Welcome to Starseed Yoga,
Meditations for mindfulness and activation.
In today's episode,
We'll be exploring a breath technique,
So sort of like a breath meditation.
So find a comfortable lying position on your back,
Sort of like a shavasana.
You can even opt for a bolster underneath your knees or a pillow to take out any tension from your lower back.
And then lie on either your bed or a yoga mat,
Maybe even on the sofa.
Remember everything,
Anything goes really.
Bring your feet and your legs a little bit wider than hip width apart.
See how you can get comfortable,
The most comfortable for yourself.
Just remember that everything I offer is an invitation.
Ultimately,
You know your body best and what feels good for you.
And then the arms come alongside the body and you can actually bring the arms a little bit wider away from your body as well.
Rolling down the shoulder blades,
Palms facing up,
Fingers just naturally curled towards the sky.
Maybe take an air nail through the nose and then on the exhalation,
Maybe sign it out,
Making any yummy noises.
Feeling your shoulder blades on the ground,
Your glutes,
Heels of your feet.
Leaving the day this far behind you and really taking the next couple of moments to just be.
Enjoying this little time out that you get to spend with yourself,
Focusing on your breath.
Relax your jaw,
Removing or separating the upper from the lower teeth so you're not holding on to any tension in the back of your jaw.
Letting the tongue gently rest in your mouth.
Softening the forehead and the space in between your eyebrows.
Just notice whether you're still holding on to any tension in your shoulders.
Just saying to yourself,
I am relaxing.
My whole body is relaxing.
And then place your left hand over your heart center and your right hand over your lower belly.
So just a couple of inches below your navel.
And then on your next inhalation,
Imagine drawing the air from your right hand all the way up to your left hand.
So from the area of the lower part of your belly up to your heart center.
And then on the exhalation,
Sending the air from the left hand down to the right hand.
You can sigh it out or exhale through the nose.
This is really your choice.
Maybe have a play with both and see what it feels like.
Maybe what works best for you normally may feel different now.
So just maybe try both ways.
So each inhalation draw in the prana,
The air from the lower belly from the right hand up into your chest,
Your heart center.
Exhaling,
The air travels down towards your right hand.
Inhale,
Draw the air up to your left hand,
Your heart center.
And then exhale towards the lower belly.
And then just keep repeating this kind of breathing in your own natural rhythm.
Studies show that we only use 25% of our lung capacity of our breathing really,
Which leaves about 75% unaccounted for.
So let's begin to really fill our lungs,
Making the most of our lung capacity of our breath.
On each inhale,
Feel the belly rise,
Filling up with air expanding.
On each exhale,
The belly lowers,
The navel travels towards the spine.
Now place your left hand on the side of your,
On the left side of your ribcage.
So fingers are pointing down towards your hips and the right hand on the outside of the right ribcage.
Equally,
Fingers are pointing down towards the hips.
Now on each inhale,
Guide your breath towards your left and your right hand,
Breathing into your side body.
Feel the side body expand on each inhalation.
Consciously becoming aware of how the side body fills up with air.
And then from here,
Place your hands just underneath your sacrum,
So underneath your lower back.
So palms pressing into the earth,
Into the ground.
And it's almost like you're sliding your hands into your back pockets,
But the palms of the hands are facing down.
And now on each inhale,
Almost like pressing as if you're inhaling air into your hands,
Into your back.
It's really feeling your back expand on each inhalation.
We rarely bring our attention to breathing into our backs.
Just consciously shifting your awareness and your breath into the back of your body,
Filling up with air.
And then slowly begin to filling up the whole body with air.
So the area,
The front,
The sides and the back.
And this is what we call a 360 breath.
Breathing into the front,
The sides and the back.
Each inhalation filling the body with air.
Each exhalation letting it go.
Inhale,
Drawing in new life force energy.
Exhalation,
Releasing any stagnant energy.
Inhale,
Fill your body,
Feel your body expand,
Feel the expansiveness of your lungs.
Clearing out any stagnant energies.
And then release.
Release the hands back on either side of your body.
And just take a couple of moments to feel,
To absorb and just notice.
And you can stay here as long as you like.
And just let this conscious breath really sink in.
Thank you so much for choosing Star Sleep Yoga meditations for mindfulness and activation.
I hope you have a beautiful day.
