Welcome.
Today I'll guide you into the body with a strong breath,
Then balance out and harmonize the activated energies.
Then with our energy at attention and our full presence seated,
We'll glide right into a meditation.
Let's start with a few clearing breaths to drop into this moment.
Inhale deeply into your belly,
Fill up your lungs,
Pause for just a moment,
And then let the breath fall out of your mouth with a loose jaw while dropping your shoulders twice more.
Inhale deeply,
Exhale completely.
With the full session ahead,
I want us to take a few minutes to warm up,
So move your arms and shoulders in any way that feels good to you.
Pull your neck from one side to the other.
Just take a moment here to loosen up.
As we're loosening up,
We'll do a few three-part breaths here to awaken all of our breathing muscles as well.
I have a foundations recording on this breath technique if you're not familiar with it.
For now,
Just follow along as you can.
For our purposes today,
Inhale through the nose,
Exhale through the mouth.
So you're going to inhale deeply into the belly,
Fill the torso,
The upper chest,
And then exhale to release.
Three more at your own pace.
Inhale deeply into the belly,
Then to the torso,
Into the upper chest,
Exhale to release.
Last one at your pace.
Now that we are warmed up,
Our first breath method will be Siddhakti Prakaya,
Which is a strong breathing method to enliven and awaken our system on many levels.
If at any point you feel uneasy,
You can slow your pace or omit the arm movements.
Just as needed for a comfortable experience.
Try it with me.
We start with our arms extended above our heads in the shape of a letter V.
On the exhale,
You bend the elbows and draw them down to our sides.
Here your fists will be at your shoulders.
Inhale returning to the V shape with your arms extended overhead.
Exhale pull the elbows down.
Then you pick up the pace.
This is a forceful,
Strong breath all through the nose.
I'll demo here.
Exhale pulling elbows down.
Take a deep inhale as you raise your arms.
Fully exhale with force as you draw the elbows down.
Three more on your own.
On your last exhale,
Release your arms into your lap.
Allow your breath to settle for a moment.
Notice how your body feels.
You may already feel additional energy around the shoulders as we work them here.
Maybe tingling in the skin and the face.
Notice what it is for you.
Second round.
Extend your arms overhead in the V shape.
Exhale forcefully while drawing elbows down.
Find your rhythm here.
Strong,
Deep inhales and forceful exhales to enliven your respiratory system.
Rev up your circulation and more subtly awaken dormant energy within you.
Five more.
On your last exhale,
Release your arms into your lap.
Allow your breath to settle for a moment.
Notice how your body feels.
On our final round of Chit Chakti Prakya,
Let's prepare with our arms overhead.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Continue with full,
Deep inhales and forceful exhales.
Five more.
On your last exhale,
Release your arms into your lap.
Allow your breath to settle for a moment.
Notice how your body feels.
Shoulders may start to release.
You can drop a bit of weight into your elbows to encourage this.
Settling.
Relaxing into the body.
We'll now take a balancing breath pattern here to also assist with settling our activations.
Our goal with this breath is to make our inhales and exhales the same length.
We'll start with an easy three count.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Exhale.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Exhale.
Three.
Two.
One.
Extending now to four count.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Exhale.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Exhale.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Exhale.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Extending now to five.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Exhale.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Exhale.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Exhale.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Exhale.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Inhale.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Exhale.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Let's rest here.
Allow the energy to settle lower in your body,
Sinking into your torso.
Allow your breath to return to a normal depth and pace as I explain our next breath,
Brahamari,
Which is bee's breath.
We inhale through the nose and exhale with the lips sealed and hum or buzz the sound a bee would make.
You hold the hum or buzz for the full length of your exhale.
Try it with me.
Inhale,
Exhale,
And hum or buzz.
Continue at your own pace.
Bee's breath harmonizes all energetic systems of the body and is also an immunity boost physically.
Three more here.
We can rest for a moment and pause.
In your next round of bee's breath,
You might move the resonance of the buzzing from your nose and mouth area to low in the heart,
In the belly,
Or even up higher in your third eye.
Experiment with where that resonance feels best for you.
Let's go for another round of bee's breath.
Inhale,
Exhale,
And hum or buzz.
Three more here at your own pace.
So after two rounds of bee's breath,
I know you feel something.
Find what it is for you.
Is it a physical sensation?
Maybe an emotion?
Is it a memory of something deeper?
Notice how you feel.
For me,
I visualize the image of a snow globe settling all the snow in the bottom.
This is the settling moment.
Allow your breath to settle to a normal pace and depth.
Breathing gently now,
Without technique or pattern,
Just notice your natural rhythm.
Notice the beauty of your body being breathed.
Staying true to the rhythm of your breath,
As you inhale,
Imagine pulling breath in from every direction into your heart.
And as you exhale,
Send it out in every direction.
Inhale from every direction into the heart.
Exhale from the heart in every direction like a starburst.
Continue at your pace,
Inhaling into the heart,
Exhaling out.
What if your breath rippled out as far as the stars?
We see them.
Maybe they can feel us.
Maybe you sense a connection.
Whisper from the universe saying,
Yes,
I feel you.
Take a few quiet moments here as we close our practice together.
I hope you found a connection with your body,
Your breath,
And maybe something deeper.
A connection to your true nature.
Namaste.
