Slow Down Your Thoughts

Slow Down Your Thoughts helps teens and adults to become aware of their thoughts and become more mindful of their thought patterns. Checka and Shakta collaborated on this project with the intention that this audio album would be a lovely balance between communicating in a way that honors children’s depth and wisdom and giving them tools that are fun and totally relevant to their lives and interests.

Transcript

Sit on the floor or in a chair with a straight spine. The breathing meditation that we're going to do now can be helpful for slowing down your thoughts. Can you think of some times in your life when it would be helpful to be more calm and focused? This meditation we're going to do will help you to be more calm and centered. With your eyes closed and sitting tall, Begin to notice your breath coming in and out. We are going to use a counting breath in our meditation today. If you are ready, Let's make some space for the breath by exhaling deeply. Let the breath go out and now inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 1 2 3 4 inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 1 2 3 4. We're going to do it again and this time we'll add a count of two for holding the breath. This is good for focus. Make sure you're holding the breath in a relaxed and gentle way. Breathe in 1 2 3 4 hold 1 2 exhale 1 2 3 4 inhale 1 2 3 4 hold 1 2 exhale 1 2 3 4 inhale 1 2 3 4 hold 1 2 exhale 1 2 3 4. Now inhale exhale and relax. Open your eyes stretch your body and have a peaceful centered day. You

Reviews

Calmed me right down when my thoughts were feeling out of control. I also like holding my breath for only 2 secs when box breathing so I appreciated that! Thank you