Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee How to Sit With Difficult Feelings - Guided Meditation with Zen Master Henry Shukman #637
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Mar 15, 2026 
Henry Shukman, a Zen teacher and creator of The Way meditation app, leads a guided practice on staying with difficult feelings. He explores welcoming emotions using Rumi’s Guest House metaphor. Listens include posture, noticing bodily tension, bringing warmth and tenderness inward, and resting in kindness before gently finishing the practice.
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Emotions Arise When You Let Go
- Meditation can surface deep emotions because it removes the usual ways we hold ourselves together.
- Henry Shukman quotes Rumi's The Guest House to show emotions as visitors to be welcomed rather than problems to fix.
Start By Settling The Body
- Get comfortable and soften your body before you begin so meditation becomes a space of ease.
- Henry guides using simple posture options (kitchen chair, edge of bed) and encourages checking and adjusting physical comfort.
Welcome Feelings Instead Of Fixing Them
- Rather than trying to fix uncomfortable feelings, allow them to be present and welcome them.
- Henry suggests imagining your experience as a guest house and asking if you can be the welcoming host to whatever appears.