Samadhi - Guided Meditation #1- Breath as the Bridge 

This is by far the best guided meditation I have come across. No frills, no music, straight to the point. The instruction is excellent. There are points that seem so obvious but I have never heard anyone else explain. I feel I know what I should be doing now!

I had “thought” by reaching the theta state I was experiencing nirvana or samadhi for several months, & I was “convinced” “I” had “done” it. But as you have said “we don’t know what we don’t know” This is a beautiful work of art, & I am deeply grateful for your films & guided meditations. It was while listening to this for the 100th time that I finally was able to experience Samadhi. Thank you my friend! I will do my best to continue on my journey in ridding myself of the illusion I identified myself with for 30 years.

" 25:00 just observe the breath, and the thoughts will settle down on there own. They will lose power. The patterns of thinking will gradually lose energy when you don't feed them your consciousness . Don't feed the Mind. You are using concentration of the breath to divert the energy away from the mind patterns." That was the perfect description of meditation. Wow. I entered a very very deep state. You start to see a compulsive pattern the mind has built up. Self talk patterns, movement patterns, all from habit. wow I am a creature of habit Like we are going in circles. Like our very solar system haha. no coincidence.

Thank you. As a result of doing this meditation, I was able to go back to the age of about 6 or 7 years old when I knew exactly who and what I wanted to be. I was able to speak to my inner child and heal myself from all of the past hurts. It was so powerful. I didn’t want to come out of that state of meditation.

No background music, no BS. Perfect!

It is my intention to remain sharp, lucid, present, equanimous, and relaxing during the meditation. Concentration and surrendering are two dimensions of this meditation.

It’s not the journey of the mind. It’s the journey of the SOUL. Thank you.

I have first listened to the entire guided meditation 5 years go, I must say, with joy in heart and soul, it has changed my life, I have been reborn. Still learning, evolving, healing, being in the now, appreciating all as it is.... along with Samadhi films, this is pure gold to spirit. Eternal gratitude!

I am a beginner in meditation, though I started many years before but no progress at all. Then I resumes with guided meditation, however with non-stop message and music, in a fast pace. It helped only at the first few times. Like many previous comments mentioned, I appreciate deeply the silence in between the messages, which come at the right time to reset the focus. Thank you! This is exactly what I need now! And it is encouraging to see so many meditators in the path to pursuit of spiritual growth.

No Imagination No Visualisation No Music No Thinking Just one focus - The Breath. This was the guided meditation I was finding all my life. Thanks Tanya and Dan for bringing this to the world.

Every time I do this meditation I get a new insight. I don't need to read anything or do anything to understand. Thank you for opening this experience for me.

The breath is like riding a bike, when you fall off you get back on, then when the breath disappear’s you ride the mind down hill effortlessly, identifying past, future and undeveloped thoughts with equanimity to keep the bike going straight. Cheers

I found myself, as I have so many times, on a plateau, my spiritual journey stalled once again. I was falling back to sleep and doubting myself. I was asking for my next step. Then the universe brought me to your movies, and I can continue once again. I have to get up before everyone else in the house to practice, but it will be a pleasure. Thank you.

The only effort that is needed to be done, is in recognizing the ever-Present Truth. Truth - that I am That (Pure Awareness). Once recognized, all effort shifts toward clearing the False Patterning of Consciousness with the Mind (which comprises of Thoughts, Emotions, Feelings, Memories, Body, Intellect) i.e fully transcending the False Identification and replacing it with Correct one, Detaching from the stimulus received from the senses.. Then Creating the reality the way we want through Presence/through being the creator/through Manifesting the Ultimate simultaneously being in the Human Form which will be in Alignment and Congruence with the Laws of Nature & Universe and generate well being for all. Hence it is said that the Greatest gift that you can give to the world is your own Self-Realization. With Love, Light and Blessings to the reader May you realize in the Lifetime and be Free from False. 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️ Remember the Nature of False is such that it SEEMS True but Actually it isnt. Just like Mirage effect. "Seems" is the keyword.

you are a true bodhisattva. does a bodhisattva know, that he is a bodhisattva? thank you. this changed my life. i never sat in a meditation so long.

I experienced a lot of pain in my body during this meditation, but it all disappeared as I kept focusing on my breath. Now I finally know the true meaning of breathing. Thank you

The most complete meditadition ever. Om Shanti.

Ночь. Невыносимо сжимание мышц. На Небе тёмном, крупными буквами Самадхи. Настойчиво слова приближаются, отдаляются. Все, что мне нужно было запомнить. Утро. Мест свободных нет, стоять невыносимо, но солнце светит и все прекрасно. В эту боль нужно войти, это трудно, кажется, что мяско от косточек отделяется, только дома все стихло, когда нашла, что нужно было мне и всем нам. От души, Благодарю за исцеление, за перевод.

Well that was pretty amazing! What a deep state of meditation I went into. My whole body felt paralysed. The friction throughout my body felt amazingly crazy. I didn’t want it to end. Thank you this is a life changing meditation! 🙏🏼❤️

By far, for those that are genuine in their pursuits to personal growth/spiritual development, this meditation is the MOST challenging, frustrating, and beautifully Masterful meditations! In light of my new practice with this series, i am becoming keenly aware of how far I have grown in my years. And with loving humility, i am understanding how very far i still have to journey, in this lifetime. So much gratitude to the creator of these meditations. 💜🦋💜

I've been meditating for years but this is by far the most useful guided mediation session I've experienced! Absolutely wonderful!! Wish I found this years ago, but everything in it's own time. Thank you so much! :) :)

wow never have I ever meditated for an hour!

I have been “meditating” for a couple years. This is the first time I have done this particular meditation, I now realize I have not truly been meditating and that I have merely been going through the motions. Wow, my eyes have been opened. Thank you.

Thank you sooo much for this meditation!! It has allowed me to realize that my breath is sacred. It is actually the Absolute alive in me. Keeping my body alive even as I sleep. Always with me. How reassuring, how beautiful! And how grateful I am for having been given this understanding! Blessings to you Daniel

Longest and deepest meditation I've had in months. You said exactly what I needed to hear in each moment, thanks alot for this video! :)

Honestly the best guided meditation I came across on RU-vid so far!!! Warm and steady voice, clear and direct guidance, easily graspable technique (it is indeed Anapanasati from the Buddhist tradition as taught by S.N. Goenka) without any unnecessary filler words... Absolutely BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for your contribution to the wellbeing and happiness of all!

Breathing Once before each sentence this will make this session One Hour, along with the additional Breaths below. Start with a calm and peaceful mind. Relaxing deeply, yet being completely alert and present. Your outer posture should remain strong, but not rigid. Relaxed, but not slumping. Observe the natural breath. During this meditation, do not try to change or manipulate the breath in any way. You are simply observing this one thing that is already happening. Breath is happening, you are just noticing it. Cultivating the skills of concentration and allowing. (3 Breaths) As you observe the breath, don´t be surprised or frustrated when your mind wanders. As soon as you notice the mind has wandered, bring it back to the breath. Remain relaxed. (3 Breaths) The mind will wander, and you will bring it back to the breath. This is the meditation. (12 Breaths) Sometimes you might get lost in thoughts for a while. The practice is to become disinterested in any thought; planning, remembering, worrying, fantasizing. Regardless of what type of thought comes up, just let it go, without judgement. You may experience thoughts, that are judging your meditation, or judging your present experience, as being good or bad. Just let them go. (12 Breaths) As you sit for a period of time, hindrances will arise. Hindrances can come in the form of sleepiness, or restlessness, maybe boredom, or pain and discomfort in the body. When attention is diverted to any particular phenomena, the practice is to be equanimous(calm & composed) with what is. Simply, let it be as it is, and return to the breath. Sometimes, if pain becomes too great, it may be necessary to adjust your position. But with practice, your capacity to work with the hindrances will develop. You may notice, that moving away from your pain, sometimes makes it come back even stronger. Allowing pain to be as it is, opening to it fully, lets it arise, express itself, and pass away. Paradoxically, the way out of pain, is to go into it and experience it fully. (12 Breaths) Another form of hindrance, is wanting or expecting something to happen. Sometimes, blissful feelings will arise, an the mind will try to cling to these experiences, or recreate them. The same thing that applies to unpleasant sensations, applies to peasant sensations. Allow them to be as they are, relaxing into the moment, and always bringing focus back to the breath. Do not look left or right. Only see your meditation object, the breath. (12 Breaths) Observe the pulsation of the breath, the in and the out, expansion and contraction. Be sharp, lucid, present. Simply, abide with the natural breath. The mind may want to do something more interesting. Don´t let it become dull and repetitive. Feel the aliveness of the breath. Go into it. (12 Breaths) Notice every sensation, connected to the breath. From gross sensations, to the most subtle.When you observe the breath, maybe you will notice more air going in one nostril than another. Maybe there is a tightness somewhere in the body, constricting the breath. Maybe in the Hara area, the center located approximately two inches below the navel. Or in the heart area, or in the throat, or any part of the body. Simply notice, and allow it to be as it is. (9 Breaths) Notice how the stomach rises and falls. Is it deep or shallow? Is it changing in quality? Is it sometimes deep, or sometimes shallow? Is it smooth and fluid, or is it choppy? It does not matter what you find, just notice. Don´t try to manipulate the breath. (9 Breaths) Is the air going in the nostrils cooler than the air going out? Maybe there is a tickling sensation at the the nostrils. Can you feel the pulse of the breath? Like waves rising and falling on the ocean. (9 Breaths) Let the breath be free. Let it change, grow and evolve if it wants to. Let it become subtle, or disappear completely, if it wants to. Don´t miss the changes, notice them, no matter how subtle. (9 Breaths) Continue observing, patiently, persistently. It may take some time and practice to be able to stay with the breath without the mind wandering. (9 Breaths) In deep meditation, the flow of concentration is continuous, like the flow of oil being poured in a continuous stream. (9 Breaths) Egoic thoughts are interruptions, in the flow of concentration towards the breath. Don´t push away these thoughts. Don´t repress them, or they will just come back in a different form. But at the same time, don´t become interested in the thoughts. Otherwise, you will soon be daydreaming. The middle-way is: neither pushing away, nor grasping. (9 Breaths) Just observe the breath, and the thoughts will settle down on their own. They will lose power. The patterns of thinking will gradually lose energy, when you don´t feed them your consciousness. Don´t feed the mind. You are using concentration on the breath, to divert the energy away from the mind patterns. (9 Breaths) The breath can move unconsciously, when it is not observed. Or, it can move consciously. Notice if the breath changes when you put your attention on it. Notice any subtle change, when you bring consciousness to your breath. Conscious breath is Pranic breath. It is alive breath. (16 Breaths) When you focus continuously on the breath, your inner energy might begin to increase. This may generate friction, or some uncomfortableness. It may increase whatever patterns are in play. You may experience friction between your intention to stay with the breath, and the old patterns of the mind. This friction may make you want to move, to interrupt the meditation process. But know that this friction is integral to meditation. It is the friction that creates the fire that burns up the self. It is the alchemy that transmutes the duality of your pain and pleasure, into Samadhi. (9 Breaths) Always be surrendering. Always be present. (12 Breaths) Let the breath anchor you in the now. Let the breath ground you. (12 Breaths) If you want to gain mastery over the mind, master the breath. (12 Breaths) There is only one breath, the breath that happens now. (12 Breaths) Let the breath take you deep into your being. Dive deep into the ocean of breath,of inner energy, into the pranic stream. (16 Breaths) If your mind has wandered, if some thought has interrupted the continuous awareness of the breath, the moment you notice it, you will actually be back at the breath. There is actually no doing, when you return to the breath. You don´t do anything to return to the breath. You are simply noticing what the mind is already doing, and letting it go. (16 Breaths) The breath is profound, mysterious, but we take it for granted. We don´t really inhabit the breath.We don´t really feel the breath. Like most things, we perceive only our thoughts about it, not the breath itself. (24 Breaths) Concentration and deep surrender. (33 Breaths) These are the two dimensions of meditation. Be patient, focused, remain aware, remain equanimous(calm & compose), relaxing, present. (69 Breaths)

I had a cool experience applying your meditations as I drove across the desert towards Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. I was really focusing on allowing my breath to come and go; waiting for each inhale to manifest on it's own, without my prompting. Soon I was feeling very "blissful" which is hard to describe but physically similar to an opiod high. But also a very joyful sense of peace and (freedom?). I didn't want it to stop and remained in that state for a couple of hours; all the way to my destination. I had no desire to put on music, podcasts, or other distractions, which is very unusual for me. Of course once I re-engaged with the world it all kind of dissolved and the thought patterns were back in the driver's seat, so to speak. I'm still able to get back into that state just about anytime I want, but not for very long. Anyway, just though I'd share.

I could not stay without extending my gratitude to you. So simple yet so profound technique for deep meditation. Great service to humanity. Thank you so much

29 min.. learning to use little tickles, twinges, small burning under skin to increase focus and alertness. Thanking them when they arise.

The best meditation technique I have ever come accross. First time in the period of 2 years of spiritual journey I sat without restlessness and enjoyed thoroughly. And did not realize the time. Thank you very much for sharing.

Thank you for helping me in my journey to find reality. I thought I had to find the true, but I was mistaken. I wasn’t looking for the true, I was looking for the vacuum of infinite potential.

THANK YOU SO MUCH . THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO HELP WITH MY MEDITATION. I HAVE NOT THE WORDS TO TELL YOU HOW THIS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND MANY OTHERS I AM SURE . KEEP IT UP AND CHANGE THE WORLD

I used all these for The Violin, Acting and for my Meditation of "Kojak" Episodes. I can handle the Breath now Constantly, except that I make " holded Breath" Retain Breath, Breath THRU the Chakras and BROAD Breath. After that. ONLY narrow Breath. Eleven Episodes in AND on SAMADHI. I reached SAMADHI in Three Years. Though I must mention (and it is just a thought, that my MOM died last year. After that, I finally REACHED. SAMADHI STATE. JUST FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. THANK YOU OSHO, KRISHNAMURTI AND SADGHURUIST MONK. Just......Breath and observe until "YOU REACH THE LOGOS"...THE SPIRAL OF LIFE.....

pure observation. No pull, no push.no distraction. no music.

Best meditation I’ve ever done. I will come back and do it again. I’m so glad that I found it. Really appreciate it 🙏🙏

I felt like I was sitting in the eye of the storm watching the thoughts go round but not actually being a part of them. Thank you for the meditation. Much appreciated 🙏

Can feel strong presence in the silence.

It will help in lot of ways. Once I gain this knowledge and higher consciousness. I will write a letter and that will go in hands where it has to go then I will take samadhi. This time no interference and no politics.

Slightly abrupt voice so I had to turn the volume down, with that being said, this is THE BEST meditation I've done. No frills. Thank you!

Wow my breath slowed down so much I was only aware of it by my stomach slightly rising at one point. I felt like the energy inside was whirling around like a slow spin and then up and down like a wave, side to side. Everything became so serene and still. Amazing meditation. I was aware of my neck leaning to one side. A blockage somewhere? I also felt the point where my ego was fighting against me but I went back to my breath and overcame it

I don't know how you did it. Been meditating for years but with this I became emptiness. This is the best hour you can gift yourself with.

So pleased to have run into this site. 💭

I'm so grateful for this channel 🙏❤️🙏

Appreciation for bringing forth this gift of a video. There are no words to express the profound expansion in self awareness and self acceptance that has arisen upon practicing this meditation technique. Perception is clearer. Inner spaciousness increased. The world continues to spin and I am calmly poised at the "center of the needle” observing the world pass by without any desire to identify with it. Amen.

Wow, thank you for this guided meditation. This was the first time I meditated for an hour, better yet, I didn't even realize I was already 13 mins into the 2nd guide. There was a moment when I completely forgot where in my room I was meditating. My breath was like the waves of the ocean, with it crashing and covering the sand with every exhale. I'm going to refer back to this guide a few more times. Enjoy a wonderful life :)

Trumps the oodles of vids i searched prior to this ---no extra BS exactly what the comment below says it prompted serenity in me & surrender to rest vs. mosquitoeing my way thru rest of day. Thank you.

you have no clue, how helpful it is Daniel. love and lots of respect. ,,🙏🙏🙏

Thank you '! Very much. I’m not alone anymore. It’s all about love. I AM that I AM from Taiwan.

I don't need to see who you are to know, I don't need to interrogate you to know, I don't need to sleep with you to know. I already know you through the expansion of your soothing voice!

Hj dia 22/11/2023 estou ouvindo pela primeira vez ❤e será que é assim que aprendemos a ser observadores dos pensamentos?

Powerful stuff. Blood pressure 119/83. Improving my health just listening. Namaste

This guided meditation is superb... sublimely simple and genuine 🙌🙏

Many times I was so relaxed that I slept for a moment or two before coming back into control.

I also did many Vipassana courses over 30 years ago including, at Sayaji’s U Ba Khin’s International meditation centre in Rangoon, but 16 years ago found I was not getting anywhere, so I decided to switch to watching the breath meditation got access concentration and investigated the mind using Sayaji U Ba Khin technique of insight meditation to overcome attachment to mind. So thanks to both techniques.

Most intense meditation I every had.

EXCELLENT!!! By far THE best guided meditation I've ever heard! No cheezy music, the production quality is superb and the instructor is great, saying all the perfect things at the perfect time! Thank you!

Very good! I like that it has no sound at all, only the voice guiding!! Thanks for sharing this!!

I missed your last guided meditation, but I’m keeping up with your private meditation every day (with UTube recordings). Sometimes, most of the time, while meditating, I feel like I’m wearing a heavy crown right on the top of my head & at other times I have the sensation of, like a tight band around my head, but above my eyes, going all the way around. But the one I’m most interested in is I often feel, in the upper left side of my head, like that area around my eye & temple, well, it feels dead to me, like when you go to the dentist & get a shot of Novocain. If I touch that area, though, I can feel it just fine. Movement around the area is just fine. Sometimes it feels like the muscles are even sagging as it feels like gravity is pulling down those muscles. This doesn’t happen at all, until I get sort’ve deep in meditation. I will try to attend the next meditation, but maybe you guys can talk about physical sensations while meditating. I mean at your next online meditation meeting. I really appreciate you both & I’m pretty sure I would be bat-sh*t crazy if I weren’t meditating. I mean with the fires and COVID-19 & all that. I started meditating with your recordings at the last days of March, so I’m still a newbie I guess. I’m very grateful that I found Awaken The World anyway. Thank you much! I’m sending this message as a remark bc I don’t have a valid address.

"Start with a calm and peaceful mind" if I could start off with a calm and peaceful mind I wouldn't be here lol.

Watching the breath is a jewel and investigating the breath is a diamond, it did wonders for my meditation, got rid of a lot of attachment to ego and self, thank you.

I echo all the comets below. Watched the films first, really informative and set out their objectives beautifully. I have just started the breathing, by far the best meditation I have come across. Thank you🙏🙏🙏

Love this meditation!Perfect mixture of guidance & silence. And your words are exactly what I need to hear.. informative about the thought patterns & encouraging. I feel like it is training wheels for learning how to “ ride the breath” Thank you🙏

Did anybody even listen all the way through before commenting. Such mastery of meditation lol.

I find this meditation video truly amazing.. music meditation take me even more into thinking

Anyone else feel a pulling sensation when you obtained a deeper concentration?

His voice is so soothing to me, glad he did this video, too

Thank you, this is exactly what I am looking for. Eternally grateful 🙏 ❤

Today I was listening to your training and I fell asleep as I was sleeping I was dreaming that we were together and we were going over the rules of the meditation together in a room with other people I could hear your voice very clearly in the dream. It was very peaceful, and then my wife woke me up 😊

Even with headphones on, the background is absolutely silent. I like that.

True Buddhist Teachings, Namaste ❤❤❤

Who else begins to see an eye and an amazing light show during meditation?

Terrific. I have done 4x 10 day Vipassana courses. This is the basis of my meditation practice, and especially during the silent retreats, has led me to unspeakable… well... However, upon return to “regular life” and it’s tumults, I often lose the continuity of meditation practice and the quality of concentration wanes. I have known the breath to be a key part of the technique. “Pranayana” is so much more than a gateway to Vipassana: it also seems to be a gateway to Samadhi. Anyway, today’s meditation, with your precise guidance, was a rare gift. It aided me to become sharp as an arrow and to stay on target. The meditation was successful. I’m sure I will use it again. Thank you 🙏

Thank You ,be still and know!

Thank you for all that you do 🙏 God bless!

wow im 3 minutes in and i find myself here laughing at the great sensation i feel

Thank you very much for explaining the process of meditation. It did help a lot to concentrate and go through it. The best explanation so far. Thank you

I get to about 25 minutes and give up. This has happened twice now. I can’t seem to ignore pain in my body, coldness and I’m just feeling everything. I’m going to keep attempting this however until I reach the full hour. I’m a person of many anxieties so switching off the mind with absolutely no distractions is different to say the least.

I listen this while do every day tasks and it pushes those tasks more into the monent. Life is easy then :)

The expansion of our conscience would certainly help to solve many of our problems and the world's societies many thanks for the meditations....and the contemplation when we walk out of our minds and become the Observers

This is the perfect meditation chaneel. Top of the top

The best guided meditation on youtube. Thank you.

First 7 minutes was my mind wandering not able to concentrate on my breath for even 2 seconds👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I really appreciate this meditation. It anticipates all of the mind's tricks, and takes you right to the point where you have to decide whether you are really willing to let go of your thought patterns. The jury is still out for me.

Wow I can't believe I just meditated for an hour. Thank you

This (and the other guides in this series) is the meditation guide that helped me to finally break through, despite many attempts over the years. The teachings are invaluable to me. See you on patreon and thank you for sharing your gift and your work.

Good things happened after listening. Thanks to the guide.

I love this more than ant other ive done amazing thank you so much

Thank you so much for guiding us through this meditation with your calm voice, and also addressing some of the hindrances that come up. I normally don't use guided meditations, but after watching other content on this channel, I decided to give it a try. It was profound. I don't even have the words. Thank you for being here and for sharing this with the world ❤

Thank you, thank you, thank you ! During this meditation i fell in love with my breath

Thank you for this hands on into this beautiful practice in the state of meditation. The only practice that as it transforms the individual it transforms the world. Thank you again.

Absolutely amazing. Its the one u need to help me meditate. None of the others have. Thank you.

the power of the ego has to be worked on constant!!! many thanks for your informative videos!!!! namasta!

Daniel, thank you. 🤗

Ended up getting good rest and became completely awake by the end. Thanks obama

Thank you. This is by far the best guided meditation series I have come across.

Thank you - Amazing guidance right when you need it - the instructions and assurance are perfectly timed. Grateful to you 🙏

Loved it! No sound, just silence. Amazingly weird syncronicity with what you said and the state and reaction in my body and mind at the time. Thank you!

this is all I was longing for!!! thank you very much!!! And God bless your journey on this Earth!

Thank you sir and yes you are making a difference