The calm before the storm.
Take a moment to become completely still wherever you are.
Stack your bones in such a way that you can sit up tall and with ease.
Press the soft tissue of your body in a downward motion.
Make your eyes quiet and let your tongue sink away from the inner surface of your teeth.
Once you have adjusted your physical body and softened your sense organs,
Let go of the work and bring your energy from the outside in.
Connect to the sensation of your breath.
Without thinking about it,
Simply breathe.
Feel the breath move from the outside in.
Notice the rise of your belly and chest.
Feel your breath move from the inside out.
Notice the relaxation of your belly and chest.
Stay with these feelings for just a moment.
Experiencing the expansion of the breath on the inhale and the contraction of the breath on the exhale.
Keeping your mind present with the sensation of the breath.
Now expand your awareness to include the space around your heart.
As you breathe,
Breathe into this space.
Take a small pause between each breath and in the quiet time of the pause,
Feel the calmness that exists in this space around your heart.
Let this practice be effortless.
Simply breathe in with your awareness on the space around your heart.
Pause after the inhale without aggression and feel the calmness inside of your body as you rest in that moment.
Then let the exhalation flow naturally out of the nose as you continue to maintain your awareness on the space around your heart.
Inhaling,
You pause.
Exhaling,
You let go.
As you keep your awareness in this area of your body,
Repeat the words inside of your mind.
I experience a deep state of calm inside.
I experience a deep state of calm inside.
As you exhale,
Silently say,
No matter what my external circumstances are.
No matter what my external circumstances are.
Sinking the words up with the breath,
Inhaling,
I experience a deep state of calm inside.
Exhaling,
No matter what my external circumstances are.
Continuing to repeat these words silently to yourself,
Notice the space around your heart.
Taking a gentle pause between the inhalation and the exhalation,
Allow your mind to rest inside this calm and quiet space.
Inhaling,
I experience a deep state of calm inside.
Exhaling,
No matter what my external circumstances are.
On your next exhale,
Let go of the words.
Return your awareness only to the breath.
Take a few slow,
Even breaths here.
Let your eyes blink open as you prepare to begin your day.
Namaskar.
