Hey this is Becca and welcome to a meditation for a quick dose of calm.
Let's take a deep breath in and a big sigh.
We'll use our breath today to actually change the landscape of our mind so that the thoughts that exist in that landscape can slow down and the space between them can widen.
So let's find a pattern where we inhale through the nose for about five counts.
We hold the breath at the top for the same five counts and then we exhale through the nose for five counts as well and that's it.
So let's begin.
Inhale and hold at the top.
Exhale.
Inhale hold at the top and exhale.
Inhale hold exhale inhale hold and exhale.
Now take your deepest breath in and a big sigh.
Again deep breath in.
Big sigh.
One more of those.
Inhale.
Now we'll add a count so that pattern will be a little slower.
So let go of all the air and inhale through the nose for about six counts.
Holding your breath at the top.
Exhale for six.
Slow breath in.
Hold and a slow breath out.
Maybe we can add one more count.
Inhale for about seven.
Holding your breath when you're full.
Slow exhale through the nose.
Inhale and hold at the top.
Slow exhale.
In and hold.
Exhale and take your deepest breath in and a sigh.
Again breath in.
One more of those.
Inhale and a slow breath out.
One more of those.
Inhale and letting go.
Drop your right ear towards your right shoulder.
Lift your head and drop your left ear to your left shoulder.
Again inhale center.
Exhale to the right.
Inhale center and exhale to the left.
Inhale bring your head back to center and a deep breath.
Bringing your palms together at heart center.
Setting an intention for the rest of your day.
An intention for how you want to be breathing which is how you are existing.
So in what way,
What quality do you want to breathe with?
Is it easeful?
Is it steady?
Spacious?
I exist in each present moment.
That's my experience,
My reality.
It's this present moment,
How I'm existing,
How I'm breathing.
So if I can breathe a little slower,
A little steadier and in a more spacious way that's how I'll experience my life.
Namaste.
Have a wonderful rest of your day.
