Welcome to this guided breathwork session.
Thank you for joining me.
I'm so so grateful that you're here.
It's beautiful that we get to do this together.
I really hope you enjoy this session.
One of the breathwork techniques that we'll be using today is called Conscious Connected Breathing.
It's an upregulating breathwork.
There are some contraindications to this breathwork.
So I would highly recommend you reading the meditation description notes to check that you're safe to partake in this breathwork session.
If you're unsure or concerned,
Please contact the healthcare professional or your doctor.
Your safety is really really important to me.
And remember,
If this breathwork doesn't suit you today,
There's many other breathworks for you to choose.
The Conscious Connected Breathing that we'll be using today is a three-part breath.
We'll be using mouth breathing.
There'll be an inhale into the belly,
Filling up the belly.
The second will fill up the chest.
And the third will be a gentle exhale and letting go.
So it'll be belly,
Chest,
And let go.
Filling up the belly 75%,
Chest 25%,
And then letting the breath fall away.
There'll be inhale,
Inhale,
Exhale.
I would recommend that you lie down during this breathwork.
Maybe grab yourself a blanket before we start.
A small pillow for under your head.
I recommend a small one.
Keeping the airways free so it doesn't tilt your head up too far.
So let's begin.
As you lay on the bed or the floor,
Bring yourself into a comfortable position.
Move any arms or legs that need to be moved.
Get really,
Really comfortable.
This will help you.
Drop a little bit deeper when we move into the Conscious Connected Breathwork.
Close down the eyes if that feels good for you.
Close the mouth.
Take a breath in through the nose.
And exhale through the nose.
Again,
Inhale.
Just become aware of the mind.
As it drifts away and gets lost in thoughts and stories.
Once you become aware,
Bring it back.
Bring it back to the present moment.
Using our breath is a brilliant way to do that.
You can use our breath like an anchor on a ship.
It keeps us in the present moment.
Inhale.
Exhale.
When you notice the nature of your mind and it drifts away and gets lost,
Just smile and come back.
Each breath you breathe in and breathe out.
Soften.
Soften your face.
Soften your body.
Soften into the moment.
Know that the floor or the bed is holding you.
You're safe.
You're protected.
You're grounded.
There's nothing for you to do other than breathe.
Inhale.
Exhale.
And let go.
Inhale.
Maybe this is a great time to set an intention for this practice.
Maybe you would love to feel more peace,
Joy,
Happiness.
Maybe you would like to be more compassionate,
Gentle and understanding to yourself.
Set those intentions or intention.
And during your session,
This practice,
Hold them in your mind's eye.
And use them as a reminder.
If you drift away,
If you become aware that you're giving yourself a hard time,
Or you're not experiencing the peace and love,
Come back to that.
Remember this is a practice.
Just become aware of the state of your body and your mind.
Have you become a little bit more peaceful?
A little bit more centered and grounded?
Just observe.
No judgment.
Just witness.
Observe.
And just follow the breath.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Letting go.
Beautiful.
Let's begin.
We're now going to switch from nasal breathing to mouth breathing.
For a conscious connected breath work.
So soften the jaw.
Open the mouth.
Breathe into the belly,
Chest and let go.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Beautiful.
Belly.
Chest.
Ah.
Find your rhythm.
Find your flow.
It's like a wave.
Belly.
Chest.
Ah.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
After a couple of rounds of that mouth breathing.
You may feel shifts in the physical.
Tingles in the hands or the face.
Some dizziness.
That's okay.
That's perfectly normal at this stage.
Keep following the breath.
That mouth breathing.
Because if you switch back to nasal that would go away.
All is okay.
You are safe.
You may feel some tension in the hands.
Some cramping.
Which is called tetany.
Again this is perfectly normal at this stage.
The pH in our blood is changing.
It's becoming a little bit more alkaline.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Beautiful work.
Belly.
Chest.
Let go.
You may notice some shifts in the mind.
Maybe talking a little bit more.
Telling you to stop.
Give up.
Don't do this.
Just notice.
Witness the mind.
And return back to the breath.
Belly.
Chest.
You may also notice some shifts in the emotion.
Some energy may want to move.
Some tears or some sadness.
Or some laughter.
Happiness.
No judgment to any of the emotions that want to move.
Remember.
Emotion is just energy in motion.
It's just looking to move.
Beautiful work.
We are nearly there.
Inhale.
Exhale.
In five seconds we'll breathe in and hold it at the top.
In four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Inhale.
And hold.
Hold it at the top.
Soften the face.
Soften the chest.
Soften.
And slowly blow all the air out.
Empty.
Empty.
Empty.
Empty.
Empty.
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Empty.
Empty.
Watch the mind.
Just notice.
We're nearly there.
In five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
Big breath in.
Hold it at the top.
And sigh it out.
Beautiful work.
Round one.
Two more rounds to go.
Take a couple of recovery breaths.
In through the nose.
And out through the nose.
Beautiful.
Establish that witness again.
And watch.
The thoughts.
The feelings.
The sensations.
Without judgement.
Let's begin.
Our second round.
Of conscious connected breathing.
Soften the jaw.
Open the mouth.
Breathe into the belly.
Into the chest.
And let go.
Belly.
Chest.
Ah.
Like a wave.
Belly.
Chest.
Let it go.
Beautiful.
You may want to breathe a little bit deeper.
Maybe a little bit faster.
Or you may want to slow it all down.
This is your practice.
You get to decide.
Belly.
Chest.
Ah.
All you have to do is breathe.
You've got this.
Follow the breath.
It's the bridge.
Across the river of change.
The breath can bring us deeper into the worlds we're looking to explore.
Out of the tink and busy mind.
Down into the subconscious.
To let go of all those thoughts,
Beliefs and patterns.
That are not serving us anymore.
We can let them go.
We're not our history.
We're not our experiences.
We're not our past.
We get the right.
A brighter,
More beautiful.
Present moment.
Breath by breath.
How would it feel.
To remember.
We are the love,
Peace and joy.
That we've been looking for.
From the place that we've been looking from.
You are everything that you've been looking for.
Right here.
Right now.
As you are.
Breathe into the belly.
Into the chest.
Let it go.
Belly.
Chest.
Deeper and deeper we go.
Breath by breath.
Remember.
You are the pilot.
Not the passenger.
And we're using this practice.
To expand our capacity to feel.
Feel more joy.
Love.
Peace.
And happiness.
In five seconds we'll breathe in.
And hold her at the top again.
In four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Inhale.
Inhale.
And hold.
Slowly blow all the air out.
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