Relaxing Your Body Around Your Breath

In this practice you wil focus on anchoring your awareness on the breath and allow yourself to be held by it, gently inviting your body to relax around it. This practice can be seen as a tool to use when you are feeling pannicked, stressed or overwhelmed at any given situation. Stop, relax and take the time to be present. There is nowhere to be, nothing to do, except to be here now.

Transcript

So making yourself comfortable and if you like,

Closing your eyes either fully or partially.

And taking a few deep breaths.

Noticing if you're feeling any tension in your body.

Is there any tightness in your shoulders,

In your diaphragm,

Your belly,

Your thighs,

Your buttocks,

Your jaw,

Your neck,

Your chest.

And if there is any tension then inviting the muscles in that part of your body to relax if they would like to.

We're not forcing them to relax.

We're simply inviting our muscles,

Our body to relax,

To release.

Allowing your breath to be the focus of your awareness.

We'll see if all of the other parts of your body,

All of the other processes in your body,

Given permission to relax.

Once the focus becomes your breathing.

Inch.

Here we go.

There's nothing else to do.

There's nowhere to be other than right here in this moment noticing your breathing.

You You Now as we're moving towards the completion of this little meditation expanding your awareness to your body as a whole becoming aware of the lengths of your arms the lengths of your legs up to the top of your head maybe starting to move your fingers your toes your wrists your ankles a little your shoulders when you're ready gently opening your eyes You'll be taking a look around the space that you're in just to orient yourself to this space Having a stretch a sip of your drink

Reviews

Thank you for your calm and low vocal pitch. It is hard to find guidance teachers that understand the importance of minimizing sensory that would trigger more anxiousness in an anxious & tense moment for listener. I really appreciate you just start calmly without explaining anything and melt into the moment as if you are actually here with me. it’s amazing that the simple perspective of not forcing but inviting muscles to relax makes all the difference in effectiveness. Thank you again!! I listen often to your collection!

Thanks, I wanted to visualize my Breathing, and it worked. Thank you!

I really enjoy these short meditation’s. I especially appreciate the opportunities for silence in between instructions.

I love the spaciousness of your guidance. Don't stop

Quiet and gentle with nice periods of silence.