Finding Peace through Breath

Ground, center, and recharge. Focused breath awareness practice connecting to points of stillness. Periods of silence for deepening connection.

Transcript

Now finding a comfortable position,

Either seated or lying down on your back.

Simply allowing yourself to settle in.

Allowing yourself to find a position that's comfortable.

Allowing yourself to settle in.

Allowing all the thoughts of all that came before this moment to suddenly fall and find a resting place to be revisited another time.

Mainly at this moment,

Right now,

There is nothing else you need to be doing.

There's nowhere else you need to be.

Like this,

Right here,

Is simply a time for you.

Time to sit and connect with the body,

With the breath,

With the spirit.

And closing the eyes and sensing into the support of the seat beneath you,

All the supports that are all around you.

Feeling fully supported here as you gently begin to bring your awareness inward.

Softening the muscles along the face,

The forehead.

Allowing the eyes to gently soften.

Allowing the muscles of the cheeks and the jaw also soften and release any tension that's being held here.

Feeling the muscles of the neck and the shoulders,

The arms all the way down to the fingertips.

Letting everything soften and release here.

On the chest and the torso,

Upper back,

Mid back,

Low back,

Soften and release.

The hips,

Belly,

Thighs,

Knees and shins,

All softening and releasing,

Melting into the supports beneath you.

Letting the ankles,

The heels,

The tops and the balls of the feet and the toes,

All the softening and release,

Just melting into the support beneath you.

Allowing the body to release any tension that's been held there.

As you begin to bring your awareness into the breath.

Breathing in and breathing out.

When his thoughts pull at your attention,

Simply notice this as the natural activity of the mind.

And gently,

With kindness,

Returning your attention to the experience of breath moving through the body.

You might notice the sensations of the breath at the nose.

As you become aware of the temperature of the air,

The warmth or coolness as it enters the nostrils.

And the subtle change in temperature as it exits the nostrils.

Feeling your awareness here at the nose.

You might notice the sensation of the breath traveling across the space between the nose and the upper lip.

Breathing in and letting go.

Following the sensation of the breath as it travels in the nose,

Down into the body.

You might notice the sensations of the breath in the chest.

Becoming aware of the subtle sensations of the expanding and releasing of the rib cage with each in-breath and each out-breath.

Feeling the sensations of the muscles in the chest,

The subtle movements with each flow of each inhale and each exhale.

As the lungs fill with air and expand on the in-breath and fully release on the exhale,

Each breath flowing fluidly one upon the other.

As thoughts pull at your attention,

As thoughts will do,

Really notice and observe these.

Notice each thought forming and dissolving much like clouds across the clear sky of the mind.

And then gently,

With kindness,

Returning your attention to the experience of the breath moving in and out through the body.

Breathing in and breathing out.

You might notice the breath moving through the belly,

The diaphragm.

Feeling the belly expanding on the inhale,

Releasing on the exhale.

Fluid rhythmic movement.

Inhale,

Expand.

Exhale,

Release.

Allowing the breath to be soft and long,

Fluid and steady.

And release.

Feeling that the body knows exactly how much air it needs.

Movement is effortless,

Fluid,

Filled with ease.

Now bringing the awareness to the natural pause between each inhale and each exhale.

And as you inhale,

There's a moment of stillness,

This natural pause just behind the navel.

And then at the exhale,

Right at the end,

There's another natural pause just outside the body.

Natural fluid rhythm of inhale,

Pause.

Exhale.

Inhale.

It's in these natural moments of stillness that are always with us.

There is complete stillness.

There is peace.

There is timelessness.

All stands still.

Allowing yourself to linger here in these pauses.

Simply noticing the sensation of stillness in the body,

The sensation of stillness in the breath.

Knowing that this stillness is always available to you.

It is within you.

It is part of you.

Starting to breathe with awareness of these pauses and moments of stillness.

And then at the exhale,

Right at the end,

There's a moment of stillness.

And now,

Gently allowing your breath to return to its natural rhythm and pace.

As you begin to bring your awareness back into the whole body,

Sensing the points of contact between your body and the surface upon which you're supported.

Sensing fully into the support beneath you.

Sensing fully supported here.

As you begin to bring your awareness outward into the realm of sound.

Noticing the sound of your breath.

Noticing the sounds of the room around you.

And beginning to visualize in your mind's eye or environment the room in which you are laying or sitting.

While holding your eyes gently closed,

Bringing the palms of the hands together in front of the heart center.

Rubbing the hands together generously,

Vigorously to produce some heat.

And then pushing the palms deeply in together.

Moving them up gently to the face and cupping the warm palms over the eyes.

And gently blinking the eyes open underneath the cupped hands.

And beginning to massage the forehead with the fingers.

Allowing the fingers wake up the forehead.

Allowing the fingers to travel down to the temples.

Massaging the skin around the temples.

Allowing the fingers to move farther down towards the jaw,

The general space behind the ear.

Just waking up slowly and coming back into your day.

As you bring your focus outward and look around the room,

The space in which you are sitting.

And offering yourself a moment of gratitude for taking the time to connect with the body,

With the breath,

With the spirit in this gentle way.

And you can take this peace,

These moments of stillness with you throughout the rest of your day.

Adiante著t.

Reviews

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Wow - best meditation ever and I have been practicing mindfulness for some years.
Find it hard to switch off and I felt calm and peaceful throughout.
Thank you so much.
Will return to this often.
Thanks again
Love and prayers
Tricia xxx🙏💕😎

I enjoyed the mindfulness of the body along with the breath. Thank you. Hari om!

It was amazing....and i had never done a meditation that end Up like this one...a very good way to end It Up and Connect with your body...thanks

Reminder to breathe when life is overwhelming

The volume seemed turned down overly low, but I still gave it five stars. I felt slowed down and very relaxed and centered. Thank you, Patty!

Thank you - this was a beautiful experience. .. I loved how you brought us back out of the meditation. 🙏💞

Beautiful meditation. I especially liked the prayer at heart center part. Thank you kind soul x

Pleasant and Peaceful 😌

Well done nice voice and pacing. Highly recomendnn.

Well done. Easy to follow.

Good simple breath awareness. Soothing

I really liked her voice, the way she guides you and her message. Thank you!

🙏 wonderfully calming

Grateful for this session. Thank you!

Love it , thank you.

Excellent mix of guided focused awareness and silence.