Deep Belly Breathing

This guided deep belly breathing meditation helps you shift from shallow breathing into deeper, fuller breaths that restore calm and presence. After listening, you’ll feel more relaxed in your body, more aware of how your breath supports your energy, and more able to carry steadiness into the rest of your day. Through the simple awareness of which hand moves first, the intentional expansion into the belly, and the wave-like flow from belly to chest, this practice creates a deeply grounding rhythm that helps you settle, soften, and reset. Return to it whenever you need a breath-based practice that feels embodied, calming, and supportive.

Transcript

Sit up straight or lie down and put one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest and begin noticing your breath as it moves in and out through your nose not changing how you're breathing but just noticing the air as it moves in and out through your nostrils and now shift your awareness and notice as you're breathing which hand is moving first is the hand on your belly when you inhale or the hand on your chest just noticing as you breathe which hand moves first and now with intention start to breathe into your belly and try to push that hand out on your belly as far as you can that feels comfortable and releasing just trying to expand each belly breath a little deeper each time pushing that hand out on your belly as far as you can and releasing not straining but just doing some really deep belly breaths breathing down into that belly and releasing and now this time see if you can breathe about two-thirds down into your belly and bring that last third up into your chest and then release from your chest to your belly so breathing down into the belly then the chest and then letting go feeling as if it's a wave going from your belly to your chest and then back out again and then let's take one more deep breath in this time hold it at the top hold it hold it hold it and then release with a big exhale and carry this sense of presence into your day it's time to step into your power you