Guided Breathing Bells With Birds

We begin by settling the body before a guided breathwork session where bell chimes build from 4 second intervals to 10 seconds, gradually extending the duration of your inhale and exhale. This practice can be deeply restorative: use prior to sleep or when feeling fatigue - lying down and listening to this is a great alternative to a nap when you're short on time but need a boost.

Transcript

Find a comfortable position,

Seated or lying down.

Close your eyes.

Start to relax your face,

Jaw,

Tongue,

Teeth,

Throat.

Relax your shoulders.

Relax your arms,

Your hands,

Your legs,

Your feet.

Feel the whole body start to soften.

Feel the breath in your nose,

The breath in your throat,

And the breath in your chest.

As you breathe in,

You slowly sip the breath in,

And you follow it into the nose,

Down the throat,

Feeling the chest expand.

And as you exhale,

Gently contract your lower abdomen,

Draw it up and in towards the spine as you breathe back out through the nose.

Relax the belly,

And again,

Breathe down and in the nose,

The throat,

And the chest,

Expanding with the breath,

Before exhaling to slowly,

Smoothly draw the lower belly up and in towards the spine.

Take a deep breath in,

And a deep breath out.

Breathe down and in,

Up and out.

Sipping the breath in,

Slowly send it down,

And then exhale,

Contract the belly up and in.

Inhaling.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

Four,

And out,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Now breathe in for five,

And breathe out for five.

Inhaling for five.

Try to inhale for all five seconds as you inhale.

Slowly breathe out for all five seconds.

Now breathe in for six,

Sip it in,

Slowly breathe it out,

Feeling the whole body relax.

Aware of the body expanding as you slowly breathe into the chest.

Aware of the body relaxing as you breathe up and out.

Inhaling to expand.

Exhaling to contract.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Exhale,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Keep going.

The breath will continue to get longer,

Increasing by a second.

As it does so,

You continue to contract the belly slowly and smoothly when you breathe out.

And you really fill in the whole body,

Not just the chest,

But the face,

The arms,

The legs.

Really feeling the contraction and the softening as you breathe out.

Receive.

Savor each moment,

Slowly sipping the breath in.

Again,

Stay present each moment of the exhale.

Chest,

Upper abdomen,

Keep breathing into the back of the body and the sides of the waist.

Release.

Legs,

Arms,

Feet,

Hands,

Head,

Face.

Relax.