So finding yourself a comfortable sitting posture.
If you're sitting on a chair,
Having your feet flat on the floor,
Having your back reasonably upright,
Or if today it's right for you,
Feel free to lie maybe flat on the floor.
Letting your eyes gently close partially or fully.
Making any final movements so that your body is comfortable.
Maybe taking a few deeper breaths.
A few slow easy breaths.
Maybe even having a sense of releasing any unnecessary tension in the body with the breath out.
Perhaps you might even like to place a hand on your heart or somewhere else that's soothing on the body.
Just for a few moments to remind yourself that it's not just awareness that you're bringing to this practice,
But kind of an affectionate awareness to ourselves and to our breath.
And just allowing the breath to settle into a natural pattern.
Noticing the body breathing.
In and out.
Having the noticing to be very easeful.
Wherever the breath is easiest to notice.
Nothing to do.
Nowhere to go.
Perhaps it might feel nice to notice the rhythm of the breath.
The flowing in,
The flowing out.
Perhaps it might feel nice to notice the rhythm of the breath.
You might even notice that your body is ever so subtly swaying with the breath.
A bit like the movement,
The waves lapping the beach.
Perhaps you might notice the rhythm of the breath.
You might even have a sense of a nourishing with the breath in.
Maybe a subtle letting go on the breath out.
Perhaps you may even have a sense of really feeling the breath out.
Real affection towards the breath.
Maybe as though your breath was a beloved pet or child in your life that naturally brings affection.
Maybe a subtle smile on the corner of the lips or in the heart.
And of course because you're human,
The mind will wander.
Perhaps treat the wandering mind the same way you might treat that beloved pet or child.
Just ever so gently and kindly.
Directing the attention back to the breath.
If you notice that you're really watching the breath or analyzing it or imagining it.
Again,
Just ever so gently bring the attention back to the felt sense of the breath.
Perhaps the breath in the nostrils or the rise and fall of the chest or abdomen.
Feel the subtle rhythm of the whole body.
Perhaps even allowing the breath to rock and comfort you.
Like the gentle waves rock a boat and harbour.
Perhaps even allowing the breath to rock a boat and harbour.
And this amazing life giving breath.
Threading our present moments together.
Connecting us with the outside world.
Washing from the inside.
Not only if this feels right for you,
You might even want to try giving yourself over to your breathing.
Allowing the breath to breathe itself.
Just breathing.
Being breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Perhaps there might even be a sense of this delightful breath as a home base.
We can come back to over and over in our life.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Soothing breath.
Gently rocking.
Maybe even so it's caressing us.
Comforting us.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
