Inner Peace Meditations

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Title: Permission to Rest — with meditation teacher Steven Webb
Description: A guided meditation for when you're running on empty and stopping feels like giving up. Meditation teacher Steven Webb leads you through a gentle body scan and a peaceful forest visualisation to help you truly rest without guilt.
Who this meditation is for:
You're exhausted but it's not about sleep
You've been pushing through for too long and can't switch off
You feel guilty about stopping or taking time for yourself
You're overwhelmed and your mind won't stop making lists
You need permission to just do nothing for a while

What you'll experience:
A gentle body scan to release tension you didn't know you were holding
A calming forest visualisation where nothing is needed from you
Permission to stop without guilt or judgement
A loving kindness moment with hand on heart
A soft return that leaves you feeling lighter and kinder to yourself

Companion episode: Stillness in the Storms EP163 — The Dignity of Being Tired
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Find the Green Shoot: A Meditation for Quiet Renewal
A quiet, unhurried meditation for anyone feeling like something in them has been asleep for a while. This practice uses the imagery of spring — a green shoot pressing through dark earth — to gently explore what might be ready to return: energy, curiosity, joy, creativity. No forcing, no fixing. Just noticing what rises when you give it room.
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DETAILS
Level: All levels Practice type: Body scan, Breath awareness, Guided imagery Duration: ~15:00 Companion episode: Stillness in the Storms EP162 — "What Rises When You Stop Pushing"
WHO IS THIS FOR?
You feel like you've been running on empty and something in you has gone quiet — energy, motivation, curiosity — and you're not sure how to get it back
You're coming out of a difficult stretch and want a gentle way to reconnect with yourself without pressure
You find it hard to meditate when you're told to "just relax" — you need something more specific and sensory to follow
You want a short spring practice that honours where you are right now, not where you think you should be
You've never meditated before and want somewhere warm and unintimidating to start

BENEFITS
A felt sense of settling in your body before anything is asked of you
Space to notice what's been dormant without needing to force it awake
A grounding connection to the season — spring as something happening in you, not just around you
A gentle return to wakefulness through a slow, guided count-back
A reminder that renewal doesn't require effort — the seed doesn't need permission to grow

ABOUT STEVEN WEBB
Steven Webb is a meditation teacher, podcaster, politician, and the host of Inner Peace Meditations. A former mayor of Truro in the county of Cornwall, Steven continues to split his time between politics and the contemplative work he is best known for. After a life-changing accident left him paralysed from the chest down, he found his way to inner peace through mindfulness, Zen philosophy, and the teachings of Alan Watts and Shunryu Suzuki. He now helps others find calm and resilience — especially those who find meditation difficult. Steven lives in Cornwall, England and shares his work at stevenwebb.com. You can also find his podcast on politics and public life, Stillness in the Storms, at https://stillnessinthestorms.com/
KEYWORDS
guided meditation, inner peace, spring meditation, renewal, awakening, beginner's mind, body scan, dormancy, gentle meditation, beginner friendly

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Good Morning: Breathing Together Meditation
A morning meditation that begins with your own breath and gradually widens outward — to the room around you, to the people waking up nearby, to the animals and trees and the whole breathing world. This practice helps you feel the quiet truth that your breath was never yours alone, and that you are part of something much larger than your morning routine.
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DETAILS
Level: Beginner Practice type: Breath awareness, Loving-kindness Duration: 13:50
WHO IS THIS FOR?
You want a morning practice that connects you to something larger than your own worries
You feel isolated or disconnected and want a gentle reminder that you're not alone
You tend to wake up already in your head and need something to ground you in the body first
You'd like to carry a sense of compassion into your encounters with others today
You find breath-based meditation accessible and want to go a little deeper with it

BENEFITS
A widening sense of connection — from your own breath to the breathing world around you
A calmer, more grounded start to the morning
A felt understanding that every person you meet today woke up carrying their own weight
A natural compassion that arises from awareness, not effort
A reminder that your breath connects you to everything, always has, always will

ABOUT STEVEN WEBB
Steven Webb is a meditation teacher, podcaster, politician, and the host of Inner Peace Meditations. A former mayor of Truro in the county of Cornwall, Steven continues to split his time between politics and the contemplative work he is best known for. After a life-changing accident left him paralysed from the chest down, he found his way to inner peace through mindfulness, Zen philosophy, and the teachings of Alan Watts and Shunryu Suzuki. He now helps others find calm and resilience — especially those who find meditation difficult. Steven lives in Cornwall, England and shares his work at stevenwebb.com. You can also find his podcast on politics and public life, Stillness in the Storms, at https://stillnessinthestorms.com/
KEYWORDS
guided meditation, inner peace, morning meditation, breathing together, connection, compassion, loving-kindness, mindful morning

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Awakening the Child Within: A Window of Wonder
A meditation that invites you to stand at an imaginary window and look at the world the way you did as a child — before you learned the names for everything and stopped being amazed. Drawing on Rumi and Shunryu Suzuki's beginner's mind, this practice gently dissolves the habit of knowing and reopens the door to genuine wonder.
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DETAILS
Level: All levels Practice type: Guided imagery, Open awareness Duration: 14:50
WHO IS THIS FOR?
You carry that quiet feeling of "is this all there is?" beneath an otherwise fine life
You've lost touch with wonder and everything feels familiar and flat
You're drawn to beginner's mind but aren't sure how to practise it
You want a meditation that feels more like exploration than discipline
You're curious about Rumi, Suzuki, or the contemplative traditions Steven draws from

BENEFITS
A direct experience of beginner's mind — seeing the ordinary as if for the first time
A shift from the habit of knowing everything to the freedom of not needing to
A sense of spaciousness and aliveness that doesn't require anything to change
A reconnection with the natural curiosity you had as a child
A way of looking at the world that you can carry into your day long after the meditation ends

ABOUT STEVEN WEBB
Steven Webb is a meditation teacher, podcaster, politician, and the host of Inner Peace Meditations. A former mayor of Truro in the county of Cornwall, Steven continues to split his time between politics and the contemplative work he is best known for. After a life-changing accident left him paralysed from the chest down, he found his way to inner peace through mindfulness, Zen philosophy, and the teachings of Alan Watts and Shunryu Suzuki. He now helps others find calm and resilience — especially those who find meditation difficult. Steven lives in Cornwall, England and shares his work at stevenwebb.com. You can also find his podcast on politics and public life, Stillness in the Storms, at https://stillnessinthestorms.com/
KEYWORDS
guided meditation, inner peace, beginner's mind, wonder, inner child, Rumi, Zen, open awareness

Stevens new course: Finding Peace in Everyday Life (you choose how much to pay)
Support Stevens work and links to other podcasts: stevenwebb.uk
Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Buy Steven a coffee

When Letting Go Feels Impossible, Try This Instead
A meditation that explores the difference between letting go and acceptance — and why acceptance works when forcing yourself to let go doesn't. Through a hands-on experiment with your own thoughts, this practice shows you that the struggle itself is the fuel, and that opening your hands (literally and figuratively) creates the space that force never could.
All episodes of Inner Peace Meditations are brought to you without adverts by the generous donations of listeners treating Steven to a coffee.
DETAILS
Level: All levels Practice type: Self-compassion, Open awareness, Breath awareness Duration: 16:01
WHO IS THIS FOR?
You've been told to "let go" but the harder you try, the tighter things feel
You're carrying something — a worry, a memory, a frustration — that won't leave no matter what you do
You want to understand why pushing difficult thoughts away makes them stronger
You're tired of fighting your own mind and want a different approach
You're open to the idea that acceptance might be more powerful than control

BENEFITS
A clear, felt understanding of the difference between letting go and acceptance
A practical exercise (clenched fists to open palms) you can use any time tension builds
Relief from the added layer of frustration that comes from trying to force peace
A calmer nervous system as the struggle itself begins to soften
A new way of being with difficulty that doesn't require fixing or forcing

ABOUT STEVEN WEBB
Steven Webb is a meditation teacher, podcaster, politician, and the host of Inner Peace Meditations. A former mayor of Truro in the county of Cornwall, Steven continues to split his time between politics and the contemplative work he is best known for. After a life-changing accident left him paralysed from the chest down, he found his way to inner peace through mindfulness, Zen philosophy, and the teachings of Alan Watts and Shunryu Suzuki. He now helps others find calm and resilience — especially those who find meditation difficult. Steven lives in Cornwall, England and shares his work at stevenwebb.com. You can also find his podcast on politics and public life, Stillness in the Storms, at https://stillnessinthestorms.com/
KEYWORDS
guided meditation, inner peace, letting go, acceptance, self-compassion, difficult emotions, stress relief, open awareness