Welcome to this breathing space meditation with Mindful Detroit.
Take a moment to get comfortable,
Whatever that might mean for you.
Perhaps you're sitting in a chair or on a cushion on the floor or laying down.
Your eyes can be open or closed.
And just take a moment to notice how are you feeling right now?
How are you feeling physically,
Emotionally,
Energetically?
And with all of these sensations,
Can you just note and observe them without judgment,
With curiosity?
Not trying to change anything.
Your attention might be drawn to areas of discomfort,
Perhaps tension or pain in the body or a thought that might be stuck on repeat.
But instead of forcing them out,
Can you just bring gentle,
Kind awareness to the sensation?
Thinking about letting it come and go like clouds in the sky.
Now bringing your awareness to your breath.
No need to change it.
But just noticing when you're inhaling and when you're exhaling.
Is there a particular place that you might feel the breath?
It's air coming in and out of the nostrils or a sense of the breath at the throat or the chest or the belly.
That's also okay if it's hard to feel the breath.
And if the mind wanders,
That's okay.
Just very gently and compassionately come back to the breath,
To your in-breath and your out-breath.
Might visualize air moving in and out of the lungs.
Now begin to expand your awareness beyond the breath,
Beyond the breath in and out of the lungs.
Expanding your awareness to your whole body.
You might imagine the breath filling the whole body as if you're breathing the entire body from head to toe.
Feeling an expansive energy filling your whole body on the inhale and with your exhale letting go of anything that might feel stuck or stagnant.
And expanding your awareness not only to the breath and the air moving in and out of the body,
But the air surrounding your body as well.
Feeling the air on your skin and noticing the surface that you're sitting on.
Exhaling to expand your awareness into the room.
Continue to notice your breath.
Just take one or two more breaths here as we begin to wrap up the practice.
If your eyes were closed,
You might gently begin to blink them open.
Gently coming back into your space.
Thank you.
