Dominic Stanley- asanasntattoos

04/22/2026

Sometimes the most useful thing you can do is pause and notice what’s already here.

This guided meditation walks through breath, body, mind, and a closing moment of gratitude and loving-kindness.

A simple practice for finding more ease in everyday life.

https://substack.com//note/p-194201657?r=2o87fk&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

A guided practice for breath, body awareness, mental steadiness, and a gentle return to ease.

04/14/2026

What feels permanent… usually isn’t.

We don’t notice this at first.

Stress feels like it will stay.
A difficult conversation feels like it defines the day.
A thought loops long enough that it starts to feel like the truth.

But if you slow down—even just a little—you start to see something different.

Everything is moving.

In this week’s practice, we explored what I would call spacious awareness.

Not emptiness as in nothingness…

…but as the space where everything happens.

https://buff.ly/0BUIY1j

04/03/2026

Most of the time, when you’re stressed, your breathing changes before you even notice.

Your body shifts into reaction mode.

Box breathing does something different.

It introduces structure. Not force.

Not control in the rigid sense. But rhythm.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sitwalkwork/p/box-breathing-for-stress-and-focus?r=2o87fk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

04/02/2026

Your best moment changes.
Your worst moment changes.

This episode shows you how—and why that matters.

https://substack.com//note/p-192481555?r=2o87fk&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

03/18/2026

Meditation doesn’t eliminate the opposites in life. Instead, it teaches us how to hold them.

Sometimes peace isn’t found by controlling experience.

Sometimes it appears when we allow the whole of it. Laydown or sitdown and practice.

https://buff.ly/h9WSnfY

03/11/2026

What moment in your life are you unexpectedly grateful for?

Gratitude is easy when life is going well.

But what about gratitude for the difficult moments?

This week’s meditation explores how awareness of the breath can open the door to a deeper kind of gratitude—one that includes both the joys and the challenges that shape our lives.

https://buff.ly/GKNDV8j

03/01/2026

Most of us don’t need more discipline. We need less self-criticism.

This week’s Sit, Walk, Work episode is a guided meditation on self-compassion and loving kindness. Not as a concept, but as something you can use after a hard meeting, a mistake, or a moment of doubt.

https://buff.ly/wizhuc2

02/23/2026

The short practice highlights how textures, temperatures, and the rhythm of your breath are all connected. It’s a quiet reminder that paying attention to the body can ground you when life’s boundaries feel blurred.

Take 5 and enjoy https://buff.ly/opBtJGb

02/19/2026

It’s loud out there. Here’s a gentle reminder to turn inward. This week’s guided meditation invites you to observe your inner climate without getting lost in the storm.

02/08/2026

A steady house doesn’t rush the weather out.
It lets the storm pass through.
https://buff.ly/u4LayBY

02/06/2026

We are always trying to push out the things we don’t like and it is like a game of whack a mole. It is exhausting. There is another other option.

Increase you’re capacity

Build a nervous system robust enough to handle all of life.

What changes when you focus on capacity instead of control?

https://open.substack.com/pub/sitwalkwork/p/learning-to-stay-building-a-container?r=2o87fk&utm_medium=ios