Awareness Of The Breath Meditation

Unwind into this 30 minute Awareness of the Breath Meditation - designed to ground you to the present moment, connect you to your body and bring a gentle focus to your breathing, strengthening the connection between you, your mind and your body.

Transcript

Settling yourself into a comfortable position whatever that looks like for you right now there's no right or wrong way for you to position yourself simply just coming to a place where you feel comfortable and supported you may like to move your body a little bit swaying or stretching moving in whichever way your body is calling for to really settle yourself in and if you haven't already and if it's comfortable for you gently closing down your eyelids and coming home to yourself now in this meditation acknowledging that this next 30 minutes or so is a time for you to simply be in your own present awareness a time laid out for you you may like to allow your shoulders to drop away from your ears mindfully unclenching your jaw and relaxing all of the little muscles of your face really acknowledging that this next period of time is a time for you to be away from whatever you were doing previously and whatever you were doing later this really is a time that you just get to be present and softly placing your focus on your breathing watching your body as you breathe in and out what does that look like?

Observing how your breath massages your internal organs as you breathe in and out maybe observing how your breath calms the mind as you focus your attention on it and when you're ready gently shifting your awareness to your sense of sound and what you can hear outside of the room that you're in maybe some nature or animals maybe distant cars,

Traffic,

Softly investigating all of the sounds that are present exploring the sounds that are close to you now within the room that you're in maybe you can hear the sound of your breathing,

The sound of a person guiding you maybe you can latch on to the sound of silence,

Really becoming aware of the feeling of silence what does the silence sound like?

And very gently exploring your sense of sight behind your closed eyelids now what different shades of darkness can you find present there in that veil of darkness behind your eyes?

Are there any shapes or pops of light or colours that emerge?

Or is there simply a lot of nothingness,

This never-ending darkness?

Perhaps acknowledging that you don't have to have your eyes open to experience your sense of sight that there is much to explore behind your closed eyes too becoming aware of your tongue laying inside of your mouth now how does it feel to acknowledge this?

What can you taste on your tongue and on your lips?

Anything that you've previously eaten?

Or maybe a lack of taste?

Becoming aware of your nostrils and your sense of smell as you breathe in and out what can you smell?

Maybe a candle burning?

Witnessing any fragrances as you breathe in and out and as you continue breathing,

Maybe acknowledging your breath as you breathe in and out really feeling into the way your breath feels throughout your body perhaps acknowledging where it is in your body that you can feel your breath the most maybe at the rise and fall of your belly or your chest or at the tip of your nose where the air enters and exits,

How does that feel?

Or maybe you like to follow the full cycle of your breath exploring where you feel your breath the most and laying there resting with your breath knowing too that at any point throughout this meditation your mind begins to wander you can always come back to your breath as an anchor point back into the present moment in this meditation know that your breath will always be there for you to come back to and tuning into your sense of touch now what can you feel that is touching you?

Maybe feeling into the points of contact between you and what is supporting you and really feeling into any of those pressure points and that connection you have with the ground and feeling into that support that you were given there can you notice what the outside temperature feels like against your exposed skin?

Noticing those tiny minute details of touch and observing all five of your senses now your sense of sight of sound of smell taste and touch how does it feel to be a little bit more connected to your five senses that ground you into the present moment?

And shifting your awareness to your body now how is your body feeling?

Knowing that however it may be feeling is absolutely okay there's no right or wrong way for your body to feel in this moment you are simply just listening with curiosity,

Acceptance and love moving your awareness to your whole head the back of your head the top of your head and your whole face scanning for any sensations present there tuning into your forehead,

Your eyes,

Your nose,

Your mouth and your ears how are these areas of your body feeling?

Giving permission for these features of your face to relax a little bit too if they want to your face that often can store a bit of tension just allowing it to know that it is safe to relax and feel a sense of calm and ease if that's what it wants scanning down through your neck,

Your shoulders and your collarbones what can you feel that is present there?

Meaning any feelings or sensations with your loving awareness inviting them to relax if they want but knowing too that any sensation that they are feeling is absolutely okay slipping down through your arms,

Your whole arms and both of your two hands each individual finger what can you feel present there?

Anything that you can feel in your arms resting on your heart space now how is your heart feeling?

Knowing that however it feels is absolutely okay moving through to your abdomen maybe observing the rise and fall of your belly as you breathe through your abdomen tuning into however your body is feeling today in your abdomen and sweeping through to your back,

Your upper back,

Your lower back and your beautiful spine that runs in between how is your back feeling?

Any areas of tension or tightness?

Or maybe areas that are heavy and relaxed?

Just accepting whatever arises,

Really learning to listen to your body now moving through to your pelvis,

Your hips and your reproductive organs and laying your gentle awareness there and floating down through your upper legs,

Your knees and your lower legs and both of your two feet,

Your heels,

The soles of your feet,

The tops of your feet and all ten of your individual toes,

Exploring how this lower half of your body is feeling and laying your attention there and now observing your whole body at once how does it feel to maybe be that little bit more connected to your body?

How is it feeling,

Something that often humans can go through their whole life without doing?

How does it feel to know your body just that little bit more?

And allowing yourself now to gently rediscover your body and discover your breath and your breathing patterns and really following the natural cycle of your breath as you breathe in and out becoming aware of the soft caress your breath has on your insides how it gently sways through your body,

Giving you oxygen and life resting on the point on your body where you discovered that you feel your breath the most and simply following your breath there as if there is nothing else more to life than you and your breathing as though maybe you and your breath are becoming one following your breath as though you were dancing with it and not trying to change the way that you're breathing just simply following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and when you're ready and if you'd like to very gently letting go of the following of your breath and spending a few moments in stillness with yourself and this energy that you've created and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing observing the tastes within your mouth filling into the contact between you and what you are sitting or laying down on or maybe spending a moment to thank yourself for spending this time in honour of you and your own self-care and when you are ready maybe wriggling your fingers and your toes and bringing some gentle movements back into your body and in your own time very softly reopening your eyes and continuing on with your day or your evening and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing and just following the movements and the cycle of your breathing

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