Breath Awareness

For this meditation, we will focus on breath awareness. When we are stressed, we tend to breathe very shallow. During this meditation, we will learn how to breathe using the full capacity of the lungs in order to find peace and relaxation.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this guided meditation today this meditation Will focus on the breath So go ahead now and find yourself coming into a comfortable position Either sitting or lying down and in a place where you will not be disturbed for the next several minutes And As you start to settle into this space Close the eyes and bring awareness to the breath Just checking in how you feel in this moment in time And as you start to relax with the breath Let's go ahead and start to relax the body from the top of the head all the way down to the tips of the toes Just allowing the body to rest and relax And with each breath letting go Letting go of any worries any cares or any tension Just allowing all of these things to drift away breath by breath Surrendering into this moment Adjust the awareness and the breath Taking notice of the breath now Taking notice of the breath now the quality of the breath on the inhale as it flows in through the nose And on the exhale as it flows out of the nose Keeping the awareness on the inhale And the exhale as we start to slow the breath down And savoring each and every breath Now let's go ahead and take a look at the breath Now let's go ahead and bring the awareness to the diaphragm muscle Or the belly part of the breath And on the inhale as the diaphragm muscle contracts drawing down into the belly Letting the belly expand on the inhale And relax on the exhale So keeping the awareness at the belly part of the breath on the inhale as it rises and on the exhale as it falls Taking a few breaths here just noticing the space Now let's go ahead and pause for a moment and shift the awareness now to the rib cage On the inhale imagining the rib cage expanding out to the side And on the exhale as the rib cage falls back in Just noticing the breath in the rib cage expanding like an accordion And allowing the rib cage to relax on the exhale Taking a few moments here to notice the breath in this space Bringing that awareness fully and completely into the space Now from here let's shift the awareness to the collarbones on the inhale Imagine the collarbones drawing up lifting up the chest And on the exhale imagining the collarbones relaxing as they fall Bringing the awareness into the space on the inhale Collarbones rise and on the exhale Collarbones relax Keeping the awareness here for a few more breaths Expanding the breath fully and completely Now let's bring all of these places together as we breathe the belly the rib cage and the collarbones So on the inhale the belly will rise the rib cage will expand and the collarbones lift And on the exhale the collarbones relax as well as the rib cage and the belly Taking another breath in from the belly allowing it to expand with the rib cage into the collarbones And in reverse allowing the collarbones to relax And the rib cage and the belly Keeping the awareness here for a few breaths Expanding all into this space Filling up the lungs fully and completely And then from here let's go ahead and just allow the breath to be natural without thinking of it too much Just checking in with the body any feelings and sensations just noticing and being a witness to the present moment Taking notice if anything has shifted or changed during this meditation and just taking note Of the feelings and emotions in this moment in time And then from here slowly start to move the body gently the fingers and toes bringing the awareness back Coming back into this present moment As we gently open the eyes being fully present in this moment Completing the meditation today Spirit in me bows to and respects the spirit in you and all living beings and thank you for joining me today Namaste

Reviews

Thanks 🙏 easy to follow and I love how you ended the mediation!

Thank you and Namaste 🙏