Relax And Refocus: Circuit Breaker

This practice helps disrupt negative cycles and how they manifest in your mind and body. Relax, refocus and start to overcome your many competing priorities, stress, overwhelm, resentment, lack of focus or whatever else is stopping you from delivering and enjoying your work.

What are circuit breakers? These short meditations provide swift relief from the cycles of stress and tension that many of us feel during a hard day at the office.

Transcript

Welcome to this circuit breaker to relax and refocus with breath work. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart with your knees soft or slightly bent and you can gently roll your shoulders backwards a few times and then let them settle low and soft. Whilst you're taking a few moments to get comfy I'll explain that we're shortly going to take a deep breath in and a big sigh out and then pause holding the breath until you need to take another deep breath and we'll repeat this a few times at your own pace. When you're ready take a deep slow breath in just resting your attention at the point where your chest or belly rises and then release in a big sigh noticing the belly soften as you really release and pause at the end of the side for a moment. When you need to take in another deep breath and sigh out let each sigh be as loud or quiet soft or strong as feels right for you. You may like to lower the entry point of your breath each time to a lower part in your chest or belly gently moving your focus to that point. After your next sigh out just let your breath naturally fall into a gentle rhythm no control over it just as it naturally falls. Consider how the breath fills your body without force or control. It continues to fill your body and your body drops and releases as you release the air and in your own time you can draw this micro meditation to a close and return to your day.