You're listening to the motherhood and stress podcast and I'm your host Liz Carlisle Thank you so much for joining me for another guided meditation for taking the time to come to Center To move above your running mind And give yourself the space you need to see things clear As I'm sure you know meditation has been shown to lower cortisol levels lower blood pressure Within sometimes the first session You can experience better sleep better mood and Even be more compassionate all from just sitting still focusing on your breath I Know for many people it's hard to do So the fact that you've pressed play and you're now becoming centered Deepening your awareness of your breath.
I Know you understand that it is possible And the benefit you feel is palpable So keep breathing And deepen your breaths your inhalations hold at the top and Then exhale pushing out a little bit further than you normally would emptying the lungs And just repeat the process Noticing every sensation of the air as it goes in your nose Into your lungs expansion and then the contraction Your mind's eye see your lungs expanding and contracting See the life force around them And around your beating heart bring your awareness even further out to your spine And with each vertebrae lights up like you're turning on a switch All the way up past your shoulders To the base of your switch All the way up past your shoulders to the base of your skull Take your awareness and around your brain lighting up as you go Connecting new synapses neurons Sweep it around then come back down your spine Bringing your awareness out to your arms your wrists to the tips of your fingers And down your legs past your knees your shins Your ankles to your toes Take a deep breath in through your nose Connecting fully to your body Breathe it out And with your greater sense of body awareness You understand at the same time that you are not your temporary body And though it is incredibly intelligent and useful You are far greater than your physical form It's that energy that animates the body And right now as you sit and breathe you're connecting to that energy Making it brighter Aligning your chakras So that you feel calm And at the same time you're feeling relaxed And at the same time you're feeling calm yet energized Fully aware and focused and at peace Keep breathing and I'll bring you out of this in a minute or two to close out the practice If you're ready to come out of meditation you can start to wiggle your fingers and toes Do some gentle neck rolls some shoulder rolls And whether you're going to bed now or you're starting your day I hope that you are feeling more relaxed and focused More alive So I wish for you so that you can spread that out to the people in your community Until next week Namaste
