Sitting in a comfortable seat,
Whether you're on a cushion on the floor or sitting on a chair,
Making sure your back is straight,
Your hands can be on your knees or in your lap.
Dropping your chin now,
Let's take in three beautiful deep breaths,
Breathing in through the nose and out through the nose.
Again,
Breathing in and slowly release out the nostrils.
Last one,
In through the nose,
Out the mouth.
And now slowly release out the mouth.
Nice,
Nice.
Setting on a normal breath now,
Finding the breath in the body,
Whether it's in the abdomen or at the chest or at the nostrils,
Choosing one place.
And please don't try too hard,
Don't push yourself.
Let's practice non-striving.
Let's not be perfect.
Let's not try and be perfect.
Just gently relax your focus.
And when you notice that your mind moves to something else,
Whether it's a thought,
A sensation or a sound,
Then eventually you might notice that your mind is moved from your breath.
When you do discover this,
Reward yourself with a nice,
Nice and come back to your breath.
Let's be kind.
Let's rewire that voice that says disappointing.
Failure,
Too nice.
Always returning back to the breath that is the anchor into this present moment.
And yes,
The mind will move just like a little naughty puppy dog,
But it's not so naughty.
That's really just what the mind does.
And every time it moves,
We just encourage it to come back.
And we just say,
Oh,
Well done for noticing.
This is where we develop our EQ and our introspection.
Nice,
Nice.
You would never hit the puppy,
But you'd always love it.
And the more we do this,
The better we feel about ourselves.
And the more we'll be able to focus.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
Letting go of stress and self judgment.
So we can move to the second stage of the practice of self affirmation.
If you like,
You can repeat silently after me.
I am going through a difficult time.
This is a difficult time for most people.
I'm going to give myself a break.
I want to practice more kindness for myself.
I'd like to be more patient with myself.
I want to be more joyful.
I'd like to practice stillness.
I'd like to know myself more.
I am enough.
I am enough.
And when you're ready you can lift your chin and open your eyes.
