Take a deep breath in,
Feel the belly filling,
And then let yourself exhale.
We'll stay with this breath a few more times.
Inhale,
And at the top of the inhale,
Hold the breath for two or three seconds.
Feel the fullness,
And then exhale.
At the bottom of the exhale,
Begin to inhale again completely.
Hold the breath at the top of the inhale,
And then exhale.
And at the bottom of the exhale,
Begin to inhale completely again.
The idea here is to let the breath be filling.
To pause at the top of the breath where the belly is full so you can feel your own fullness.
And to breathe in again at the bottom of the breath so that you know you are never empty.
You can always fill again.
Now let the guided breath go,
And just let your breath be gentle and natural.
And put one or two hands over your heart.
Begin to feel your own heartbeat under your own hand.
This heart began beating even before you were born.
This heart is a witness to everything your body and mind and heart have experienced in your whole lifetime.
This heart runs on the same electrical impulses that start your car and cook your food and light your rooms.
This heart is a source of power.
Begin to feel your body expanding to become the collective body of all women in the world.
You can let yourself feel sorrow or anger,
Worry,
Hope,
Fear,
And love.
And then imagine the electrical impulses in your heart moving out into the collective body of all women saying,
I believe you,
Saying I hear you,
Saying I love you.
And then let the collective body go as you begin to notice your own breath in your own body.
And listen as your own small heart,
Which is always with you,
Says to you,
I believe you,
I hear you,
I love you.
Feel your breath filling up your belly as you take a big inhale.
Hold the inhale at the top and then exhale completely.
Hold the exhale at the bottom.
Breathe in and breathe out,
Noticing your breath in your chest,
In your belly,
In your shoulders as they rise and fall.
Move from this position of hearing yourself,
Believing yourself,
And loving yourself back into your everyday life,
Feeling the power of this love,
The collective love of all women in your own love for your own small self.
