Welcome to this introduction to the breath meditation.
Breath meditation works by focusing on the natural flow of your breath.
You might actually quickly realize that the breath is both automatic and something that you can control.
How cool is that?
For this particular meditation,
You want to allow the breath to be just as it is.
Begin to find a comfortable seat and close your eyes.
You'll want to do a quick check of your posture to ensure you aren't putting any extra strain on your body.
Making sure that the body is supported either by a chair or the couch,
Or even on the floor leaning up against the wall.
Ensuring the back is straight will help the breath flow easier and reduce the likelihood of you falling asleep during the meditation.
Once you're comfortable beginning to close your eyes,
You may notice sounds going on around you,
Or have thoughts running through your awareness.
This is totally normal.
The goal of meditation is not to shut out every single sound or thought,
But to simply let them go and not become attached to the thoughts.
If it was a good thought,
It will come back to you anyways.
Once your eyes are closed,
Beginning to try to find the natural rhythm of the breath.
It should be easily flowing in and out of the body.
As you begin to settle into your breath,
Begin to loosen the focus on the passing thoughts as they go by.
Keeping the focus on the breath,
Beginning to feel what sort of sensations come up in the body.
If you're feeling a sense of calm,
Or maybe even restlessness,
Each sensation that you feel is okay.
There are no good or bad sensations in meditation.
Just letting each sensation come up and letting it pass by.
As we settle into the breath further,
Just watching the natural rhythm of the breath for the next three minutes,
I'll be here to bring you out of the meditation.
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After you focused on your breath for a few moments,
Even if the thoughts have come in and distracted your attention from the breath.
Just coming back to the breath.
The inhale and the exhale naturally flowing from the body.
Being sure to give yourself time to readjust to the outside world after the meditation.
And being careful as you get up from the meditation.
Taking a minute or two to reorient with the surroundings before jumping back into the world.
That concludes this breath meditation.
Thank you.
