Today's meditation is an offering of deep calm for the nervous system.
Our minds,
Bodies and souls carry so much,
But right now,
At this moment in time,
You don't have to hold anything.
There's nothing to fix,
Nowhere to rush off to.
All that exists is this moment,
Right here,
Right now.
Find a comfortable position and settle into your body.
Close your eyes,
Or let your gaze soften.
Notice the ground holding you,
The air moving through you.
Take a deep breath in through the nose and sigh it out of the mouth.
Let your inner world slow and soften.
Take another deep breath in and out.
Steady,
Effortless,
The breath is always carrying you.
Feel how it moves through you,
Gently rising and falling.
Now we'll settle into a simple breathing rhythm to balance the body and mind.
We'll be inhaling for four,
Holding for four and exhaling for four.
Breathing in,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Hold,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhale,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Inhale,
Hold.
Exhale,
Hold.
Continue for a couple more breaths.
Let each inhale relax you,
And each exhale release anything that is heavy.
This breath soothes the mind,
Clears stagnant energy and grounds the body in peace.
Gently release the breath,
Continue breathing naturally.
And now we'll do another breathing exercise called Nadi Shodhana.
Bring your right hand to your face with your thumb resting on the right nostril,
Your ring finger above the left nostril,
And your middle and pointer fingers at the space between your brows.
Inhale through the left,
Close.
Exhale through the right.
Inhale through the right,
Close.
Exhale through the left.
Continue at your own pace.
With each inhale,
Feel balance returning.
With each exhale notice your body unwinding.
Gently let it go.
Let yourself rest here.
Breathing naturally,
Let yourself surrender to this inner landscape.
Simply notice just a cloud drifting across the sky.
You don't need to hold it,
You don't need to follow it.
Just observe and let it pass.
Each time the mind begins to wander,
Gently return to your breath.
Let your inhale guide you back,
And with every exhale feel yourself melting deeper into presence.
Arriving.
Breathing out,
Letting go.
There is nothing to figure out,
Nothing to solve,
Nothing to decide.
Just be with your breath.
Be here in this moment with yourself.
Resting in the quiet held by stillness.
Feel the air or fabric resting against your skin.
Notice the subtle sounds around you.
The faint scents in the air.
The weight of your body steady and at rest.
Feel your breath still here,
Still holding you.
A quiet rhythm,
A gentle anchor.
Taking one final deep breath in and sigh it all out.
Gently begin to bring your awareness back into the space that you're in.
Slowly begin to wiggle your fingers and your toes.
And when you're ready,
Softly open the eyes.
Sending you so much love and light.
Thank you for practicing with me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.
