Hello and welcome.
This is Abby Cameron with Indigo Coaching.
This is a guided practice on alleviating stress with three deep breaths.
Let's begin by taking a moment to allow your body to settle into a comfortable position.
You may close your eyes or keep them slightly open,
Allowing the spine to lift and the shoulders to soften.
We will start practice today by simply stopping.
Begin by taking a full breath in and a long breath out.
Notice what it's like to just stop,
To simply be still and present in this very moment.
You may notice thoughts,
Bodily sensations or sounds.
Just notice what it's like to be alive and in this moment.
Simply stopping.
Each time you find the mind somewhere else,
Play with inviting a sense of stopping.
Let's continue our practice.
Alleviating stress with three deep breaths.
Begin by taking a deep breath and hold it for five seconds.
Exhale and relax.
Take another deep breath,
As deep as you can,
And hold it,
Counting for five seconds.
And as you exhale,
Just imagine blowing out all of your stress.
Take a third deep breath and hold it.
And as you exhale,
You blow out any stress you've been holding onto,
Saying to yourself,
Relax now.
This is your new solution to stress.
Whenever you become stressed in the future,
You simply take three fully in and deep breaths,
Holding it at the top of the inhalation for five seconds.
And when you exhale,
Blow out any stresses that you feel.
And on the third breath,
As you exhale,
You simply say to yourself,
Relax now.
Finish our practice today with a deep breath.
Inhaling,
Holding,
And exhaling.
When you start a new activity today,
Maybe a work meeting,
Maybe a meal,
Simply practice stopping,
Becoming fully present,
And taking a moment to take three deep breaths.
Thank you.
