Hi,
I'm Sophie van Einhold and welcome to DistanceLab.
This is your quite continuous breathing practice.
This is an ancient technique that helps you really relax into your breath.
You can use it to soothe yourself when you're stressed or you can even use it to get yourself
asleep.
So make yourself ready,
Find either a comfortable sit position or feel free to lay down if you
like to.
And whenever you want,
Allow your eyes to close.
And I will just start by a few deep breaths.
So inhaling through your nose,
Feeling the lungs,
And then a complete exhale with a nice
sigh,
Letting go.
Let's do this a couple of times more,
A deep,
Long,
Languishing exhale.
And then a nice,
Long sigh.
One more time,
Because it feels so good.
Deep inhale,
Feeling the lungs,
And a good sigh out.
And now just breathe,
Allow the breath to be natural.
You don't need to change anything.
Just start sensing into your breath,
Feeling into it,
Feel your inhale,
And then feeling
the exhale.
Now really have your attention onto the breath.
Allow yourself to be fascinated by the breath and its movements.
Now as you continue to breathe,
We'll just connect the inhales with the exhales,
And
then the exhales with the inhales.
So simply connecting the extremities of the breath,
And in order to do so,
You really
need to breathe slow and quiet,
Allowing yourself to feel the moment at the top of your inhale,
Rounding the edge,
So the inhale melts into the exhale,
And then staying with the exhale
all the way,
And at the bottom of the exhale,
Feel the turning point,
Rounding the edge
again,
Melting the exhale into your new inhale.
Continue to do so,
So that your breath becomes a continuous flow,
An infinite flow.
Sensing the breath,
Sensing both extremities,
And then allowing them to melt into each other,
Staying with that continuous flow of your breath,
And allow yourself to tune in,
Into
the silence,
Into that quiet,
Continuous cycle,
And as you're staying with the breath,
As
you keep melting those extremities,
Your mind is gonna drift,
And that's okay,
That's what
the mind does,
All you need to do is notice,
Notice that the mind has drifted,
And then
simply bring it back,
Bringing your attention back to the breath,
To the continuous flow
of your breath,
Feeling into that slow movement,
Melting your inhales into your exhales,
And
melting your exhales into your inhales,
Now let's take a deep breath in,
And a gentle exhale out,
And
whenever you feel ready,
You can reopen your eyes,
Thank you for practicing with me,
Enjoy
the rest of your day.
