Begin to set yourself up in a comfortable position.
Today that might mean sitting upright with a long spine,
Or maybe today it means laying down on your back.
Check in with your body and respond to its needs.
Once you're there you can begin to close your eyes.
Take a scan through your body from the crown of your head down to your toes and notice any obvious places where you're holding on to tension.
Take any sort of movements to let that tension go.
And then close your mouth a couple of times,
Release your jaw.
Drop your shoulders down away from your ears.
Allow yourself to sink into your body and sink into the support of the earth underneath you.
Allow yourself to feel held,
Because you are.
Begin to deepen your breath,
Take in a little bit more air on your inhale and slow down your exhale.
Notice how it feels to take a few deep breaths.
Notice the amount of effort it takes to take a deep breath.
Some days it's pretty easy,
Other days it's very challenging.
Notice.
You don't have to judge or label,
But just notice.
For some breath work we'll be doing a 5-5-7 breath.
What that means is we'll breathe in to the count of five,
Hold the breath to the count of five,
And then breathe out to the count of seven.
Before we begin we'll start with a cleansing breath.
Take a really deep inhale in through your nose and let it out of your mouth.
Start to breathe in to the count of one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Hold the breath for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Exhale for seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Again,
Breathe in for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Hold for one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Exhale seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Continue on your own,
Counting in your mind.
Feel your mind begin to settle.
You can stay here and you can breathe for as long as you would like to.
Namaste.
