A Moment Of Calm

This very short practice uses conscious belly breathing, and mindful awareness to bring a moment of calm into a busy day. It allows you to stop, notice, take a pause, and infuse your present moment with kindness, letting go of tension, and stress, so that you can move back into your day more deliberately.

Transcript

Bringing some calm into the day,

Whatever's been going on.

So firstly,

Inviting you to connect to wherever the body meets support.

So if you're standing,

It may just be feet on the floor.

If you're seated,

It might be feet on the floor,

The body on the chair.

You might even be lying down.

So bringing to awareness the points of contact between body and support.

And as best you can,

Letting go of whatever's just happened in the day,

Whatever's to come.

And be here now.

Noticing where moves as the body breathes.

And slowly beginning to control the breath,

Gently deepening and lengthening the inhale.

Gently deepening and lengthening the exhale.

Using the out-breath to allow the body to soften,

To release tension perhaps from the shoulders,

From the hips,

From the face.

Allowing tension to flow through the body,

Down into the earth,

Down into support.

Gently deepening and lengthening the inhale.

Gently deepening and lengthening the exhale.

Noticing perhaps a little energy that comes along with the inhale.

And how the body softens and lets go with the exhale.

Enjoying any sensations of softness or relaxation that you notice as you gently deepen and lengthen the breath.

Breathing in a sense of aliveness with the in-breath.

Breathing out a sense of relaxation with the out-breath.

Notice how the belly expands as you breathe in and softens as you breathe out.

Allowing tension to be released with the out-breath.

And maybe even imagining you can breathe in kindness and allow that to flow through the body with each breath.

Breathing in kindness and softness.

Breathing out tension and whatever you need to let go of in this moment.

Letting go of any control of the breath now.

And just becoming aware of how the body and mind feel after a few minutes of conscious belly breathing.

Bring the awareness into where the body meets support,

Where the feet meet the floor.

And perhaps setting an intention to continue a kind and gentle awareness into whatever you do next in your day.