Welcome to CalmPoint and welcome to your guided meditation practice today.
I'm so happy you're here.
Go ahead and find a comfortable place to sit or rest your body,
Ensuring your comfort.
In this meditation practice,
You're welcome to open your eyes or leave them closed.
You have the freedom and the agency to adjust your body however you may need.
And if you feel like you need to end the meditation at any time,
You're welcome to do that.
Let's go ahead and begin our meditation practice by taking a deep breath in through the nose and a deep breath out.
Arriving right here into the present moment.
No need to change or force.
Just being with what is.
Allowing.
As we begin to bring our energy and attention towards our breath,
Maybe we can gently repeat these phrases internally.
As I breathe in,
I let be.
And as I breathe out,
I let go.
Let be.
Let go.
There's no need to force or change however you have arrived to this meditation practice.
We bring our mindfulness attention,
This moment-to-moment awareness.
Perhaps we can notice the impermanence or the fluctuation and change.
Perhaps we've created a little bit of distance and spaciousness.
As I breathe in,
I let be.
As I breathe out,
I let go.
I invite you just to take a gentle scan of the body.
Releasing any areas of tension.
Any areas of known tension.
Maybe the space between your eyebrows.
Or unclench the jaw.
Release the abdomen.
Soften.
Trust you know how to do this.
Beginning to send some signals to the body that it's okay to stand down.
To ignite our soothing systems.
We'll bring our attention back to our breath.
As I breathe in,
I let be.
As I breathe out,
I let go.
Let be.
Let go.
Bringing a mindfulness energy to what is in this moment.
Allowing.
Accepting.
Having an open,
Clear awareness to what is.
As I breathe in,
I let be.
As I breathe out,
I let go.
Maybe you can take some fuller,
Deeper breaths.
You can notice the expansion of the chest.
The rise and fall.
And of course the mind wants to wander and look for something more exciting than this moment.
Than this breath.
And we can simply remind the mind that life rests in our breath.
Each breath.
For breath is life.
Maybe we can bring a gentle smile towards our breath.
Towards the rise and fall of our chest.
To the expansion.
Maybe even a smile towards our capacity to be aware in this moment.
Mindfulness.
As we begin to end our short and quick guided meditation practice.
I invite you just to notice the subtle changes.
Between how you began the practice and how you may be arriving in this moment.
To close our meditation practice,
You're welcome to bring your hands over your heart.
Or you can bring them together in a prayer position by your heart.
Palms together.
We will offer ourselves just a few gentle phrases of compassion.
You're welcome to receive the words.
Or you can repeat them internally.
You're welcome to add phrases that are meaningful to you in this moment.
May I be happy.
May I be healthy.
May I be free from judgment.
Anxiety.
Self-criticism.
Fear.
May I be free from any discomfort.
Any sense of suffering.
May I have an open and clear and spacious mind.
May I have an open heart.
May I be free.
And when you're ready,
You can gently begin to flutter the eyes open.
If they have been closed for the practice.
You can take some fuller deeper breaths or stretch the arms over the head or adjust the body as you feel fit.
Just acknowledging you're coming back into this room,
Into this moment.
Maybe you can feel the connection between your body and your props or floor or seat.
Thank you so much for practicing today.
Thank you for being here.
May you be well,
Happy,
And free from any stress.
And I'll see you on the next episode of Calm Point.
