How much effort is required to be in Stillness?

 I once thought stillness needed effort.

Time. Technique. Discipline.

Then I noticed something simple…
The pause after exhalation is naturally longer than the pause after inhalation.


I stayed there.
And realised:
👉 Stillness does not need to be created.
👉 It is already available… in the gap.
 
Today, in my micro-practice sessions, we don’t chase calm.


We simply notice:
Inhale…
Exhale…
And that tiny pause after.
 
𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰:
Don’t change your breath.
Just observe the moment after it leaves.

How much effort is required to be in stillness?
Maybe… less than we think.
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