Hi and welcome to this Vata Balancing meditation.
This meditation is designed to soothe you when you are really in this airy space,
Where maybe you're feeling a little bit overwhelmed,
You're feeling a little bit scattered in your thoughts and you're really struggling to find grounding and structure.
So to begin the practice,
Coming to find a way to ground yourself.
So maybe this isn't the conventional seat,
Maybe this is you laying down.
Perhaps you have your hands face down on your knees or the fingertips on the earth.
And just seeing anything you need in this moment to perhaps release the resistance that you're probably feeling to stillness right now.
Just taking a moment to settle,
Knowing that it's so okay if you feel resistance to being here.
And just starting to tune in to how the body is feeling.
Just taking a quick body scan from the top of the head all the way down to the toes,
Slowly,
Slowly checking in with the body.
Seeing if anywhere needs softening.
Noticing if you're holding onto tension anywhere.
Just signaling to the body that it's safe to be here,
It's safe to be still.
We have a lot of thoughts in our minds and we have this airy space but we don't really feel like we can get a grasp on anything.
It's often balancing to bring in a grounding breath and something to interrupt that flow.
Something to pause,
Kind of thinking of it a little bit like a windbreak.
When you have this wind and you just create that little barrier.
That's what we're going to be doing today with the veloma breath.
If you haven't practiced this before that's okay,
I'll walk you through it.
It's essentially known as the interrupted breath.
And in the same way we interrupt our breath at different intervals,
We send this signal to the mind to interrupt our thoughts.
And in doing so we can find some head space,
Feel a little bit more grounded and settled in the moment.
Before we begin I just invite you to spend a few moments noticing your breath,
Just becoming aware of it.
And if you're being pulled away by racing thoughts,
That's okay,
Just using your breath as an anchor.
Just reminding yourself to come back into this moment.
And when you feel ready on your next inhale,
Just letting the breath fill up all the way to the top.
And as you exhale just opening the mouth side out,
Find a little bit of release here.
Let's take two more breaths like that just to cleanse the energy before we begin the practice.
Listening to my words as I briefly explain how it's going to work.
So we're going to think about dividing the breath into three.
And we're going to pause at two different intervals here.
So we're going to inhale into our belly a little bit,
And then pause.
Then inhale,
Feel the breath rise up a little bit,
And then pause.
And then inhale all the way to the top of the breath,
Filling our lungs,
And then pause.
And then we're just going to exhale normally.
So when you next release your breath,
We're going to come into practices together.
So maybe just take one more round.
And then on the next inhale,
Just breathing in a little bit of the way,
Pause.
Breathing in deeper,
Pause,
Breathing in all the way to the top,
Pause.
Exhale,
Release the breath.
Inhale,
Pause.
Inhale deeper,
Pause.
Inhale all the way to the top,
Pause.
Release the breath.
Inhale,
Pause.
Inhale,
Pause.
Inhale,
Pause.
Release the breath.
Carrying on at your own pace here,
Dividing that breath.
If your mind wonders,
That's okay.
Gently drawing it back.
If you're really finding it difficult to stay concentrated,
Perhaps introducing a little count here.
So counting the breaths before the pause,
Perhaps one,
Two,
Pause.
One,
Two,
Three,
Pause.
Again,
Welcoming any resistance here.
When we speak about the dosha types and finding balance,
We need to really bring in the opposite of what we are experiencing,
Which is often the thing that we're most resistant to.
So just being gentle with yourself,
Allowing this breath to bring you fully here.
To take a few more rounds,
Just at your own pace,
Maybe the breath is lengthening as you go through.
And then just taking one more full round here,
And then just allowing your breath just to go back to its natural rhythm.
And just seeing how it feels different in the body right now,
Maybe in the mind too.
Just noticing those subtle changes.
Perhaps you haven't fully grounded into the moment yet,
And perhaps you want to do some more rounds of this breath.
You want to pause here and just continue to breathe in this way.
Perhaps you're feeling a little more present right now.
Just taking a moment to set an intention here,
Set an intention in this stillness with a clear mind.
Perhaps bringing a hand to the heart space now that you've silenced that noise,
That chatter.
You can tune in.
You can hear the inner voice.
And releasing the hand when you're ready.
Perhaps going to write this intention,
Or maybe taking some form of action towards it as you leave this space.
Thank you so much for joining me here,
And just know that this breath is available to you wherever you are,
Wherever you feel that overwhelm,
The mental chatter,
The lack of direction.
Your breath is your anchor in this space.
Thank you.
You you
