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Daily MIDL Mindfulness Of Breathing 45min

by Stephen Procter

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During MIDL Mindfulness of Breathing you will practice four separate mindfulness trainings: 1. Increasing awareness of your body and developing your skill in observing your attention move. 2. Developing and refining your mindfulness and concentration. 3. Entering into pure mindfulness meditation & developing the skill of 'opening' to your present. experience & 'softening' your relationship towards it with your outbreath. 4. Abandoning all physical & mental effort as you soften into stillness.

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Transcript

Close your eyes over lightly.

And start off by being aware of what it feels like just to be here.

And start off by being aware of what it feels like to be here.

And start off by being aware of what it feels like to be here.

Becoming aware of any sounds around you.

And allowing the change within the sound to hold your attention.

And allowing the change within the sound to hold your attention.

And allowing the change within the sound to hold your attention.

And allowing the change within the sound to hold your attention.

Now slowly bringing your awareness into your body.

Becoming aware of what it feels like just to sit here.

Becoming aware of any experience of warmth or coolness within your body.

Holding them gently in mind.

And letting them know that you are here.

Also start to be aware of the touch of your hands.

And the pressure of your body as it rests on the chair on the floor.

Granted.

For your first mindfulness training,

Keep the experience of just sitting here in mind.

And see if you can notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

And if you notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

And if you notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

And if you notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

And if you notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

And if you notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

And if you notice any time your attention wanders away from it.

Thank you.

Now coming gently back into the experience of your body just sitting here.

Using your chest and belly allow your breathing to flow freely within your body.

Now coming gently back into the experience of your body just sitting here.

Wherever your breathing appears within your body is okay.

Just being aware of the experience of the gentle movement.

Now for your second mindfulness training.

As your breath comes in,

Silently say in.

As your breath goes out,

Silently say out.

As your breath goes out,

Silently say out.

Anytime your attention wanders away from your breathing,

Just acknowledge it by silently saying wandering,

Wandering.

Take a gentle breath out and come back to the experience of your breathing as it comes in.

And as it goes out.

Now start to widen your awareness to your whole body.

Becoming aware of how your body responds to breathing.

Noticing that as your breath comes in,

Your body fills,

Expanding outwards.

And as your breath goes out,

Your body deflates,

Relaxing inwards.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

Becoming aware of the experience of your in-breath from the beginning to the middle to the end.

Becoming aware of the out-breath from the beginning to the middle to the end.

Noticing your breathing throughout your whole body.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

As your breath comes in,

Your body expands outwards.

Allow yourself to open to whatever you're experiencing now.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

And as it goes out,

Your body becomes more relaxed.

And as it goes out,

Your body expands outwards.

And as it goes out,

Your body expands outwards.

As your breath goes out and your body deflates,

Allow yourself to soften,

Relax with that out-breath.

Out-breath,

Soften,

Relax.

And as it goes out,

Your body expands outwards.

And as it goes out,

Your body expands outwards.

Now,

Start to become more aware of the deflation of your body with the out-breath.

Following each out-breath all the way to the end.

Abandoning all effort.

Abandoning all effort.

Allowing the relaxation of the deflation of your body with each out-breath to draw you more deeply inwards.

Calming your body.

Calming your mind.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Calming all effort.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Now gently bring your awareness back into your body.

Becoming aware of what it feels like.

Just to sit here.

The experience of warmth,

Of coolness,

Of touch.

The experience of heaviness as your body,

Your mind relax.

And allowing the sounds to come into you.

Be aware of just being here,

Present,

Relaxed.

Be aware of just being here,

Present,

Relaxed.

Thank you for spending this time meditating with me.

Take care of yourself and have a wonderful day.

Meet your Teacher

Stephen ProcterMylestom NSW 2454, Australia

4.8 (191)

Recent Reviews

Matt

January 10, 2025

All of Stephen’s meditations are so great. This one really provides you a lot of space to focus, while also giving some guided structure. Thanks so much!

Lucía

February 22, 2023

Thank you, I was able to connect with my breath and body💙

Mo

January 15, 2022

As I train myself to acknowledge and soften into difficult experiences and the emotions that arise in them, this and Stephen’s other MIDL trainings have been incredibly supportive. Thank you🙏🏻

Arun

May 26, 2020

Wonderful. Loved the spaces. Thank you.

Sam

February 4, 2020

Wonderfully simple and easy to follow. You gave me plenty of space to just be and to observe my own mind and body. Thank you.

Shell

February 2, 2020

🙏 just perfect - thank you

M

January 8, 2020

Thank you Stephen. Perfectly guided long meditation.

Dandyleo

November 4, 2019

A consummate meditation experience. Just what I was hoping for. Thank-you Stephen.

Alita

October 29, 2019

Basic and most important

Eva

October 8, 2019

Excellent, as always.

Jennifer

October 2, 2019

Lovely. Periods of silence and soothing vocal. 🙏🏼

Tom

October 2, 2019

Great mindful meditation, calming and relaxing breathing techniques thank you very much 🙏

Elöd

October 1, 2019

Excellent as always. Great spacing instructions throughout this session. Thank Stephen.

Mostafa

September 30, 2019

good practice with good pauses in between suitable for investigation. Thank you stephen.

Ariel

September 30, 2019

Lots of opportunity to actually work on calming my brain.

Katie

September 30, 2019

Yay! Another new practice! Most excellent, lightly guided with sweet long pauses to practice. Don't worry if your mind wanders. Stephen's instructions will bring you back. Keep practicing! Thank you! ☮️💖🙏

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