Welcome to this breathwork practice to bring you back to your breath,
Back to the present moment.
A self-care and relaxing mindful breathing technique.
Make yourself comfortable and gently close your eyes.
Now just bring your attention to your breathing.
Imagine that you have a balloon in your tummy and every time you breathe in the balloon inflates and each time you breathe out the balloon deflates.
Notice the sensations in your abdomen as the balloon inflates and deflates.
Notice your abdomen rising with the in-breath and falling with the out-breath.
And just try to focus your attention on your breathing.
Focus on the cool air coming into your nose and the warm air coming out.
And focus on that balloon inflating and deflating.
Thoughts will come into your mind and that's okay because that's just what the human mind does.
Simply notice those thoughts and then bring your attention back to your breathing.
Good.
Likewise,
You can notice sounds,
Physical feelings and emotions and again just notice them and bring your attention back to your breathing.
Breathing in,
Breathing out.
Abdomen rising and falling.
If thoughts come into your mind,
Don't judge yourself for having them or analyze them in any way.
It's okay for the thoughts to be there.
Just notice the thoughts and let them drift by.
Gently bring your attention back to your breathing.
Feeling the cool air coming in your nose,
Filling your lungs and the warm air as it comes out of your nose.
Whenever you notice that your attention has drifted off and is becoming caught up in thoughts or feelings,
Simply note that the attention has drifted and then gently bring the attention back to your breathing.
Allow yourself to feel comfortable in the rhythm of breathing that you have.
Allow any thoughts that come into your mind to just drift by.
As you bring your attention back to your breathing,
Breathing in and breathing out,
And breathing out,
Noticing the abdomen rising and falling and bringing your attention back to your breathing.
No matter how many times your attention drifts,
It's okay.
Just bring your attention back to your breathing.
Feel the cool air coming into your nose,
Filling your lungs and the warm air as it comes out of your nose.
Whenever you notice that your attention has drifted off and is becoming caught up in thoughts or feelings,
Simply note that the attention has drifted and then gently bring the attention back to your breathing.
The rhythm of your breath.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Feel your abdomen rising,
Your abdomen falling.
Bring your attention back to your breathing.
Wonderful.
As we come out of this breathing exercise,
Invite a sphere of protective,
Warm,
Golden,
Loving light to be placed all around you and this experience too,
So that all the positive,
Restful,
Breathing and peaceful benefits will stay with you.
Take a deep breath in and feel free to come out of this visualization whenever you would like.
Gently open your eyes and feel awake,
Alert,
And refreshed.
Thank you for joining me on the journey to self-care and to bring you back to your breath.
Namaste,
My friend.