Pause is power.
This is a midday overwhelm reset.
This is for when you're like caregiving,
Working,
Holding too much at once.
So welcome and wherever you are,
Standing,
Sitting,
Walking,
This is for you.
You don't have to change anything.
You don't have to fix or figure anything out.
We're just going to pause very gently together.
So take a slow breath in,
Open your mouth and just let it go with a sigh.
And let's do that again.
Deep breath in and open your mouth and let it go.
And the next time when you breathe out,
Send your breath all the way through your hips,
Through your legs,
To your feet.
So imagine every time when you breathe in,
Fill up your body,
Soften your body.
And when you breathe out,
Let it go all the way.
And imagine it's going all the way through your legs,
Through your knees,
To your feet.
So we're prolonging the breath out.
So breathing in,
Slow and steady breath.
Slow down the breath in too.
Soften your chest while you do this.
And sending your breath all the way down through your legs to your feet.
Now feel your feet.
Feel them.
Maybe they're in your shoes,
Maybe you're moving,
Maybe you're sitting or laying down.
Whatever you're doing,
Focus on your feet.
Just feel your feet and bring your attention there.
Bring the attention to your feet.
And if you're laying down,
You can wobble them.
When you're walking,
Just focus on the movement of your feet.
Just know that your feet are always there.
They're in the opposite of your brain.
And now that your brain is a little bit in overload,
We want to bring the intention as far away from the brain as possible.
And that's our feet.
So with our focus,
We shift our awareness to our feet.
Just feel them.
And come back to the breath as well.
Notice your breath.
Do not control your breath,
But just meet your breath.
Just feel it in your body.
And again,
Send your breath all the way through your legs to your feet.
Just keep extending the breath out a little bit.
Soften it.
Soften it.
Easy,
Slow breaths out.
And the next time when you exhale,
You can start humming to start making a sound.
So you can do that with your mouth slightly open or with your mouth closed.
Add a sound like hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and while you're doing this let's get some like focus to your face really soften the eyes so there's a lot of muscle sending signals to the brain with our eyes when we focus hyper focus there is a lot of tension in the eyes so let go of the eyes imagine that you have this peripheral view behind your eyes slowing down your system by relaxing your muscles so with your eyes closed if you're laying down or when you're walking you can do this too imagine that you have this peripheral view the soft gaze seeing everything at once softening your eyes while you're still breathing out prolonging the breath out and if you have if you have the ability to put your hands on your belly while you're doing this just feel your hands on your belly when you're humming soft breath in humming out just feel the warmth of your hand on your belly maybe you want to move your hands over your belly stroking it a little bit making contact and breathing in softly and breathing out prolonging the breath out with the hum and let's take a moment to let these words sink in and you can repeat them within yourself you deserve rest even when others are asking for more you deserve rest it's okay to choose yourself even in the middle of everything you deserve rest it's okay to choose yourself repeat that within yourself you deserve rest and it's okay to choose yourself you are allowed to pause you're allowed to just have a moment for yourself and just say it out loud or within yourself just take a little bit of time to do that now bring your attention gently outward to the space around you to the light to a sound that you can hear bring your attention to the space around you to the light to a sound that you can hear to something that feels real and safe and let's take just one last big breath together inhale deeply and softly and exhale with the sound like a hum just let it out let it go when you move from this pause when you come back just move a little slower just a little bit more like you a little softer bring this feeling with you just bring it with you you can move with a little bit more awareness breathe more while you're doing things soften your shoulders just continue your day being more connected being more you you restored your power enjoy your day
