Loving-Kindness Breath Practice

This Loving-Kindness practice combines compassionate intention and Breath to help us to tap into the acceptance, love and grace that are at the heart of love and true presence. Loving-Kindness is a means of sharing acceptance, love, kindness, grace. Through combination with Breath, we amplify the energy of Loving-Kindness and expand our compassionate presence.

Transcript

So find a comfortable seat of practice. Either seated or laying down, Both are really good for this type of practice. If you're seated, Make sure that your hips feel really equally weighted. So move and shift until you have balance in both hips. It can be helpful to have your knees below the hips, So if there is a cushion that you can put underneath your hips, Or even if you're sitting on the edge of a chair, That can be really helpful. And then from that stable base that you've created, Lengthen up through the spine. So nice tall spine. Roll the shoulders back. Soften, Tuck the chin. And just allow ease to enter your experience. You can close your eyes if that feels available or simply soften the gaze. We're going to start to shift and turn inward. Starting with the sense of sight. So we move from outward looking to inward looking. Inward seeing. Noticing. And I invite you to place your attention, That sense of sight, Onto your breath. So watch your breath as it flows into the body. And as it flows out. So you don't need to move or shift the breath in any way right now, Just the natural flow of breath. And start to take note of any areas of constriction that you notice while breathing. So are you breathing fully in through your nose and into your belly? Or does it feel like it gets stuck or limited in any way? Maybe it feels tight in the chest. Maybe it catches somewhere in the neck. Maybe it catches somewhere in the diaphragm. Just noticing where the breath seems to get stuck or hung up. Maybe notice any physical experiences of discomfort or of tightness. And also take a moment to check in with how you're feeling. So are there any emotions present? What is your current emotional experience like? So is there excitement present? Is there stress or anxiety, Unsettling, Fear? Is there curiosity? If you're not sure what emotions are present, Just check in with that physical experience. So the body will show you what you're feeling, What emotions are present based on the physical sensations that you're experiencing. Good. So we're going to start to engage the breath now. So breathing in through the nose, Starting to fill the belly. Just a nice long deep breath in. And then exhale slowly out the mouth. Breathing in through the nose, Filling the belly, Softening as it expands. Exhale, Release slowly out the mouth. We'll do one more deep, Gentle breath like this. So in through the nose, Filling the belly. Exhale, Release. Good. Now focus attention on your heart and you can even place your hands here if you'd like. We're going to do the same breath, But now expanding both into the belly and the chest. So as you inhale, Inhale through the nose, Expanding the belly and the chest just slightly at the end. And then expanding into the heart space. Exhale, Release. And inhale through the nose, Expand the belly and the chest. Exhale, Release. More like this. So continue this breath pattern, This breath rhythm and depth throughout the practice. Continuing to focus on the heart now. So as you expand, So when you inhale and expand into the heart, Feel your heart filling with compassion, With kindness, With love and grace. You can even feel and. . .

Reviews

This was such a great experience, sharing loving kindness and receiving loving kindness giving myself compassion.
Thankyou.

The connecting of the breath to the loving kindness compassion practice is so beautiful and healing. May all beings be well, be happy, and have an open heart filled with loving kindness, compassion, and grace. 💕 Thank you so much for this gift

I had a very joyful and grace filled experience 😊