Breathe Into Stillness

Something magical happens when we breathe and relax our body. Our worries and thoughts begin to settle when we have a focus for our restless mind. As we relax our belly and let the breath deepen, we begin to sense a stillness. This silence is always available to us, with just a few moments of breathing into stillness.

Transcript

Bring your attention into your entire body from head to toes,

Toes to head.

Allow your body to relax as you breathe out.

Let a wave of relaxation flow down through your face,

Forehead and eyebrows,

Eyes,

Nose,

Mouth,

Chin,

Through your mouth and the hinges of your jaw,

Through the sides and back of your neck,

The large muscles of your upper back.

Allow your shoulders to draw down away from your ears.

Notice your chest,

Your belly,

Your arms and your legs,

Your whole body and let yourself relax.

Allow your mind to settle as well.

For the next few minutes,

We're going to focus on what is still.

If there are thoughts in the mind,

Let them be more in the background.

For now,

Notice your whole body from head to toes.

Notice the rise of your belly as you breathe in and the softening as you breathe out.

Focus all of your attention on this gentle rise and fall of the breath in the belly.

Intend with your mind that you are going to focus on this and let your body,

Your whole system become more and more still.

Focus on the rise of the belly as you breathe in,

The effortless letting go as you breathe out.

Anchor your attention there.

Let yourself rest.

Move in to stillness.

All day long,

Our attention goes here and there.

It goes to what's moving.

When we tune into our body,

There's often some kind of tightness or pain.

Right now,

We're noticing the space around all of that.

Noticing the ease,

The stillness that's present right now.

Focus on this gentle rise and fall of the breath at the belly.

Breathe into stillness.

Notice the stillness that's always here.

Do this practice as long as you like.

Set your intention to come back to this through the day.

Wherever it is that you are,

As soon as you remember,

Tune back into the breath.

Notice that reliable pattern of breathing,

The expansion on the inhale,

The relaxation and softness on the exhale.

Let your attention focus for just a moment on the stillness that's always here.

Then go about your day taking the stillness with you.

Reviews

Perfect practice to use as a 'breath break' at any time during the day. It felt longer than it was in a good way which I think is because it created a deep sense of presence. I intend to use this often. Many thanks for creating and sharing 🙏💞✨

Very helpful for me today thank you Lynn. Grateful for your compassion and regular guidance to us through lives and recordings like this 🙏🏽✨️🌬💙🐦

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I needed this morning to release my mind’s fear and anxiety that were overwhelming me. Your voice is so soothing and your message so sweet and dear. I hope you have a beautiful day. ❤️

Simple and soothing, straight to the point. Thank you

Wonderful. And so good to come back to this again and again. Thank you.

So simple and beautifully quiet, this creates a refuge of calm. Thanks 😊

Thank you for sharing your wisdom and I appreciate it

Grateful for this simple pause and reminder of the peace that can be found by turning towards the breath. Thank you!

Superb pocket sized meditation. Thank you, Lynn!

Such a helpful guide to find stillness.

This is one of my favourite meditations. So simple but so powerful, thank you!

Short and sweet and effective! Thank you!

Short and effective. Thank you.

Short and very sweet.

Excellent, tension headache cleared in minutes 🤩

Thankyou, short and sweet ❤️

I liked the combination of words with periods of silence, it left room for stillness. I felt pretty stressed out when I clicked onto this, and I am now feeling like I can breathe better. Thank you- love and metta to you 💙