And welcome to this breathwork meditation.
It's a shorter meditation and it's around the point of stillness.
So getting yourself into a comfortable seated position,
Nice and even through the body.
Head unsupported,
Hands in your lap or on your legs.
And you might like to close down the eyes or just keep a soft gentle gaze.
And starting by paying attention to your senses,
So just tuning into the sounds you can hear.
To what you can see behind your closed eyes or with your soft gentle gaze.
To any smells you can observe.
To any tastes that are lingering in your mouth.
And then noticing touch,
So noticing the feeling of air on your face and your hands.
The temperatures through your body.
And notice the sense of your bottom being held so effortlessly by the cushion or the chair.
And see if you can create a sense of heaviness,
Letting go,
Sinking a little deeper into place.
And then turning your attention to the breath.
So just observing the air as it moves through the nostrils or the mouth,
Down through the throat into the lungs.
And then as it returns the exhalation,
Just watch it like a curious observer for a little while.
And seeing now if you can start to deepen that breath,
Keep paying attention.
But see if you can breathe all the way down into the bottom of the lungs and have your diaphragm help you push the belly out.
Proper belly breaths,
Using all of the lung capacity and observing the passage of air as you deepen that breath.
So stopping before the point of strain or over breathing.
It's all meant to be gentle and there are no gold stars for being the deepest breather today.
And starting to feel things slow down as you slow your breath down.
Enjoying the feeling of this lovely oxygen rich blood going out through the body to your extremities.
You might feel a little bit of tingling as you're breathing deeply.
And with your next inhalation,
Seeing if you can notice the point of stillness.
This is the point where the inhalation stops,
Everything stops for a moment and it turns into your exhalation.
And on your exhalation,
Noticing that point of stillness where the exhale ends.
And all is still before you inhale again.
So continuing the deep breathing,
Just gentle deep breathing though and really paying attention to that point of stillness.
And you might like to extend that point of stillness if your body feels like it.
Or even just say to yourself,
Ah,
There it is.
Last couple of deep breaths now.
And letting go of those deep breaths,
Returning to your normal breath.
And just noticing how mind and body feel after your breath work.
And then gently at the beginning you return to your day or your night.
And tuning into the sounds you can hear,
To the feeling of your bottom supported by the chair or the cushion.
And bringing some movement back to the hands and to the feet and giving the body a stretch,
A sway,
A twist,
Whatever it needs to come back to your day.
And congratulations for committing to another day of practice.
Enjoy that feeling,
Doing something wonderful for yourself.
Very well done you.
Thank you.
