A Moment To Arrive – A Short Breathing Meditation

A short meditation from the “Moments of Mindfulness” series.

Sometimes a small moment is enough to bring your attention back to the here and now.

In this short mindfulness practice, the breath is at the center. You can notice the breath as it comes and goes, how it gently moves the body, and how it finds its own natural rhythm.

If it feels comfortable, you can close your eyes or gently lower your gaze and turn your attention inward.

Perhaps you might imagine the breath as a small stream: flowing, changing, and always in motion.

For a few minutes, you can simply notice – one breath at a time.

“Moments of Mindfulness” is a series of short meditations, each focusing on one aspect of mindful experience. Further practices explore thoughts, feelings, body awareness, and inner needs.

The practices are calm, open, and non-dogmatic, inviting you to meet your own experience with a little more attention and kindness.

Transcript

It's lovely that you're taking this moment for yourself. Perhaps you can find a position in which you can be here for a few moments, Just as you are. Now you can allow your attention to move toward your breath. Simply noticing how your breath is right now. Feel the air as it moves in. And as it moves out again. Perhaps you notice a gentle coolness as you breathe in. And as you breathe out, A soft warmth. Feel how the breath moves your body. Breathing in. Breathing out. And perhaps you notice a small moment in between. A brief moment of stillness. And then a new movement begins. Perhaps an image of a small stream comes to mind. It flows. Sometimes quietly. Sometimes with a little more movement. And still it keeps flowing. Your breath can be like this stream. Breathing in. . . Breathing out. Calming. Perhaps there is a gentle kind of balance within this. One breath finds its own rhythm. And the next one begins. For a few moments, You can stay with this flowing movement. Breathing in. . . Breathing out. And then allow your breath to move a little more into the background. Feel the space around you. The surface beneath you supporting you. And perhaps you can carry this small moment of flow with you into your day. One breath at a time.

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Short and so sweet!🙏 One to come back to, thank you very much. 💙🙏💫