The Awareness Podcast

The Storm and the Sky: A Guided Meditation for Overthinking & Racing Thoughts

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Have you ever walked away from a conversation and immediately started replaying everything you said?

Why did I say that?
I should have explained that differently.
Why didn't I mention this?
Did I get it wrong?

Suddenly, one thought becomes another, regret and self-judgment appear, and before you know it, you're caught in a full-blown thought storm.

In this gentle guided meditation for overthinking and racing thoughts, Jody Agard shares a recent experience of getting completely hooked by her own mind after recording an interview with Bill Free, and the simple recognition that changed everything.

The thoughts were moving.
The emotions were moving.
The storm was moving.

But something remained completely untouched.

Through spacious silence, non-dual meditation, self-inquiry, and awareness, you'll be invited not to stop your thoughts or calm the mind, but to recognize the open presence in which every thought, emotion, sensation, and story appears.

Whether you're struggling with overthinking, racing thoughts, anxiety, rumination, self-judgment, regret, or a busy mind, this meditation offers a different approach.
You don't have to stop the storm, or become more peaceful.
Just as the sky remains untouched by every storm that passes through it, what you truly are remains untouched by every movement of the mind.

The storm may come and go, but what you are remains.

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In her new four-part live series — True Meditation: The Recognition of the Infinite I AM, Jody Agard offers a radically different approach: meditation isn’t about controlling your experience, but discovering the pure presence that’s already here. Through self-inquiry, guided meditation, and practical exploration, you’ll discover how to relate to your thoughts with less struggle, experience greater ease and clarity, and carry that grounded awareness into relationships, decisions, and daily challenges.
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