Welcome to this short breathwork session where today we'll be performing 10 minutes of conscious connected breathing.
I'm going to encourage you today to breathe in and out through the nose.
I'm going to encourage you to be active with your inhale,
Meaning you're pulling breath down into the body.
To be relaxed with your exhale,
So just letting the exhale fall out of the body,
Almost like you're making a sigh.
And we're going to look to connect the breath.
So as soon as we breathe in,
And I've breathed it in fully,
We let go.
And as soon as we've let go fully,
We come into our next breath.
So there's no long gaps or pauses between each breath.
Hence we consciously connect the breath.
So at this point I'm going to encourage you to sit comfortably,
To gently close the eyes if that feels okay for you,
And to begin breathing in and out through the nose.
With your first few breaths,
A little attention on the inhale.
Again we're active with the inward breath,
Encouraging it,
Appreciating it,
And allowing it to drop a little deeper into our body.
And the exhale is soft,
Relaxed,
Easy,
Just falling away.
The inhale is energizing and activating,
Filling the belly,
Expanding the ribs,
Coming up into the chest.
The exhale again,
That sense of letting go and softening,
Settling,
Slowing.
Awareness on the inward breath,
Feeling each inward breath a little smoother as the breath opens and nourishes every cell in the body.
And each exhale,
A chance to soften,
A chance to dissolve any tension you might be holding in the body as you continue to breathe deeply,
Softening the face,
Softening the jaw,
Relaxing the muscles behind the eyes,
And bringing awareness to any subtle changes in physical sensation in the body as you breathe in this deep and connected way.
You may start to notice some tingles or some other sensations.
I really encourage you to welcome whatever's here with an open breath and an open heart,
Knowing it's your choice,
How you relate to your experience.
Perhaps see how much pleasure you can derive from whatever sensations are here,
And you stay connected with the active inward breath,
The relaxed exhale.
Again,
That exhale almost like a sigh.
Maybe noticing the subtle difference in energy between the breath coming in that alivens and activates,
And the breath going out which softens and dissolves any tension.
Breathing in energy,
Breathing out tension.
Notice as you stay with the breath,
How the breath gradually opens and softens the body,
Becomes a little easier,
Really allowing the breath to travel all the way from the lower lung right up into the heart space,
Almost visualizing the breath being from the hips all the way up to the collarbones.
You see how effortless you can make your exhale,
Really allowing it to be a source of relaxation,
Deep rest,
Letting go.
Noticing any changing sensations in the body and breathing into those sensations,
Welcoming them with the breath,
Really allowing yourself to be fully here in your body with whatever's here.
Noticing if there's any part of the body that's calling for some attention,
Looking to breathe into that part of the body,
Breathe into that space.
You often say that where there is tension requires attention.
Where there is tension requires attention,
So sending breath into any areas of tension,
Letting it soften and dissolve with the exhale.
Now we're gonna conclude our connected breath with a couple of deep breaths in and then letting go through the mouth with a sigh or a sound,
So breathing in through the nose,
A sigh or a sound to let go in through the nose,
A sigh or a sound really feeling any tension dissolving,
Really feeling your energy grounding.
One more big breath in and letting go and just taking your time from here,
Taking as long as you need to let the energy settle.
Thank you for practicing with me today.
