Salutations,
My name is Gigi,
Your mindfulness meditation teacher for this practice.
This is a short focus breathing meditation practice.
Go ahead and find a comfortable position,
Whatever level of comfort works for you.
And whenever you're ready,
You can close your eyes and bring your focus to your breath.
Taking a couple of intentional deep breath,
Breathing in,
Holding,
And breathing out.
Inhaling and exhaling,
And just allow your breath to go back to its natural rhythm.
No need to modify or control the breath.
The breath is effortless,
It is constant,
It is there,
It is the anchor which you can always come back to when our attention wanders,
Whether by the external or internal distractions of life.
We are bringing our focus to observing the journey of the air as it becomes breath.
Breathing and observing the breath as it comes into your body in the inhale.
Traveling in through your nose,
Moving through you,
Expanding your lungs,
Your chest,
And just the beginning of the release on the exhale as the breath travels back out.
Just observe and notice the breath.
Breathing in and breathing out.
If you've noticed that the mind has wandered,
That's okay.
The mind is just doing what the mind likes to do.
So gently bring your attention back to the breath.
Maybe even noticing where your breath has felt the strongest and using that as a place to focus back in.
Continue to inhale and exhale.
And if your attention wanders or pulled away by those external or internal distractions,
Just notice and gently bring your attention back to the breath.
You may have to do this over and over,
But that is what a practice is.
The practice of focusing and of becoming more mindful.
Just breathing in and breathing out.
And as the practice starts to come to an end,
Bring your attention to your surroundings.
Maybe wiggling your fingers and toes,
Feeling the temperature of the room.
And whenever you're ready,
You can open your eyes.
Thank you for showing up for yourself today and letting me guide you.
Namaste.
