Welcome to Collective Lotus Meditations.
Thank you for joining me for a breathing awareness meditation.
Let's begin by getting into a comfortable position.
And slowly bringing your awareness within.
Sitting stillness,
Begin to arise within.
Beginning to tune in to your body.
Breathing in stillness.
With each inhale and exhale,
Allowing the body to flow into a relaxed state.
Allowing the feet to relax.
The legs.
Your hips.
Allowing your whole back to sink deep within a relaxed state.
Moving to your arms and hands,
Allowing stillness to arise.
Into your neck.
Your jaw.
And your head.
And as you sink into your body,
Beginning to bring awareness to the ebb and flow of your breath.
As you inhale,
Beginning to feel parts of your body expand.
And as you exhale,
Noticing a gentle contraction and drawing in of the lungs and the chest.
Seeing if you can naturally observe the sensations of breath.
Connecting with the rise and fall of the body.
Breathing and exhaling.
Now that we have connected with our breath,
We're going to bring consciousness to our breathing.
Counting our inhales and our exhales.
Working to a one to two ratio of our inhales and exhales.
Slowly beginning to bring your awareness back to your breath.
And on the next inhale,
Inhaling for a count of three.
One,
Two,
Three.
And exhaling for three,
Two,
One.
And again inhaling for one,
Two,
Three.
And exhaling for three,
Two,
One.
And continuing this three count inhale and exhale on your own timing.
And baby,
Showing you another And as the mind wanders simply noticing it and bringing it back to the inhale for three and the exhale for three.
When your breath begins to feel in rhythm,
Slowly expanding the exhale.
So inhaling for a count of one,
Two,
Three.
And exhaling for four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Inhaling for three.
And exhaling for four.
Once again softly moving in to your own rhythm.
And exhaling for four.
And exhaling for four.
And on the next breath,
Inhaling for three.
And extending the exhale for five.
Inhaling for one,
Two,
Three.
Exhaling for five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
And continuing with the three count inhale and the five count exhale.
And exhaling for four.
And exhaling for five.
And on the next set of breath,
Moving into the full one to two ratio.
So inhaling for three.
And exhaling for a count of six.
Inhaling for one,
Two,
Three.
And exhaling for six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
And once again,
Following the rhythm of your counts.
And exhaling for five.
And exhaling for five.
Once you feel and rhythm with the breaths.
And the flow of the counting.
And finally,
Just lying in the stillness.
And if thoughts arise,
Either coming back to the breath,
Or coming back to the stillness of the moment.
And slowly bringing your awareness back to your breath.
Noticing the rise and fall of your abdomen or chest with each breath.
Coming back to the inhale and the exhale.
Inhaling and exhaling.
Slowly and gradually bringing awareness into your physical body.
Perhaps wiggling your fingers or your toes.
Making gentle,
Subtle movements.
And when you're ready,
Slowly lifting your gaze.
Taking a moment to notice your feelings,
Your awareness,
Your state of being.
Honoring your practice today.
Honoring the time you took to connect with yourself.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Aho.
