Day 3: Just Three Breaths

Welcome to Day 3 of this 10-day series on living your life more fully with less stress and greater ease. Each day will offer very short sessions that suggest practices to bring into your day.

Set aside small moments for self-nurture. Longer moments for self-care are important, but small moments matter.

This could be as simple as taking three slow, conscious breaths every hour. Setting aside even a few minutes a day can go a long way toward interrupting our habitual autopilot mode and dialing down our stress response. This is good for your mind and body and has positive benefits for your long-term health.

Disclaimer: This track is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for mental health intervention or treatment of any kind.

Transcript

Hi, Welcome to day three. So today is all about many moments of self-nurture. And self-nurture can be as simple as three breaths. So I want to offer you just three breaths, A little practice you can bring into your day. So if you're comfortable closing your eyes or bring them to soft gaze, You can do that. And so just on this first breath, And of course, It may be actually a few more breaths as I'm talking here, But. Taking in a nice. . . Cleansing breath, And on this breath, Just letting all of the tension in your body soften. And maybe thinking about the word ease. And just letting that reverberate through your body. And on the second breath, You might simply notice. . . The nature of your thoughts, Whether things in your mind feel kind of like a calm lake. Whether there's ripples, Lots of big waves, Just simply noticing without getting entangled. In your thoughts. And then on the third breath, You might even just put a hand on your heart if that feels comfortable for you, Or a hand on your abdomen. And taking a breath. And just noticing and naming whatever emotions are present for you. Whatever that is, Seeing if you can just send yourself a little bit of care and kindness for whatever you're feeling in this moment. And then. . . Going forward into your day and just seeing if you can find these little moments of even just three breaths to stop and pause and step out of automatically.