Affectionate Breathing

In this Affectionate Breathing practice, led by Patricia, we learn to establish a nourishing and rejuvinating breath practice to release and relieve tension in both the body and mind. This practice will take you to a place of comfort, stillness and stability.

Transcript

Finding a posture that is most supportive for your body right now and allowing your eyes to gently close partially or fully again whatever serves you in the place that you're practicing and inviting the body to release any unnecessary tension.

If you'd like placing a hand over your heart or another soothing place simply as a reminder that not only are we bringing awareness but we're bringing affectionate awareness to our breathing and to ourselves.

You can leave your hand there or let it rest at any time.

Beginning to tune in and notice your breathing simply feeling your body breathe in and out.

Maybe noticing how your body's nourished on the in-breath and relaxes on the out-breath.

Just letting your body breathe you.

No need to change the breath.

Feeling your whole body moving with the breath.

Sort of like the movement of the sea.

You may begin to notice the body gently rocking as if you're floating in the water.

Sensing the rising of the body on the inhale and the falling on the exhale.

Just like a gentle wave.

Allowing the whole body to be gently rocked with each breath.

Your mind may naturally wander.

No worries.

When this happens simply return back to the rhythm of your breathing.

If you like even giving yourself over to your breathing.

Letting your breathing be all there is.

Becoming one with the breath.

Just breathing.

Being breathing.

And now gently releasing your attention to the breath.

Sitting quiet and just allowing yourself to feel whatever you're feeling right now.

Being just as you are.

Reviews

Thank you for this loving meditation, to just sit and breathe. Short, soft and powerful.💟🙏

Wonderful to calm my griping IBS tummy this morning- too short so I plated it again! Beautiful, thank you 🙂

Short . Direct. Ideal for a reactivation of oneself as you soon become one with the breathing. I liked the use of the bell at start and finish. Thank you.

I love this medittion, except that the bell sounds in the beginning and end are painfully loud; probably just too close to the microphone for an audio recording. Otherwise it’s wonderful!

Lovely meditation. I liked it a lot. My only comment is that your voice sound like you’re in an echo chamber. It was distracting at first but then I got used to it.

Wow! I only had 5 minutes to practise this morning and didn’t really expect to get so much out of 300 seconds but I feel very grounded and calm. Thank you! 😊