Coming To The Breath With Kindness

This short practice invites you to connect with your breathing, then invite kindness into the body on the in-breath in whatever way feels ok for you. The intention is to open gently to the experience of kindness. It is enough to form an intention to breathe with kindness, and it's ok if we don't experience anything special during the practice. You may choose to practice this without the guidance, and for however long this feels helpful - perhaps just a few breaths, or longer.

Transcript

Welcome to this short practice,

Coming to the breath with kindness.

Becoming aware of your posture and the contact that you make with the ground beneath you.

Perhaps your feet on the floor.

Feeling the contact of your body with the surface that you're resting upon.

Allowing gravity to take the weight of your body and noticing this weight going down.

And at the same time connecting with a sense of the spine rising up,

The gentle uplift from the sitting bones all the way through to the top of your head.

Height going up.

With a sense of dignity and presence.

And when you're ready,

Bringing attention to the breath.

Allowing the breath to breathe itself.

So no need to force the breathing in any way.

Allowing the practice to be simple,

Just following the sensations of the breath deep in the body.

And when the attention leaves the breath,

If it hasn't done already,

Noticing that your mind has moved away.

Reminding yourself that this isn't a problem,

It's not a mistake.

And gently coming back,

Returning to the anchor of the breath.

Breathing in and breathing out.

And if you choose to now,

Inviting kindness to flow in on the breath.

Allowing this sense of kindness to move through the whole of your body.

Reaching every cell.

Flowing into and around any places where we may feel tenderness or discomfort.

Allowing this kindly breath to flow into the whole of the body,

Like a soft breeze.

And as we do this,

Inviting the body to soften.

And continuing with this practice for however long feels helpful.

Going gently into the next moments of your day,

Whenever you're ready.

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