
Breath Work And Meditation 40 Minutes
by John Quirk
This is a journey through breath that begins with a gentle three-part breath to prep and calm the nervous system and then moves into a more powerful two-part breath. This technique is wonderful for anchoring the mind, helping with anxiety, detoxifying the body, and profound feelings of euphoria and intuition. This practice can be done either sitting or lying down, mouth breathing is easier for most.
Transcript
Lying down,
Make sure that you're nice and comfortable.
Starting to cycle some deeper breaths into the body,
Filling the belly,
Filling the chest.
Take a moment to pause at the top of your breath.
Nice big open mouth exhale,
Relax the body.
And then again,
Take a full deep inhalation all the way to the top of your breath.
Pause and hold.
Nice big open mouth exhale and release.
One more time,
Really slowly take a slow full deep breath in,
Filling up,
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Filling up and hold.
Take one more sip of breath in.
Nice big open mouth exhale and release.
Then opening the mouth,
Beginning to inhale deep,
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Relax the jaw.
Trying to hold here for 30 seconds without inhaling.
Keep the mind calm,
Keep the body relaxed,
Doing great.
If you feel the urge to inhale,
See if you can exhale a little bit more.
Few more seconds.
Good now deep breath in and hold.
Feel that in the body,
Feel the heartbeat.
You might feel some energy coursing through the limbs or even through the finger,
Through the toe.
Take another sip of breath in.
Now with some sound,
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You can do this,
You have what you need.
You are safe.
Stay right in that safe place.
Concentrate,
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See if you can exhale a little bit more instead.
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Hold,
Feel the energy in the body.
Feel the pulse of the heart.
Might feel a little bit light-headed,
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See if you can really feel energy moving through the body.
Take another sip of breath in.
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Your goal is to stay here.
Don't let the door to self-doubt,
To worry,
Don't let that door open.
Focus first on keeping your body relaxed.
The mind will follow.
Staying calm,
You're doing great.
Just noticing here moment by moment.
Don't let the body unseat you,
Stay in control,
You're doing great.
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You're almost there,
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See if you can relax a little bit more,
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Stay right here.
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See if you can exhale first,
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Hold and really feel,
Feel that energy you've created.
Feel the cells lighting up,
Speaking to one another.
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Through the veins,
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Take a big sip,
Another big sip of air in.
Puff out the belly,
But stay relaxed,
Hold there.
One more little sip of breath.
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Holding empty this time for two minutes,
You can do this.
The body's ready.
The mind is focused.
Remaining calm.
Telling yourself you have what you need.
All the oxygen,
All the energy you need is inside your body.
Your body knows how to use it.
See if you can feel it making its way where it needs to go.
Become more familiar with that intelligence of the body.
Don't let your mind be your body.
Don't let the door open.
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Stay in that state.
Keep yourself right there.
You're doing great.
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Fully surrender to this moment.
Focus on staying calm,
Staying relaxed.
You're doing great.
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If the mind wanders,
Bring it back.
Stay here this moment right now.
Come on,
You can do this.
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Don't worry about how long.
Just stay in the moment.
If you need,
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Just a little bit at a time.
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Stay right there a few more seconds.
You got this.
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Deep breath in.
Feel that in the body.
Feel that in the brain.
Fully aware.
Take a deeper level.
Feel yourself in this moment.
Take another sip.
Take one more sip.
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Let it go.
Let it go.
Let it go.
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I want you to bring your absolute best.
Don't quit now.
Come on,
Give me all you got.
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And feel that.
Feel that in your body,
Feel that in your brain.
This time you're just going to hold as long as you can.
Don't worry about how long.
Do your best to stay in that place of calm,
In that place of positivity,
In that place of abundance,
Knowing you have what you need moment to moment.
Try to have some fun with it.
See if you can massage your relationship with discomfort.
Can you soften around an edge?
Can you use these next couple minutes to get to a place where the body wants to quit,
The mind wants to take over,
But the true you rises above,
Stays just a little bit longer,
Goes just a little bit further.
Remember to stay relaxed,
Stay positive,
Keep the door closed,
Stay in the moment.
If you're still holding,
You're doing an awesome job.
If you've gone past your hedge and you've begun to breathe again,
Just acknowledge yourself for taking that time to really,
Really focus to get deeper inside yourself.
You might spend the next few minutes or this entire meditation on your back if you're feeling lightheaded or if you just decide that that's the place where you want to be.
If you feel like you might like to make your way up to a seated position,
Then either way just take a moment to adjust yourself physically.
Start to adjust yourself emotionally,
Mentally by allowing the breath to move in and out of the body effortlessly.
Use this meditation to dissolve the physical body,
To go into the deeper layers of the self beyond the physical form.
As you relax your body even deeper,
Just lovingly notice if you're holding any tension.
If there's any clenching in the body,
Just allow it to naturally start to release.
Notice yourself now in the space behind your eyes,
The deep recesses of your brain,
Deeper than where even your thoughts originate.
This true self that exists deep inside of you,
With each breath allowing more of your physical body to dissolve away.
You start to notice yourself in space.
Notice the space right in front of you,
In space.
Notice the space behind you,
In space.
Notice the space to the left of you,
In space.
Notice the space to the right of you,
In space.
Just begin to expand your consciousness further and further,
Slowly starting to zoom out on the self,
Going wider and wider.
Start to imagine the infinite space all around you.
As you go further and further,
Deeper and deeper,
The space behind your eyes gets blacker and blacker,
As you move deeper into infinite space,
Where there is no time,
There is no body.
There is just your consciousness.
Further into the blackness,
Dissolving away the physical body,
Dissolving away your thoughts,
Dissolving away three-dimensional reality.
Notice the connection,
The space behind your eyes,
All the way to infinite dark space.
How far does space go?
Can you become more aware of it?
Become less aware of you.
Letting the body deeply relaxed now,
Surrendering all control.
As you curiously go deeper and deeper into infinite black space,
Knowing that you're safe here,
More connected than you've ever been to your true self,
Behind all of your thoughts,
Your feelings,
Your emotions,
In a place where only consciousness exists.
There's no needing.
There's no wanting.
There just is.
You're an important part of this vast,
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And you don't need to bring anything with you,
Going deeper and deeper,
Becoming more of it,
Less of you.
Stay aware of it,
Moment by moment.
Letting the body deeply relaxed now,
Surrendering all control.
Letting the body deeper and deeper into infinite black space.
Letting the body deeper and deeper into infinite black space.
Now,
Can you open up one more time to that infinite black space?
Find one more layer to shed,
Relaxing even deeper,
Really surrendering all control,
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4.7 (38)
Recent Reviews
Oliver
August 13, 2025
This is intense and I enjoyed the feeling throughout the body during the holds. I'm not sure on the last breath if I should hold an inhale as well.
Rachel
September 10, 2024
This jumps in right away to the breathing so it's great four people who have done this kind of thing before. You don't have to listen to a lot of explanation as to how to breathe before you start. I like how the music helps amplify the feeling of whatever stage you're in. The meditation at the end is very much about leaving the body and it's a nice trip.
Martin
March 20, 2024
Very nice.
Agnes
September 15, 2023
Incredible meditation! ✨🙏🏼
