Welcome to your breath work session.
Today we're going to do a couple different styles of breath.
One of them is called the boulder breath.
Another is a hypoxic breath,
One that we expand and maybe get really connected to the breath.
I want you just to begin to start to breathe in and out through your nose,
Connecting to you.
As you breathe in,
Maybe feeling the expansion through your chest.
And as you exhale,
Grounding through your heels or for the seat that you're sitting in.
As you breathe,
Think about going to the belly and expanding outward like a big boulder.
Then the chest and then releasing it all the way down.
Breathing in now for a count of in,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Now out,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Breathe in,
Belly,
The ribs,
All the way out.
And then bring it back in for four counts,
Two,
One.
Now in,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Now release all the way down,
Connecting as though you are a boulder,
Expansive and immovable.
Grounding on your exhale and expanding on your inhale.
Breathe in and let go.
Breathing in for a count of four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Now exhale,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
One more time,
All the way up and release it down,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Now here we are.
We're going to start a little bit of a hypoxic breath.
You've warmed up.
We're going to start at that four count.
We're going to begin to speed it up a little bit to a two count,
In and out.
Before we come into a final hold.
You ready?
Breathe in through the nose,
Expanding still through the chest,
Through the belly and connect.
In,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Now out,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Here we go.
In,
Belly expanding,
Opening and lifting.
Now we're going to bring it down,
Two,
One.
Now in for three,
Two,
One.
Now out,
Three,
Two,
One.
Breathe in,
Three counts and release,
Three counts.
Moving to a two count.
Ready?
In,
Two,
Out,
Two.
In,
Two,
Out,
Two.
Here we go.
In,
Two,
Out,
Two.
In,
Two,
Out,
Two.
Expanding and grounding,
Opening and lifting.
Breathe in and release.
In,
Two,
Out,
Two.
Five more.
There you go.
Three,
Two,
One.
Now all of us take a giant breath in all the way to the top.
Fully in.
And release it all the way down to a hold.
Holding the breath here.
No breathing.
And holding here,
No breathing.
Just simply watching,
Feeling,
Observing.
Be the observer,
Not the doer,
Not the reactor.
Maybe you bring your hands to your heart and just notice.
Notice the heart rate,
Slow it down.
The body wants to breathe,
So it's called air hunger.
It doesn't need more oxygen,
It just wants more air.
It wants to stay in its old patterns.
Your job here is just to say,
Hey,
I hear you,
I see you,
I am listening.
Feeling for the first trigger to breathe,
To say I love you.
Thank you for the reminder.
The second trigger,
I love you,
Thank you.
Relaxing into this,
Shoulders,
Face.
And as we reach the end of our retention,
Take a full breath all the way to the top.
Fully in,
All the way out.
Take another sip as you get to the top.
Feeling the charge from the body,
From the energy,
From the breath.
And as you let go,
Let go like you're really letting something go.
Repeat this as many times as you need,
Moving back into your normal breath.
Thanks for joining me today for Bolder Breathing.
