Hello dear one,
Today we sit in meditation not to get it right but just
to practice it.
If you have held a belief that you need to still your mind
completely or you know sit for 20 minutes or an hour every single day then
I welcome a reframe on that idea of meditation if you are walking through
the world feeling activated stressed and frazzled the idea of sitting for a
longer amount of time can feel really unachievable.
So today's meditation is a
micro meditation and a way for you to start spending time grounding in and
getting into that parasympathetic softened beautiful relaxing state of
being.
So wherever you are just do a little wiggle get a little bit extra
comfortable.
I'm a huge fan of laying down but if you're somewhere seated and
you're comfy,
Beautiful.
Begin by closing your eyes noticing where you are in
space and then find your breath.
Breathing in through your nose deep down into your belly and exhaling through
your mouth or your nose whichever feels most comfortable for you for at least
twice as long as your inhale.
So if your inhale goes for a count of one,
Two,
Your
exhale could be one,
Two,
Three,
Four.
You can feel when you really get to the end
of that exhale and in again through the nose and this time you're going to as
you're breathing out soften through your shoulders make sure your neck and jaw
are soft and relaxed.
And for your next breath breathing in deep into the belly
and as you breathe out this time really soften through the belly make sure
you're not holding any tension through there.
Now this is something you can come
back to or just do yourself now that you know about it a handful of times a day
perhaps if you're sitting at a red stoplight or even if you've gone to the
bathroom or you're waiting for the kettle to boil.
Find little moments
through the day that you can punctuate with these little mindful moments of
breathing,
Micro meditations and as time passes and you spend more time in the
parasympathetic state,
Rest,
Digest,
Repair,
Reproduce,
You will have more and
more capacity to spend longer amounts of time in meditation and access that state
more often for longer.
So thanks for joining me today I hope you got
something out of this and I look forward to seeing you next time.
