Simple Breath For Stillness

Simple, easy and quick: a guided breath practice to get you into a moment of stillness and peace to return to your day at any point, morning, noon or night. Just tune in and listen to give yourself that opportunity to change your mental and emotional state.

Transcript

Take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your nose.

Let your eyes close.

Allow yourself to find a moment of stillness here.

Let your body be still and invite your mind to be still as well.

You might notice just in giving it a chance,

An opportunity to arise,

To have a moment of space,

You might notice that stillness takes shape on its own.

Breathe into this stillness.

Draw all of your energy in and down.

Let your breath become even and smooth.

Breathe now three breaths that run the length of your body from the base of your spine to the top of your head and back.

Let each one take a bit more time.

Breathing in and breathing out.

On the last breath,

See if you can make it as smooth as possible,

Coming in and coming out.

Then just stop and breathe normally and sit.

Notice the stillness.

Notice the quiet.

Now again three more breaths running the length of your body,

But this time see if you can make them the same length,

Coming in and the same length going out.

Do this with as much gentleness and as little strain or forcing as possible.

Breathing in and breathing out.

See if you can get that inhale and exhale to be the same length.

Good.

And when you're done with those,

Again just breathe normally and sit.

Notice the change in your body.

Connect to the stillness.

Notice the change in your mind.

Notice the shifting and expansion in your breathing just from these few short intentional breaths.

And now just breathe in any way that feels good to you.

If you're feeling tense and anxious,

Still continue to slow and lengthen your breaths.

If you're feeling sleepy or foggy,

You might want to intensify your breath.

Or if you're feeling good and still and relaxed,

You might just want to observe your breath and how it's moving in you.

And then let it all go and just rest.

Sit in the stillness of your own being,

Present to this moment,

Anchored in the now.

Very good.

Now you can deepen your breath,

Let your body begin to move,

And when you're ready,

You can let your eyes open.

Namaste.