Hello.
Today's meditation is for women who struggle with overthinking,
Who aren't entirely sure what meditation is or means or how to stop being completely in your head.
This is for all of us.
So the first thing that we need to do today is just take a few deep breaths while we get our bodies a little bit more comfortable,
Whether you're sitting or lying down.
Just taking a moment to like feel if our bodies are comfy,
Like you can kind of wiggle your shoulders,
Wiggle your arms and legs,
Spread your bum cheeks if you feel like it.
We're just looking for how does our body actually want to be right now.
Maybe you suddenly want to get up and stretch,
Or maybe you said this meditation is going to be just taking these minutes to check in with our bodies and kind of start noticing how they feel and what they want.
Because there is so much wisdom in our bodies and so much relief in being able to listen to our instincts and our intuition,
Which often feel blocked when we can't get out of our thinking mind and into that embodied wisdom.
So now that we're feeling comfortable,
We'll just take a few minutes to breathe in and out as deeply as we can.
Now,
Especially when breathing out,
You want to try to let out that last puff of air,
Every little tiny ounce of air in you,
We're trying to get out so that we can breathe really deeply in and out all the way out every single last puff back in and out.
We're really trying to relax the air in and out.
Other than worrying too much about how long you're breathing for,
Or how long I'm breathing for,
Just try to feel the ways in which your body is changed by breathing.
Notice how you expand and deflate again,
How your tummy moves or how your shoulders are moving.
Notice if you are experiencing pain in any part of your body and don't be afraid of that.
It's okay to feel pain,
We're going to learn through these series,
How to breathe into the pain so that we stop running away and start really understanding how to use the wisdom behind our pain,
Whether it be emotional pain or physical pain.
As you'll discover,
The two often become intertwined.
For now,
We're just breathing and noticing.
And when our minds wander,
We just come back to the breath.
If you struggle to stay with your breath,
You might find that it helps to count along with your heartbeat and breath,
Like 1,
2,
3,
4,
1,
2,
3,
5,
6,
7,
8,
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8.
Just noticing your breath,
Noticing your exhales getting longer and longer,
Noticing how much easier it is to exhale for longer than it is to inhale for longer.
And that's purposeful and perfect.
Feel free to make some sighing noises or some moans just to help you relax your belly and relax your pelvic floor and just relax,
Relax your jaw,
Relax your shoulders,
Relax your belly and just keep breathing.
And when you start thinking,
Just take this moment,
Come back to your breath,
Come back to feeling your body instead of thinking about your body.
Feel what it's like to be inside your skin.
Feel your body expanding.
Feel it relaxing.
Feel how your shoulders move.
Feel how your yoni or your pelvic floor moves.
Feel your throat and your belly.
Feel your nostrils.
Next time,
We'll go a little deeper.
For now,
Just take a few breaths to notice,
To open your eyes slowly and pay attention to where you are.
What can you see around you?
What can you smell?
What does the air taste like,
If anything at all?
Thank yourself for taking this moment for you today and I hope that I'll see you back here tomorrow.
