Exhaling,
Letting go of any tension in the body,
In the mind.
Just breathing like this for a few more breaths.
At the end of today's practice we're also going to be doing my positive emotional conditioning process.
This is a less than one minute long process.
To help you reorient yourself around what actually matters to you and what is actually bringing deep,
Meaningful joy,
Happiness in your life.
So now I invite you to Check in with yourself,
Check in with your body.
See where you are today.
Without judgment.
Just feeling.
Are there any areas of tension or tightness?
And no need to need a solution or a fix.
Just feeling,
Just sending your breath to those places.
And then imagining a clearing white light moving from the top of your head all the way through the body down through the bottoms of your feet.
Helping you let go of distractions.
And what a distracting world.
Letting go of anything that's not for you.
Anything that's not your work to do.
Anything that's not authentic to you,
This Clearing light will help you let it go.
So that you can connect to your authenticity,
Your magnetic self.
Connecting to the good you,
Specifically you,
Are here to do.
Now go ahead and breathe.
Part your lips,
Opening the mouth wide as we move into this gentle three-part breath.
Breathing through the belly.
Cheers!
Really.
Just like that it's belly.
Tschüss!
Release.
Again,
Breathing into your belly.
Chest.
Release Taking your time,
It's belly.
Cheers.
Really?
Now continuing on your own time here.
Finding that connection with the breath.
And you might in the beginning.
Notice some resistance arise.
Maybe the mind gets louder before.
Its centers and calms.
That's okay.
Just breathing in your belly.
Chest release So often we are making ourselves small,
Including physically.
This breath is an opportunity to expand.
So continue to give yourself this gift of allowing your expansion.
Belly.
Cheers!
Release.
Continuing at this pace for one more minute,
See if you can stick with it.
See how it feels to be present through resistance or discomfort.
Without trying to change it or push it away.
One breath at a time.
Just breathing in and out through the mouth.
In Soto Zen Buddhism,
Zazen is of course the sitting meditation that they do.
But Zazen is just sitting,
That is,
That style of meditation.
Just sitting.
Not trying to think.
Not trying not to think.
And there's something so powerful.
About just being here.
Without trying to.
Even become somebody else.
Just breathing.
Belly.
Cheers.
Release.
Now see if it feels good to you.
Can you pick up the pace for the next minute?
Belly,
Chest,
Release.
Breathing.
You are safe here.
Supported.
By the breath that is with you.
All day,
All night,
And has been every single second since you were born.
It's like.
.
.
You're walking around all day with a magic wand in your pocket.
And it can change your whole day.
But you have to.
Use it.
Belly,
Chest.
Exhale.
Trusting yourself.
Trusting this breath.
Belly.
Chest,
Exhale.
Now for the next three minutes,
It's you and this breath.
And don't worry about the time.
I got you.
But I'm going to step back and hold this space.
Can you connect with yourself?
Connect with this breath more deeply,
Finding the pace that feels supportive to you.
And I will rejoin you.
When it's time to wind down.
And release,
Holding at the bottom of your exhale.
Taking a deep breath in through your nose,
Holding at the top.
And just notice how you feel Exhaling for five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One and then letting go back into your natural pattern of breathing.
Not trying to breathe in a certain way.
Not holding the breath,
Just letting it flow.
And now we will do.
.
.
My positive emotional conditioning process and it starts with a simple invitation.
To imagine yourself.
At the end of your life.
On your deathbed.
Surrounded by those you love.
And you look back on your life and you are filled with gratitude because of all those magic moments.
Those special times with those people,
That time spent doing what you love,
Even for minutes.
Those magic moments,
Those gifts.
Of synchronicities.
Those lucky breaks as I count from one to 30.
Can you just invite all of those moments?
To come to you like bubbles moving on a breeze toward you.
And invite your body to.
.
.
Increase that feeling of joy,
Gratitude,
Happiness.
With each number I count,
Amplifying that feeling for you.
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
Feeling so powerfully 6,
7,
That love,
That joy,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
That gratitude,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
Those gifts,
Those people 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 placing a hand over your heart and just let yourself feel and integrate this experience.
On your next deep inhale and exhale.
Can you send love to yourself across time,
Space,
And dimension?
Love and gratitude for you making this time for yourself today.
And on your next inhale and exhale,
Sending love to the people in this space with you.
And then on your next deep breath.
Sending that beautiful white light all the way through your body again.
Creating space for more of this magic,
More of these beautiful moments in your life.
And the eyes to see them and the heart to feel them.
And then on your next deep inhale and exhale,
Go ahead and invite some movement back into your body.
Wiggling fingers and toes,
Stretching.
Fluttering your eyes open.
Coming back into the room.
Welcome back!
Welcome back,
Dear friends!
