The Calming Breath

A soothing, relaxing mindfulness practice to calm every level of your being: body, mind and spirit. Allow your system to rebalance and replenish, using a combination of mindfulness, grounding, breath awareness and self-compassion.

Transcript

You Allow your eyes to comfortably close And breathe out As you do so allow your shoulders to soften and your belly to soften With each out breath let the body soften As the breath flows out let it soften the body Coming back down to rest Let the body come down to rest Allow the out breath to flow down through the body Softening and dissolving holdings Let the body go with the breaths flow on its downward journey Home to rest Home to rest Let the body go with the breaths flow on its downward journey Let the mind do the same Let the mind surrender to the sweet release of the out breath And allow the mind to come down with the breaths to rest As breath flows out and carries away what mind releases With each softening of the out breath let mind soften further Let the mind surrender to the sweet release of the out breath Coming to rest at the end of the out breath Your breath can pause if it wants at the end of the out breath Like wandering down a country lane and pausing to just be You can pause at the end of the out breath To rest on the island at the end of the breath's outward flow And just be When the breath feels ready Let it gently expand on your in breath Allowing the body to make room to receive nourishment As it rises to meet the in breath Welcoming The breath is now receiving Welcome the breath right through the lengths of your body All of your body taking in nourishment on the in breath Bringing life giving nourishment to every part of your body Round the tips of your fingers to the tips of your toes The breath is now receiving Notice how your in breath connects you with the space around you As you breath in from it and breath out again into it You can let your senses spread further if they want Out to the horizon stretching all the way round And up to the height of sky above You have all of this space All of this space for your body to breath All of this space for your mind to breath All of this space for yourself to breath Soften into breathing with the space Just being Soften into breathing with the space around you And calm down to rest in the rise and fall And calm down to rest in the rise and fall of the breath The breath flowing on its journey of softening the body and mind Like a river gently smoothing and clearing Rest on the wave of the breath Its expansion and release And as the river comes home to the ocean allow yourself to come home Come home to that place within you beneath all the rest To that vast ocean of calm waiting below Beneath all disturbances on the surface To the deep quieter waters below A sea of calm that waits for you endlessly patient And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And allow yourself to just be And when you are ready you can draw this meditation to a close

Reviews

Amazing as always 🙏

A simple & peaceful practice that was just what I needed to anchor in to my breathing & relax. Thank you!! 🙏🏼

Will tell you in a bit as I dropped off… 🙏🏼

Thanks for this nourishing meditation. Wonderful rides on the waves of my breath 🍀🙏🏻

Superb as usual thank you Linda you are absolutely one of my fav teachers! 🧡

So beautiful and soothing. Thank you 🙏🏻

Exquisite. 🙏❤️

Such a calm, restful meditation which I'll return to again and again. Thank you so much.