Hello dear one,
Thank you so much for joining me.
I'm Bodhi Bright and this is a color breath meditation.
This is a simple guided visualization breathing exercise to help you release anything that
you're holding in your body that might not be serving you today.
So when you're ready,
Finding your way into a comfortable position.
This might be seated today,
Maybe laying down.
Settling into whatever position brings you the most comfort in this moment.
If you like,
We'll take a moment here to arrive into your body.
So most of us are underestimating how much time we spend in our minds and disconnected
from our bodies.
Taking an intentional moment here to arrive into your body.
One way that you could do this might be to notice where your body is connected to the
space around you.
So maybe noticing where you're connected to the chair,
Or the floor,
Or your bed with
your legs or your feet.
Maybe noticing where your hands are connected to the space around you,
So maybe that's the
feeling of them laying on your lap or the texture that they are touching,
Whether that's
your pants or a blanket.
Another way that you might arrive into your body could be to bring your attention to your
breath.
So before we do anything to change or manipulate your breathing,
Maybe just starting by noticing
that you are breathing.
You might notice this by bringing your attention to where you feel the breath in your body.
So that may be the sensation of your chest rising and falling as your body is breathing.
Maybe you can feel the air moving in and out of your nose,
Or perhaps you notice an expansion
and contraction in your ribs as you're breathing.
You might notice other sensations as well,
Just bringing your attention to where the
breath is in your body.
And if you like,
You could start to breathe here more intentionally.
You might breathe in a little bit more fully.
You might lengthen your exhale as you breathe out,
Seeing if you can find a way to breathe
here on purpose that feels comfortable to you.
There's no right or wrong way to take a deep breath.
Maybe experimenting here with what it feels like for you to breathe intentionally today.
So when you're ready,
You'll start to scan your body for anything that feels as though
it's not serving you.
Maybe starting from your toes and moving upwards,
Just noticing if there are any sensations
or feelings that you're holding in your body that you'd like to release.
You might notice as you're scanning some tightness or tension in certain areas.
You might notice an uneasy feeling,
Or maybe you notice feelings of anxiety or sadness.
Just noticing whatever it feels like you are holding that you would like to release.
And then seeing if you can assign these sensations and or feelings with a color.
Just noticing as you imagine these sensations and feelings being a color,
Just trusting
whatever color shows up for you.
And once you've identified this color,
We'll start to pair this with the breath.
So you'll take an inhale in,
And on the exhale,
You'll imagine this color leaving your body
with the exhale.
So breathing in,
And breathing out whatever color it is from the spaces in your body that
it's being held.
Releasing this color,
Moving it from your body,
From your tissues,
Up and out into the
space around you.
Picturing this color moving out of your body,
Up through your chest with the exhale,
And
releasing.
Continuing this process of breathing in air,
Releasing this color that's holding these
sensations and feelings.
Maybe taking a moment here to just look and do another body scan.
Is there any of this color left in your body?
Any more bits of it that can be moved up and out and released?
Maybe one more inhale here,
One last release of any of those last bits of that color.
And then if you like,
We'll imagine what you would like to fill these spaces with now that
you've been able to release some of these sensations and feelings in this color.
So thinking about what you would like to fill back up with.
This could be as simple as just imagining what color feels best to fill those spaces.
You could also imagine what feelings or sensations feel most supportive to you
to fill back up with.
And then picturing what color best represents those feelings and sensations.
Taking a moment here to decide what would serve you to bring into your body.
And when you're ready,
On your inhale,
Breathing in,
Imagine breathing in this color into the spaces that you just emptied.
So as you breathe in,
Pulling in this color
that feels supportive to you and filling all of those spaces
and releasing.
Breathing in what your body needs
and breathing out.
Taking a few breaths here,
Continuing this process of breathing in this color
into those spaces.
And again,
If you like,
Taking a moment here to do another scan
to see if there's anywhere else in your body that would benefit from breathing in this color,
These feelings or sensations that you're needing or that feel supportive to you right now.
Taking a few last breaths here to fill in those last bits of spaces.
And when that feels complete,
Letting your breath settle back into its normal rhythm,
Releasing control over the breath and letting your body take back over.
Maybe taking a moment here to settle back into your body and just notice,
Does anything feel different?
Seeing if you can try not to judge it as good or bad.
Just noticing what is showing up in you now.
Knowing that this is available to you at any time,
In any place,
To visually imagine releasing what is no longer serving you and pulling in
what feels restorative and supportive to you.
And again,
Letting your breath settle back into its normal rhythm.
Thank you so much for taking this time for yourself and for joining me in this meditation.
