Yielding Into Body And The Breath Of No-breath.

Our practice today invites us to yeild, to let go, to bne held in the present moment by noticing the ways that that is difficult. Our impulse to do, to move forwards, to reach is strong and it ripples through the cells of the body. For this practice we turn towards the body and the breath, inviting it to be held, to surrender, to let go. As we guide our awareness around the organs of the body and come to rest in a no-breath practice, how does it feel to trust and be held in the pulse of life?

Transcript

Good morning and welcome to our practice. Let's share a moment to get ourselves settled. Into whichever posture. Feels right for us today. Taking care of our spine. And having this fine space. To be supported and to lengthen. Might take a moment just to notice ground. As you see, Become aware of ground. Perhaps the body. Becomes heavier. A sense of yielding. Towards the ground. And allowing the ground to hold. And staying with awareness. Of sensation. Notice. Pelvis. Perhaps the sitting bones. Perhaps pubic bone. Allowing all that lies within the pelvic bowl. To yield. Towards the earth. Perhaps. Noticing the belly. Letting go. Allowing the small intestine that lie above the pelvis allowing the heaviness to draw. Perhaps feeling the sacred breath. The Coxie. And the lower back. Letting go. Awareness around. The liver. Just beneath the diaphragm. Mainly over on the right hand side. As awareness meets liver. And the liver let go a little. Become heavier. Yielding to the support of the large and the small intestine below. The pancreas and the kidneys. And the tiny little snow-capped mountains on top of the kidneys. That are the adrenal glands. Can the warmth of your awareness reach here? And invite. Yourself to let go. Every cell of you. Is touched by the need. For striving for directional effort. Can we also Invite that. To soften. No direction. Being. Being is enough. Ying is O. Coming up through the diaphragm. The ribcage. The chest. Heart nestled. Between the lungs. Your awareness to your heart. Brave enough. To be. Without going somewhere else. Maybe we just dip our toe in our heart space, The toe of our awareness. Maybe it's. . . Too much. Stay for any length of time. That's okay. Just a moment. Pass it K. Maybe another moment. And as you start to collect moments. Being heart space. What do you notice? Do you notice the pulse of the lungs? Surrounding the heart. Our practice today is a breath practice. For compassion. So maybe we stay here at the heart and the lungs. And the pulsing. Collecting moments. Of being here. Perhaps feeling your throat. The back of your throat. As the spine becomes the net. The same pose. Here. In fact, It's everywhere. The pulse is in each cell. Each pocket of fluid. The pulse is in the ground. And the air here. And the like. And if you would like to, You could bring your hands up to your jaw, Your face. And just hold yourself. Tenderly. Allowing the jaw to yield into the hands. No job to do. Just letting go. And if it feels okay without force, See what it would be like to open your mouth. Take your hands away if that feels like it would be more comfortable. You don't need to open your mouth as wide as it will go. We're just opening it a little. And letting the breath come through the mouth. How many ways have we been told to not breathe through the mouth? There's practice. There's a small rebellion. You stay with it with your mouth open. What do you notice? I notice that I yawn always. Release. Some of the tiredness. And the breathing changes. With the mouth open. The breath becomes different. Open it a little wider. And it becomes a no-bra. Which is not a holding of the breath, The breath is happening. But it comes from somewhere else. If you find it difficult to let go of the breath in this way. Just continue your collection of moments. Perhaps coming in. And moving away from the practice. Breathing in this way with your mouth open. Gives you access to something very different. It asks for a different kind of letting go. Then letting that breath practice go. Perhaps holding the jaw again. Feeling the release if there is a release of tension. Bathing in the pulse of life. Of breath and heart. The sensation of the moment. And then another moment. Then another. Offering the fruits in our practice. To ourselves. To each other. And to all beings. Thank you for joining today.

Reviews

Thank you very much for letting REBELLION into the practice. Especially breathing through the mouth but also holding the jaws/face made a deep hands face heart mind connection. 🙏🏾🙏🏾