Finger Breathing For Relaxation And Focus

This meditation will allow you to connect with your body in a more tangible way. These types of techniques are more hands-on and work great for those of us who might be a might neuro-spicy. Physically engaging your body allows your mind to focus on something very real. This makes the act of meditation more attainable for most folks.

Remember that meditation is a skill, not a talent. The more you practice, the 'easier' meditation will become. Short meditations like this or last week’s body scan are great to get you started in your daily, or most days daily, meditation practice.

Try listening before when you need to take a break from tasks or a stressful situation. In this meditation, you will have approximately 5 minutes at the end without my voice to allow you to practice the finger breathing technique.

Music only portion starts at 2:30.

Transcript

Hello,

And thank you for listening.

Today,

We'll be practicing a different sort of meditation.

We're going to involve your body.

It's called a finger breathing technique.

Now,

This type of practice can be done basically anywhere.

For today,

I'm going to ask you to please sit.

That can be in a chair,

On the edge of your bed,

Or you can be standing,

Taking a break from running errands,

Or maybe at your standing desk during your lunch.

At first,

I'm going to describe the practice.

We'll practice the pinky,

The ring finger,

The middle finger,

And the index finger,

As well as five minutes of just the background for you to be able to practice with just music and not my voice.

I'll put in the description the time stamp if you'd like to skip ahead.

All right,

So let's get started.

First,

Take your non-dominant hand,

And I say non-dominant so that you have to use your brain just a little bit for the coordination.

If it's too hard and you can't get the movements down,

Switch to your dominant hand,

And that's just fine as well.

Take your left thumb and place it at the base of your left pinky.

Now inhale,

And move your thumb to the tip of your pinky.

Squeeze them together gently,

And then exhale.

So we're going to be base of the pinky,

Inhale,

Touch the tips,

And exhale.

Base of the ring finger,

Inhale,

Touch the tips,

Exhale.

Base of the middle finger,

Inhale,

Touch the tips,

Exhale.

Base of the index finger,

Inhale,

Touch the tips,

Exhale.

Now return to the base of the pinky,

Inhale,

Touch the tips,

Exhale.

Now continue repeating down to your ring finger,

Your middle finger,

And your index finger as many times as you'd like.

Thank you so much for listening,

And stay kind.

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