Take A Microdose Of Meditation - The Deep Breath

Small drops of peace throughout the day gradually shift your mind and body into a more serene way of being. Through the approach delivered in this video, I gradually encourage the mind and body to be at peace without forcing or demanding.

This video is a mindful invitation to stop and take a deep breath, recentering your attention into the present moment. You can use this as a short refocusing practice to ground yourself in presence, or return to this as a regular practice to prevent overwhelm and overthinking from building up.

This practice is useful if you are practicing mindfulness and meditation as a method for reducing anxiety and stress. The practice is inspired by Buddhism, presence, and secular mindfulness.

Transcript

So stop what you're doing for a moment and just take a very deep breath in and then a full breath out. Just begin to slow your breathing down in this way. You might find it helpful to breathe in through the nose. And out through the mouth. This can just help to regulate. The body and mind. And it helps to slow our breathing down so it's in through the nose all the way. And out through the mouth, Full exhale. Continue to breathe in that way. And be curious, Be interested. In just how deep. The breath can really come into the body. When we're tense, Stressed. We're quite shallow and rapid in our breathing. You might feel it up around the top of the ribs. Just see. If it calms and relaxes your system. Just envision that we're breathing deep into the torso. All the way down into the belly, If possible. And try even deeper. All the way down into the hips. Than when exhaling. Trying to exhale all the way like you're squeezing all of the air out of a balloon. Really get the stale air out of the lungs So it's all the way in through the nose, As deep into the body as we reasonably can. And then exhaling as fully as possible. And just observe. Has this very simple act of slowing the breath down, Deepening the breath. Has it relaxed the body? Is the mind less agitated, Less restless? So finding here that this method of deeper breathing, More intentional, Slower can have a powerful effect. Reducing our levels of stress and anxiety. Doing this meditation with me today. Take care, Be well, Stay present.

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