So,
As we begin our practice,
Let's find a comfortable posture.
A posture that is both supporting and sustainable.
Perhaps a straight back and even try laying down whatever feels most aligned with your current physical condition.
Your eyes can remain open,
Closed,
Or just a softened gaze,
Whichever feels most right for you,
Just now.
Let's locate where in the body you feel your breath most distinctly.
Perhaps that's in the head,
The heart,
The abdomen.
Wherever it is for you,
That is wherever your breath is most strongest for you in the body,
Perhaps we will just bring the attention there.
And maybe let's focus there for the moment and just softly breathe into it and rest.
See if you can feel one breath without concern for what's already gone by and perhaps without an anticipation for the breath that may follow.
For now,
Just breathe.
If you are experiencing visiting from mental images,
Ideas,
Feels,
Emotions that arise,
If they're not very strong so that we can stay connected with the feeling of the breath,
Just let them flow on by,
It's just one breath.
And if something comes up that is very strong,
Pulls you away and you get lost in thought or pulled into a fantasy or perhaps you fall asleep,
Don't worry about it.
It is said that the very next thought after drifting away is perhaps the most important.
It could be said that our practice is founded and how we reconnect with ourselves after being disconnected from ourselves.
Also,
You may notice some audio space between my prompts.
These spacings are carefully designed to allow you the rest and reflection needed for true self reconnection.
Cherish this space.
It's rich with patience and it's filled with you and your breath.
It's in this space where we're breathing.
We have an opportunity to truly appreciate the beautiful mechanism,
Drawing breath,
Holding it and expelling it.
And now perhaps we allow the breath to be and now perhaps we allow the breath to inform our ability toward a relaxing state.
We allow now the brow to lose its tension,
The muscles in the face,
Slowly losing their tension.
And now we allow the muscles in the forehead to relax completely.
And as we experience the softening through the brow,
Perhaps we also allow that relaxing effect to trickle down into the cheekbones,
Allowing the temples space and a sense of a way.
Letting the tension through the temples slowly soften,
The tension through the jaw slowly softening.
And now a softening through the nose,
A softening of the lips,
Away with the tension of the face.
Allowing the tension in the muscles in the face to simply cease and rest with each breath.
And now perhaps we allow the breath to be.
And perhaps you begin to hear things far off in the distance or very close to you.
And while still staying connected to the breath,
You may acknowledge these things,
Acknowledge them for their significance and acknowledge them for their insignificance and allow them away as you carry on and continue connected to your breath.
Realizing a release of tension in the face throughout.
And perhaps you now enjoying the relaxation through the face.
Now perhaps we will again relax,
Share that relaxing sensation through the neck,
Through the muscles in the neck,
The back,
Near the spine.
Letting the tension in the muscles around the larynx and the voice box.
And let just rest.
And now a softening through the nose.
And again,
If you find yourself wondering off mentally and emotionally,
That's okay.
You're doing it just right.
The healthy mind will do so.
The healthy mind will run away with itself.
But now we will shepherd ourselves back toward the focus.
The here and now.
Right now,
Here with your breath.
Your time is now.
And perhaps now we just focus on breathing into the heart.
Letting the heart rest.
Allowing now breath to wash through the heart.
And staying connected just to that most ancient,
Sacred process.
Now some of us may feel a tension through the shoulders.
And it's time now for that tension to be loosed in that yoke held by the shoulders.
To now also experience that same softening that we experienced in the face.
That softening through the neck.
We'll now share perhaps that softening and relaxing effect through the shoulders,
Down through the biceps.
Feeling into the forearms.
A sense of limp.
A flaccid.
Loosening these very important muscles.
Down through the shoulders.
Washing the breath down through the arms.
Washing the breath deeper into the wrists.
Into the hands.
At this point some may feel a tingling through the fingertips.
Or some may feel nothing at all,
That's fine.
That's just fine.
And continue to recognize your ability to shut your tension away and off.
As you observe what arises.
As you observe what falls.
As you observe what lies.
As you observe what lies.
As you observe what lies.
As you observe what lies.
As you observe what lies.
As we draw a very deep breath.
With a five count.
Five counts in on your mark.
And a five count as we expel that same breath.
Taking care to observe the lungs and their capacity.
Looking into the expansive nature of your drawing breath in.
Perhaps acknowledging that freedom that's held just within the breath for you.
Enjoying the video?
Yes and no.
And this is the best time,
Perhaps,
To acknowledge that this is a state of no judgment.
That this state in which you sit now is perhaps the observer.
An observer without right,
An observer without wrong.
An observer of life and its expansive nature.
This is an observation of your existence.
The observation of your boundlessness.
And just rest.
And yes,
The mind will wonder.
That's fine.
That's just fine.
Only a healthy mind will bounce and play as a child does.
This is a good thing.
And you are on the right path.
And as the observer,
Perhaps shepherd,
Focus your attention back to you.
Focus your attention now back to the now.
Your presence.
Your patience.
Your breath.
You are on the right path.
And as we come to the close of our practice,
Perhaps this is a fine time to be able to acknowledge yourself for taking this precious time and allowing yourself space in your very busy schedule for an acknowledgement of what makes you work,
What helps you operate who you are.
And perhaps allow yourself compassion,
Compassion over your head,
Compassion in your mind,
And a breathing compassion through your heart.
And as you begin to now come back online,
Perhaps move your arms around and your neck,
Move the muscles of your face,
Flex them,
Smile,
Frown.
As you open your eyes wider and bring in the light from the evening or the day,
Remember that you are the observer,
That you control the perspective,
That you control your breath.
And this has been your Right Now.
I am Kalfani Sangha.
Thank you so much for this time together.
Love,
Acknowledgement,
Respect,
And will unto you.
