Welcome to this breath practice with Halina from Giddy Studios.
In this practice we will connect inwards and access calm and peace.
Close over the eyes now if that is comfortable for you,
Or if you prefer find a static spot to hold your gaze.
Getting comfortable in your posture now,
Approaching your practice with a balance of softness and alertness,
Reminding ourselves that we can always begin again.
Gently now notice the flow of your breath in and out,
Not trying to change your breath in any way,
Simply allowing your breath to flow in and out.
We may notice the mind wandering off into thought and that's okay,
This is what it means to be human.
And each time we notice the mind wandering,
Label where it has gone,
And then drop the anchor by connecting back home with the breath.
Our breath grounding us in the here and now,
Connecting us to our inner home,
And no matter what is happening in our external world,
We can always come home to the here and now through this anchor of our breath.
Without my voice now for the next few moments,
Observe the flow of your breath in and out.
Next,
Observing the flow of breath very specifically in through your nose,
Filling your lungs or maybe even your abdomen,
And releasing the breath back out through the mouth like you're blowing out through a straw.
In through the nose,
Filling the lungs or maybe even the abdomen,
Releasing the breath back out like we're blowing out through a straw.
Breathing in through the nose,
Filling the lungs or maybe even the abdomen,
Releasing the breath back out like we're blowing out through a straw.
Without my voice now,
Breathing in and out at your own pace for the next few moments.
With each breath,
Breathing in calm,
With each out breath,
Letting go of anything we want to let go of,
Inviting calm,
Dropping resistance,
Opening up.
Opening up to a sense of allowing,
A sense of warm acceptance.
Inviting calm,
Dropping resistance,
Opening up to a sense of allowing,
A sense of warm acceptance.
And as we come towards the end of our practice,
Noticing the vast ocean of air all around us,
Noticing where the air touches our skin,
Noticing our physical landscape,
Letting go of any tightness or tension that we might be holding on to.
Softening,
Letting go,
Inviting calm and noticing our mental landscape and letting go of any resistance.
Coming back to the anchor of the breath,
We are home,
We are here,
We are at home within ourselves.
And no matter what is happening in our lives,
We can access calm and peace by connecting with our breath in and out.
Resting here for a moment before gently opening our eyes and noticing the first three things we see around us.
Noticing and labeling the first three things we see,
Connecting us back to our external present moment through sight.
Closing out our practice now before meeting the next part of our day.
Thank you for practicing with me.
