Hello my friend,
My name is Cori.
Let's meditate together.
Sit down in a comfortable position,
Straighten your spine.
Make sure that you do all the little things you do to prepare yourself for a seated meditation.
Close your eyes if you haven't done so already.
Pay attention to your breath first of all.
Start by breathing into the back of your head.
Visualize that you're breathing in through your nose and you're pulling the breath in the direction towards the back of your head.
Feel the coolness of your breath as you breathe in through your nose and pull that coolness to the back of your head.
So you put in all of your focus and attention on the sensation and the actual practice of doing this.
It might take you a couple of breaths before you really start to get that feeling as if you're breathing directly into the back of your head.
Take a couple more breaths for me.
And now,
Purposefully,
Pull your breath into your throat.
So breathe in through your nose and pull your breath into your throat.
As if it's moving directly into your throat.
Just like you did with the back of your head,
Now pull it into the back of your throat.
So you're directing your breath on a purpose.
You're manipulating the breath on a purpose.
Do about four or five breaths like that for me.
The point of this exercise is to start to feel more in control of manipulating your breath into different areas in your body.
Building some confidence up with your ability to use your mind and your thoughts connected to your breathing.
Now pull your breath down into your heart space.
Taking your time to take a couple of breaths into your heart space so you get the hang of the feeling.
Imagine that your breath on the inhale is expanding and filling that area.
So it feels like you're pulling your breath in to fill up a balloon that's in the middle of your chest.
And on the exhale,
Just relax your shoulders,
Soften your body,
Soften your face.
On the inhale,
Pull in,
Expand and open that area.
And on the exhale,
Just relax and soften.
Repeat that three to four times.
See if you can put an intention on your breath and bring in some relaxation.
So you're breathing in this relaxing,
Soft,
Loving energy.
Breathing that into your heart.
Breathing out,
Softening,
Accepting,
Relaxing into the process.
You can use the visualization of a soft,
Gentle green or pink.
Imagining that your breath has a color as well as an energy.
And now that your body is nice and soft from all the relaxing on your exhales,
Setting intention on your exhale when you breathe out this next time to release any darkness,
Any stagnant energy.
Bringing in the relaxation and the love.
Breathing out anything that doesn't serve you.
So you're starting to do a cleansing process with your breath.
Just take your time,
Relax your shoulders,
Enjoy the process.
Visualize the loving energy that you're bringing in on your inhale.
Spreading around your lungs,
Your heart,
Down into your abdomen,
Across your shoulders.
So it's starting to seep and expand into all the different areas of your body.
Imagine it going down your arms,
Into your hands,
Down your legs,
Into your feet.
Through directing your breath into different parts of your body and then finishing with bringing your breath into your heart space.
See in your mind that you've managed to fill your entire body with this loving,
Relaxing energy.
You set the intention.
You had the visualization of the breath moving there,
Being directed there into all of the different parts of your being.
And the final result would be you feeling full of this relaxation,
Loving,
Soft,
Gentle energy.
You made it very easy and simple and direct.
And now you know how to do this process at any time of the day when you feel like you need to bring yourself into this alignment.
You can open your eyes and find yourself back in your living space.
Well done.
Namaste,
My friend.
