Breathing Meditation For Beginners

While our minds might flit here and there like capricious butterflies, our breath is always here, always now, always reliably in the present, offering us a safe and steady anchor to quieten thoughts and soothe emotions.

With mindfulness of the breath, we pay attention to two things: the sensations of our breath, just as it is, and the wandering of our mind, when we realize it has strayed. As always, we gently bring it back, with kindness - having come back to awareness of our present experience