Simple Relaxing Breath Awareness Meditation

In my experience, often the simpler the practice, the more powerful the outcome. In this breath awareness meditation, I will guide you into observing the breath and from this place, you can experience that everything you could ever possibly need is available to you at this very moment.

Transcript

Welcome to this week's meditation. As life starts to return to normal, Things might feel a little overwhelming, Especially as we enter into the festive season. One of my teachers always says that as life becomes more complicated, Our practices need to become more simple. So today I thought I'd bring you a simple breath awareness meditation. Our breath is present in every moment and we can come back to it whenever we need to press the reset button to reset the nervous system and to realise we're safe and perfect just in this moment. So when you're ready, Get comfy, Snuggle down and close your eyes. And initially just notice where you can feel the breath in the body today. Where does it feel most strong? It might be at the nose as the air enters in or your chest expanding with each breath you take. Or you might find you notice the gentle rise and fall of the abdomen. Wherever your awareness calls you today, Just hone in your attention there and observe. You're not judging, You're not trying to fix your breath or make it a certain pattern. You're just noticing how are you breathing in this moment? How is it changing? Is there a rhythm that stays the same? Or is it more erratic? Ever evolving? And if you notice your thoughts start to take over, Just gently bring your awareness back to the breath. It's not about getting anything right or trying to be perfect in this moment. It's just noticing where you are. How is your breath today? And if your mind is feeling particularly scattered today, You might find it useful to count the breath in your mind, Numbering one as you breathe in and two as you breathe out. Three as you breathe in, Four as you breathe out. And continuing this up to ten and then coming back to one. And when you notice you're getting distracted by thoughts or sensations, Feelings, Just come back to the counting of the breath. If you've lost track, Just start at number one again. And if you find that you're able to count to ten and come back again with ease, Then try moving the count to one for the in and out breath, Two for the next in and out breath, Three for the next in and out breath, All the way to ten again, And then starting again. Again, If you find your thoughts start to distract you or pull you in, If you go off track, Lose count, It's fine. Just start again. Each and every moment we have the opportunity to start again. You can let go of the counting now. And just bring your awareness back to the sensation of the breath entering into the body, Moving down, Expanding your trunk and releasing again. Sensation of the cool air entering in the nose, Moving down and becoming warmer as you release it again out through the nose. And notice now if the breath feels any different when you started this practice. Has the rhythm changed? Is it faster or slower? More stable? More erratic? Are you trying to control it? Can you just let it be what it is? Whatever the breath feels like today in your body. And when you're ready, Gently bring your awareness to your body touching the chair or the floor, The surface beneath you. You might want to wiggle your toes or fingers and gently open your eyes. Thanks for joining me for this week's meditation.