Hello.
So you're feeling a little bit stressed.
It's okay.
You've done the right thing.
You're taking a break.
You've pressed play.
To get the most from this practice,
It's important you find a quiet spot.
You feel safe to relax and maybe even close your eyes for a couple of minutes.
Making sure you're comfortable.
You can be seated or standing,
Whatever's best for you.
What's important is your spine is straight and you're able to breathe naturally.
Start to become aware of your breath.
Just find where it enters your body and take a deep breath in through the nose.
That's right.
And blow it out when you're ready.
Take your time.
Take another breath in.
If you like,
You can hold at the top and take a deep breath.
And blow it out when you're ready.
You can continue this practice of breathing in,
Holding at the top and blowing out the stress.
Or you can simply just find your breath.
And then take a deep breath in.
And blow it out when you're ready.
And then take a deep breath out.
And blowing out the stress.
Or you can simply just find your breath's natural rhythm and just experience what it's like to be breathing.
Just bringing some awareness to your breath.
We can use breath awareness to quickly reduce our experience of feeling stressed.
Stress often occurs unconsciously.
It's the build up of tension,
Noise,
Thoughts.
Basically overworking just one part of our minds.
And we tend to store it inside our bodies,
In our shoulders,
In our face,
In our jaw.
So as you're breathing naturally,
I'd like you to just become aware of where you're feeling stress in your body.
Once you find the feeling of stress,
Just use your mind whilst breathing naturally to bring some warmth and relief into that area.
Returning to the breath now,
Becoming aware of how it enters the body.
I'd like you to take another deep breath in.
Just slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly count your weight of four.
When you get to the top,
You can hold.
And when you're ready,
Just blow away the stress.
You may find as you continue this practice that the stress slowly releases from your mind and body.
You're able to come back to the present moment just experiencing the breath in and out.
It can be difficult to leave those thoughts and feelings that were creating stress behind.
But know those things that have happened,
Or they've happened.
All that's left is what's happening now.
So with each breath,
Just let it all go.
Continue breathing in,
Holding at the top,
And breathing out until you reach a point that you feel ready to get back to doing whatever it is that you need to do next.
And at any point in the day you experience heightened levels of stress,
You can return to your breath knowing this simple practice can really make a difference.
Thanks for hanging out.
