Take your seat
Choose a cushion or a chair. Let your feet or legs feel supported. Sit upright without holding yourself rigid.
SETTLE INTO THE BODYA QUIETER WAY TO MEET YOUR LIFE
Sitting
Invites a Different
Universe
You do not have to go somewhere else
to come back to yourself.
A SIMPLE SITTING TIMER
05:00
Arrive exactly as you are.
A gentle bell marks the end of your session.
Keep this page open while you sit.
THE POWER OF SITTING
LESS STRIVING. MORE BEING.
YOUR NEXT MOMENT OF STILLNESS
The world can wait
for a few breaths.
Set a little time aside. Let your shoulders soften.
For now, there is nowhere else to be.
Keep your eyes softly open or close them if comfortable.
Adjust your posture whenever you need to.
THE ART OF SIMPLY BEING
Nothing to chase.
Everything to notice.
So much of life asks us to do more, move faster, become someone. Sitting offers another possibility: meet this moment as you are.
Inspired by Buddhist meditation, this is a space for returning to the breath, observing the mind, and bringing a little more awareness into ordinary life.
Find your way into the practice
THE BOOK · ANUJ VARMA
The Power
of Sitting
Sitting Invites a Different Universe
What becomes possible when the mind grows quiet? The Power of Sitting explores stillness as a way to welcome possibility and recognize the next right action.
From the experience of time and space to illness, leadership, and life at home, discover a practice that begins with simply taking your seat.
Buy the Book Explore the chaptersTHE POWER OF SITTING · THE CHAPTERS
Stillness Invites
a Different Universe
-
Conquering Time and Space
-
Meeting Illness with Stillness
-
Leadership in the Workplace — The Power of the Pause
-
Leadership at Home — Emotional Stillness
-
How to Practice Sitting
START WHERE YOU ARE
A small practice.
A spacious life.
No perfect posture. No special state of mind.
Just a willingness to begin.
Meet your breath
Let breathing happen naturally. Notice one inhale, then one exhale. There is no need to change either.
RETURN TO WHAT IS HEREBegin again
When attention wanders, notice it gently. Coming back is the practice. Each return is a fresh beginning.
MAKE ROOM FOR KINDNESSREFLECTIONS FOR THE EVERYDAY
Carry the stillness
with you.
The practice does not end
when you stand up.
THE WANDERING MIND You do not have to stop thinking.
Thoughts are part of the experience, not a sign that you are doing it wrong. Notice a thought without needing to follow its story. Then feel the next breath. A sitting session can be full of thoughts and still be a moment of awareness.
THE ORDINARY MOMENT Let one small thing be enough.
The warmth of a cup. The sound of rain. Your feet touching the floor. Choose one ordinary sensation and give it your attention for a few breaths. You do not need to make the moment special to be present for it.
THE DAILY RETURN Five minutes is a beginning.
Choose an easy moment in your day: before checking your phone, after making tea, or when the house becomes quiet. Sit for a few minutes. When you miss a day, begin again the next. Let consistency grow from kindness rather than pressure.
COME BACK TO THIS MOMENT
You are already here.
Take your seat. Let that be enough.
Sit for a while