Welcome.
Today we are going to take a few moments to breathe together.
I want you to find a comfortable position.
Either seated or lying down or standing.
Take a moment to notice where you are contacting the ground or earth.
Notice your hips soften.
Relax them.
Allow your spine to grow taller.
Relax your shoulders away from your ears.
Lengthen your neck.
Release the hinge of your jaw.
Maybe you close your eyes if that feels okay for you.
If you do,
Choose to keep them open.
Just make them soft at whatever focal point you choose to look at.
Soften your temples and your forehead.
Take a few moments to notice your natural breath.
How does your breath feel in this moment?
Do you feel like you are able to breathe deeply or is it shallow?
Do you feel like you are able to breathe deeply?
Notice the air entering through your nostrils.
Is it more on the right side or the left side?
Pay attention to which side feels like it is taking in more air.
Allow your breath to travel down into the lungs and into the belly.
Exhale and follow the breath back up and out.
Breathing in,
Taking up as much space internally as you can.
Exhale,
Release.
Inhale,
Exhale.
Lengthen your exhale.
You may prefer to do a count like inhale for 3,
Exhale for 5,
Or inhale for 4,
Exhale for 6.
Or no count at all,
Just inhale and then just whatever feels longer to you for your exhale.
We will do that for a few moments.
Allow your body to relax and soften as you notice your breath.
Exhale,
Release.
Keep going,
Returning back to your breath.
If your mind wanders off the breath,
Forgive yourself and return back.
Feel the rhythm of your breath,
Feel the spaciousness of your breath.
Feel the ease as you inhale and exhale.
Slowly begin to release,
Controlling the breath.
Allow your breath to just occur naturally once again.
Bring your hands to your heart space,
Finding gratitude for this short pause to bring attention to one of your most abundant and powerful resources,
The breath.
Thank your breath,
Thank yourself,
Thank you for your practice today.
