Hey friends and welcome to this short breathwork practice designed for singers but really for anybody who wants to learn a little bit more about their own breathing patterns.
So we'll begin by taking a nice comfortable position.
So you might be seated upright or you might choose to lie down with your knees bent and your feet on the ground.
Set yourself up,
Roll your shoulders up back and down.
Find somewhere in your body that you can soften and we'll begin with a deep breath in,
Fill all the way up and open your mouth and sigh it out.
We'll do two more breaths like that.
Nice deep breath in,
Fill up and sigh it out and take one more deep breath in.
Let this breath be a little bit deeper than the one before it.
This time hold it at the top,
Sip in just a little bit more air and let that go.
And if possible seal your lips and continue to breathe in and out through your nose as you start to become aware of your breath.
What does it feel like to breathe in and what does it feel like to breathe out?
Notice how your body expands as you breathe in and maybe you connect with a sense of release or letting go as you breathe out.
And you might even start to take one hand to your belly and the other hand over your heart.
And as you breathe in,
See if you can allow the hand on your belly to rise first.
And as you continue that deep breath in,
Allow the hand on the heart to rise last.
And then when you exhale just soften and let everything go.
Breathing in deeply and fully allowing the hand on the belly to rise,
That breath blossoms up into the ribs and into the chest and then softening and letting go as you exhale.
So take one more round of breath just like that,
One more deep diaphragmatic breath,
Deep full breath in and a complete exhale.
And then begin to breathe in for four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe out four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe in four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe out four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Breathe out,
Hold,
Breathe in,
Hold,
Breathe out,
Hold,
Breathe in,
Hold,
Breathe out,
Hold.
And then let your breath settle back into a natural rhythm.
Give yourself a couple of rounds of breath to settle back into that neutral breath space.
Our next few rounds of breath we're going to take a deep breath in and then when you exhale imagine that you're blowing out of a straw.
So you get a long slow controlled exhale there.
So go ahead take a nice deep breath in,
Let it go,
And then breathe in fully and completely.
And as you exhale blow the air slowly out of the mouth.
We'll do that four more times.
Take a deep breath in and breathe that out slowly.
Breathe in and out.
Breathe in.
Take a long slow exhale.
One more deep breath in.
And exhale.
Good.
And then take another couple rounds of breath on your own.
Just allowing things to settle back to their neutral space.
And then we'll go into a final round of box breathing.
Instead of four counts this time we'll breathe in and hold,
Breathe out,
And hold for five counts to see if we've created any more space for our lungs to hold oxygen.
So just a nice clearing breath.
Take a deep breath in,
Let it go,
And breathe in for five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe out five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe in five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe out five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Breathe out,
Hold,
Breathe in,
Hold and soften,
Breathe out,
Hold,
Breathe in.
Last round here.
Hold,
Breathe out,
Hold,
And then let your breath settle back into a natural rhythm.
Take a moment here to check in with your breath,
Check in with your body,
Just notice how you feel now compared to how you felt at the beginning of this practice.
And breathe in a breath of gratitude for taking this time to focus on you to find your center and to work on your breath technique.
And then as you're ready,
You can start to blink open your eyes,
Find movements in your fingers,
Toes,
Hands,
Feet,
Arms,
Legs.
Come back into the room,
Come back into your day and enjoy the rest of your day.
Thank you for practicing with me.
Take care.
