Hello,
My name is Cori and in this meditation we are going to do a cooling breath together.
This particular technique can be used when you're feeling overheated,
If you're maybe having a hot flash,
If your temper is flared and you're feeling angry or frustrated or irritated,
Anything that could change the temperature of your body.
This cooling breath will help.
You can sit down in any kind of seated position that's comfortable for you.
This practice is more about the breath than the position of your body,
So you can do it anywhere.
I'm going to give you a couple of pointers.
On the inhale,
You're going to breathe in through your teeth with your mouth open.
When you breathe in and pull the air through your teeth,
It creates a cooling sensation in your mouth.
On the exhale,
When you breathe out,
You're going to aim the exhale,
The breath,
Up over your face.
So shape your lips so that you're blowing it up over your face,
As if you were blowing your hair out of your eyes or something.
Again,
The exhale will create a cooling sensation over your face and the surface of your skin.
So if you have any perspiration on your skin at all,
Your out-breath is going to blow over that surface area of your skin and help to cool it down also.
So let's start,
Shall we?
We'll do 10 breaths,
Just like that.
Breathing in through your open mouth,
Through your teeth,
Kind of sounds like this.
Breathe in as far as you can.
Make the inhale very deep,
And then when you breathe out,
Blow up over your face.
Sounds like that.
Should we start?
Okay.
So breathing in,
Breathing out,
Breathing in,
Breathing out,
Breathing in,
Breathing out,
Breathing in,
Breathing out,
Breathing in,
Breathing out,
Breathing in,
Breathing out,
Breathing in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
So it's not a gentle breath,
It's quite an aggressive breath.
Breathing it in,
Pulling it in through your teeth,
And then blowing out with some force so that you get the coolness over your skin,
But you should start to feel cooler and also calmer because of the breaths.
Let's do 10 more.
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
Just sit quietly with your eyes closed and feel your overall sense of being.
Feel the energy shift in your body,
How simple it was to just create a little bit of coolness and calmness in your system.
Come back and do this whenever you need to.
Namaste,
My friend.
