the body 11:38 – Closing bell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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