Finding comfort where you are,
Be that sitting on a chair,
On the floor or even laying down if sitting upright is uncomfortable for you.
Simply lengthen your spine,
So find that kind of inner lift from your hips,
Your rib cage,
Broadening the space across your chest,
Lengthening the back of your neck,
Softening your jaw,
Your tongue and if you'd like to invite your eyes to close.
Feel into this moment just noticing sounds or smells or textures,
Things far away or things close to you.
What does it feel like to be here in this moment in time?
And then start to draw your awareness inwards into your body,
Sensing how your body feels in this moment in time.
Notice areas of tension that maybe you can invite space,
Emotions you might be moving through and if you feel a physical sensation with that emotion.
Start to notice your breathing,
Instead of trying to breathe the most perfect breath,
Can we just allow your body to breathe itself?
Just noticing the breath as it is,
Breathing in and out through your nose if that's possible today.
Notice whether or not this gentle awareness of your breathing has brought some quietness towards your mind or if your mind's running particularly fast today,
Can you give that some compassion too?
Allow your body to settle into your support and your mind to rest on your breathing as much as possible.
Our minds get so full up of story,
Anxieties,
Fears,
Emotions,
Distractions.
Every time you breathe your mind quiet,
You become a little bit more free.
You tap into a space within yourself which is always there,
No matter what whirlwind of a life that seems to be playing outside of you,
There is always a place of peace inside.
And every time you start to focus your attention within,
You tap into that place of peace or that quietness,
You come back to you.
And it's not about forcing your mind to stop doing what it does which is think.
It's about noticing which of those thoughts are taking you further away from your peace or from yourself and which ones are guiding you deeper towards it so you can start to filter which thoughts or ideas to listen to,
Which to give attention to and which to simply let go of and breathe out of your body with your next exhale.
As your mind starts to wander,
Catch your thoughts.
Pausing for a second just to notice what that thought is and without judgement just letting it go and coming back into your body and into this moment.
Pausing for presence until your mind wanders again.
Staying here for the next couple of minutes,
I'll mine the time for you.
As and when your mind drifts,
Come back to presence.
Let it go.
And just come back to you.
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Info where your mind has wandered off to.
And then just come back into your body.
Come back to your breathing.
Notice again how your body feels in this moment.
Checking in with any feelings of tension,
Any feelings of space.
If you had any emotions arise during that time,
Once again noticing any physical sensations you might feel surrounding that emotion.
And just welcome any and all of it with the heart of compassion.
Just taking with you the intention to come back to you as often as you can today and always.
Whenever you feel ready to open your eyes,
Thank you for spending this time with me and I wish you a lovely day.
