Creating Mindfulness: A Guided Meditation With Catherine

A guided meditation to create attention and mindfulness led by AYP Director of Teachers Catherine Njeri. Gain mental focus, clarity, and shift from your thoughts to awareness. Using the transformational power of yoga to instill mindfulness into our daily lives, this practice is ideal for any time you want to clear your mind and regain awareness.

Transcript

Hello everyone my name is Katherine Jerry let's meditate. Find a comfortable sitting position. Choose your seat. Find stillness and focus. You can choose to close your eyes or to drop a gaze. Slowly bring attention to your breath, To your inhale and to your exhale. So using your breath to stay mindful and to create attention. Pay attention to your breath as it goes in and out. Completely present and paying attention to your inhale and to your exhale. So you notice the breath that's coming in and you're noticing the breath that's leaving the body at this moment. If your mind wanders from this task, Return back to the breath and if your mind wanders again and it will happen come back to your breath and keep coming back to your breath. And the practice of returning back to your breath builds the muscles of attention and mindfulness. So you keep practicing returning to your breath building the muscle of attention and mindfulness. Learn how to come back to breath and to the present moment. And if you drift off again come back to being present to your breath. Using your breath to stay present, Mindful and to create a powerful attention and we'll stay silent for the next one minute paying attention to your breath completely present to your breath. Your breath is your anchor to the present moment. So slow breath in and a slow breath out. Inhale and exhale. The practice of building attention and mindfulness is a constant practice daily practice so throughout the day or anytime just come back to listening and paying attention to your breath and see if you can like build or just listen to three deep breaths without interruption or distraction. Bring your thumbs to your forehead. Thank you so much for meditating with me. Stay present use your breath to anchor yourself to the present moment. Namaste.