Buzz Breath

Using Buzzing and the vibration of the sound you create to manage your breathing. Using the classical 'om' sound seen in meditation can be used to focus the mind and also create a sense of release.

Transcript

Welcome to Meditation Rocks! Today's meditation is a little bit different. It involves buzzing and using the vibration of the sound that you create. It might not be for you, Give it a go, Go and find somewhere comfortable and we'll begin. So in traditional meditation styles there is the om sound that many people use as a vibrational way to connect and to focus inwards on themselves. And that's not something that I practice myself and that I teach but on occasion it is good to have a sound that you can focus on. And there is a meditation technique called the Buzz Breath which is basically trying to create the sound of a bumble bee. And this can be used to focus the mind but also as a sense of release, Almost as if you're having a little scream or a moment to yourself. And also the vibrations of the buzz are a really good point of focus and you can physically feel the buzzing and the vibrations, The fizzing if you like, Within your body. So we're just going to do this for around seven minutes or so. As I said it might not be for you but it is good to try different techniques and you might return to this at another time. So it's particularly good for energising, So good to do in the mornings, Perhaps not at night time because you might find that it wakes you up a little bit and perhaps wakes everybody up in the house as well. Okay so get yourself comfortable as normal and you might just want to put your hands on your lap or you might even want to put one hand on your tummy and one hand on your chest if you want to. But do what feels right for you. And just take a moment to make sure your posture is comfortable, Giving the shoulders a little roll around and looking up towards the sky and bringing the chin to the chest to release the neck and the jaw and then bringing the head up just below the horizon line with the eyes and you can close your eyes or soften your gaze. And we start just by taking some nice long deep breaths and feeling the chest expand, The weight of the body here in the chair or the ground. And just let yourself be supported in your practice today. And breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth just a few times to release any tension you might be feeling. And then close your mouth and start to breathe in and out through your mouth. This is the yu sha yi breath. We can just take a few moments to settle the body and the mind. And when we begin the bumble bee breath we can open the mouth a little if you want to and just bring the teeth together or maybe you'll keep your mouth closed. You'll find what works for you. So don't worry about what sound comes out of you. Just notice the experience. Not looking for perfectly pitched buzzes or looking to harmonise with me in any way. It's simply a release. So when you're ready take a nice deep breath in through your nose and then just let out a little buzz through your nose or your nose and your mouth. And we'll go again. So breathing in through the nose and just let out a buzz through the nose or the mouth. And we're going to see now how long we can exhale our buzz for. So breathe in nice and deeply and let out the longest buzz that you can. Just take a few normal breaths. So next when we buzz I want you to see where in your body that you feel the vibrations. When the buzz comes to an end notice how you feel and notice the experience in the silence. So we go again. Whenever you're ready breathing in through your nose and then let go and release. And again. And it can take a few moments for it to feel like this isn't some crazy thing to be doing. So just keep going with your buzz breath. Breathing in through the nose and out through the nose or the mouth. In some way I wonder if you can change the pitch of the buzz either making it more high pitched or perhaps deeper and feeling where in the body the vibrations change. So I'm going to try for a deeper buzz. So breathing in through the nose and then exhaling through the mouth finding a nice either high or lower pitched buzz. And now for the last few moments just taking some time to just experiment with your buzz breath. So perhaps opening the mouth a little bit closing the mouth maybe allowing the buzz out in little bursts. So being a little playful with this breath technique. Breathing in deeply through the nose exhaling through the nose or the mouth. I'll just do one little breath for you. So breathing in and then after one last little burst of buzz take a moment to stop and to breathe normally. And I wonder if you can feel any sensation in the body vibrations almost as if you're still using the buzzing breath technique. And just sitting here in silence and stillness after all of that noise and vibration within the body. Often the stillness and the silence is even more noticeable. So let's take three deep breaths together breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. Again two more. And then just breathing normally once again and notice how you feel. And just moving any fingers or toes taking a little stretch and bringing the hands together and giving them a little rub create some warmth in your hands and just hovering the hands over your eyes and blinking your eyes open inside your hands bringing your hands down away from your face when you're ready and I'm here. I'm sure that might make you giggle or just might find it a little strange experience but it really can work and once you've got the giggles all the laughs out of the way actually noticing how powerful a technique this can be for energizing or for focusing and connecting inwards on our self. But I hope you have a buzzing rest of your day and I'll see you again very soon. Bye for now.