Hello and welcome to this Breathe What You Need meditation.
My name is Laura and I'll be guiding you today.
If you haven't already,
Go ahead and find a comfortable position,
Either sitting upright with a straight spine or lying down on your back.
Rest your hands wherever feels good and then allow your eyes to gently close.
Start connecting to the present moment by taking a few deep breaths with full inhales that expand the belly and long exhales that soften the body even more each time.
Feel as tension releases from the forehead,
The jaw,
The neck,
And shoulders,
All the way down to the feet.
Good.
Now turn your focus to your breath,
Observing your breath as you breathe in and out of the nose.
Feel the breath as it moves in your body and use it as an anchor to your awareness.
Keep following your breath.
Good.
Now what's one feeling or thing you could use today?
Maybe it's patience,
Focus,
Love,
Connection.
See if there's one thing that comes up and hold it in mind.
Now as you breathe in,
Imagine that you're breathing in whatever it is that you've chosen through your heart space,
That area in the middle of your chest.
And as you exhale,
You release anything that's blocking it from you.
If no specific word came up,
Then you can just imagine that you're inhaling positivity and exhaling negativity.
Keep breathing in that word through the heart.
And exhaling any resistance or blockages to that feeling or thing on your own time.
Can you breathe in that word so deeply that it fills your entire body,
From the top of the head all the way to your toes?
Beautiful.
Go ahead and just bring an open awareness to how you're feeling.
How do you feel physically,
Emotionally,
And mentally?
And mentally in this moment,
Know there are no right answers.
Just bringing some attention to how we're feeling.
Wonderful.
I invite you to thank yourself for taking the time to do this practice and show yourself love and care in this way.
Take all the time you'd like.
And whenever you feel ready,
Slowly and gently open your eyes.
Open your eyes.
