So we will start this meditation practice either seated in a comfortable position or you can absolutely do this laying down as long as you're not responsible for anything that you need to be attentive to.
And I want you to find a relaxed position because I want your attention to fall more on the breath than the structure of the body.
We're going to do just a really simple mindfulness meditation practice today because I know that we're all dealing with a lot of stuff in the world,
In our minds,
In our hearts,
And usually in our bodies.
And through the practice of Ayurveda I have learned that the more chaotic the disease or the illness or the disturbance or the imbalance,
The more chaos that is involved,
The more simple the remedy needs to be or the approach to healing and the approach to wellness.
And so these moments of bringing it back to a very simple way of finding mindfulness can be really important to that healing,
To that wellness practice.
So again,
Finding your comfortable position.
There's always an invitation to close the eyes,
But if you'd like to keep them open just find a soft gaze so that you don't find that your attention is wandering around the room from one thing to another.
And then I just want you to begin with me by taking a bigger,
Longer inhale and then a fuller,
Longer exhale.
And we'll do that one more time together.
Big,
Deep breath in and fuller,
Longer breath out.
And then allow the normal breath to resume or that natural breath to resume.
And as it does,
Allow your attention to follow that rhythm.
Allow your focus to shift on the very next inhale and exhale.
Very often it happens that when we try to shift our attention to the breath,
Not only do we change the breath,
But our attention very,
Very quickly might wander away.
So use my voice to come back to your breath.
As you're seated or lying down,
Notice the way that the breath comes into the body.
Notice how it leaves.
Let it come in and let it go out.
We shift our attention to the breath over and over and over again as our practice.
And sometimes just that simple shift of bringing awareness to the breath instead of awareness to the many things that we could be focusing on shifts the energy of our body,
Shifts the emotions that we're experiencing or our perception of an experience.
Keep breathing.
Keep tuning into that breath.
Notice your next inhale and then the next exhale.
It doesn't have to go further than that.
Don't try to forward think your way into mindfulness.
Instead,
Just experience the next inhale and the next exhale.
Keep it simple and don't let it complicate things.
Let it complement the stillness,
The calm,
The peace.
Relax your shoulders.
Relax your jaw.
Notice these last two breaths that we'll take here in this mindfulness practice.
The next two breaths that comes in and the next two breaths that come out.
And then just as a reset,
Together bigger,
Deeper,
Fuller inhale.
And then fuller,
Longer exhale.
Just take a moment.
Take a pause before you actually shift your body,
Before maybe you consciously shift your attention.
Just let things be.
Maybe it happens that you do this practice a few times through.
You may take a pause or pause this track and do it for a longer amount of time on your own.
But sometimes,
Sometimes that simplicity of just tuning into the breath is the remedy that we need for the chaos we might experience.
Until next time,
From my heart to yours,
Namaste.
