Welcome to this short grounding meditation practice.
Let's take a moment to arrive fully,
To settle and to be present together.
Sometimes we can feel pulled in so many directions,
So let's just take a few minutes to ground ourselves and release any noise or distractions and bring ourselves fully into this moment.
If it feels comfortable,
Close your eyes or perhaps just soften your gaze.
Take a slow breath in through the nose and a gentle breath out through the mouth.
And take two more just like that at your own pace,
Breathing in ease,
Breathing out release.
Just bring your awareness to the points of contact your body makes with the chair or the floor,
Noticing that steady support beneath you,
Reminding us that we needn't hold everything ourselves.
With each exhale allow yourself to settle more fully into that support.
Now bring your attention back to your breath.
Notice it's rhythm,
Steady,
Continuous,
Each breath reminding us that we can begin again in this moment.
Grounding ourselves so that we may return to balance,
More steady,
More spacious and more fully present.
Take one final deep breath in and a long steady exhale out and when you're ready,
Gently open your eyes,
Perhaps carrying this sense of grounded presence into whatever comes next.
