Anchoring With The Breath: Softening Around Pain

This short recording offers guidance and validation for pain whether emotional or physical, including chronic pain. Drawing on mindfulness, polyvagal theory and the mind/body connection, this short practice acknowledges the natural response to anticipate, brace or steel oneself as well as the healing possibilities when softening and using the breath. Listeners are gently invited to use the breath as a path toward moments of relief, acceptance and encouragement. It can be used after difficult moments of conflict, anxiety or trauma triggers, or as a part of a morning or nighttime routine.

Transcript

Anchoring with the breath. Breathing in, Acknowledging the pain. It hurts and just is. Breathing out. Releasing, Letting go. In. . . And out. Again and again. The in-between expanding. Almost a sign of relief. Or maybe the smallest start. No longer immediately bracing or anticipating. Slowly wincing less. Breathing in, Acknowledging. Breathing out. Releasing and and out. Again and again. With hope. And faith all the possibility awaiting within the breath.