Affectionate Breathing

This is a restorative mindfulness practice designed to calm and clear the mind. This meditation invites you to use the breath as an anchor to find a grounded state of being. This practice is one of the core meditations from the Mindful Self-Compassion program.

Reviews

Simply wonderful. So very gentle. Exactly what I needed today. Arriving back in my body and my inner trust. Thank you. ✨

This meditation reinforced for me the importance of gentleness in meditation. Thank you!

Well guided and easy to drop into. A very pleasant and peaceful meditation with no bells. Thank you for not using bells! They are so overused and unnecessary.

Instruction was soothing, easy to follow. I was actually able to *become* my breathing a few times!

A whole new experience & so soothing. Just being with the breath…. Grateful for this experience today !🌼

This is one of the most helpful meditations I have come across. Thank you Christoper. You and Kristin Neff have transformed my life.

Nice pacing. Peaceful voice

Wonderful!! 😊🙏🌈

I was able to use this meditation in a time of deep sorrow and exhaustion. Seated in a woodland allowing the trees and the wind to breathe with me. thank you for the gentle, loving reminder that I am the breath and the breath is in me.

A very calming and soothing voice. I enjoy your meditations very much. Thank u Chris Germer!

Such a beautiful practice. Deeply grateful 🙏

So soothing! Thank you!

Thank you, Chris.

This is my favourite meditation that I use daily. Adding the affectionate element to a simple breath meditation is just what I needed to bring more compassion to my practice and to my life. Thank you so much.

As one who has had tremendous difficulty breathing despite countless exercises, particularly exhaling fully, I am indescribably grateful for Dr. Germer's affectionate breathing meditation. So simply, he reawakens the Witness from the startled sense of body and gently, ever so gently, guides us back to ourselves and thereby, to the deliciousness of Breath Itself. I have been playing this at least twice a day for the last two months and the evidence of calmness and embodiment is blooming everywhere I am. Thank you.

I am a total fan of professor Germer's job. Greatful to meditate with his guidance.

Very soothing. Thank you.

When you find a person whose voice, energy, approach really 'hits the spot' in good times and bad, its great. Chris is that person for me.

Lovely and soothing guided meditation for when you need extra guidance and support with a busy mind.