Breathing With Awareness

This is a simple practice in mindfulness meditation. You will be guided to let your awareness simply follow the rhythm of your natural breath. The affirmation at the end of this meditation offers you the opportunity to return to mindful breathing throughout the rest of your day.

Transcript

Mindfulness is a practice of non-judgmental,

Heightened awareness of your actions,

Emotions,

And thoughts.

Mindfulness is simply awareness.

You can practice awareness in every moment by noticing how aware you are of yourself,

Whether you're working,

Resting,

Or relating to others in your environment.

Mindfulness releases you from the grip of the thinking mind by expanding your awareness and focusing your attention on the present moment.

The following meditation is a practice in breath awareness.

Begin in a quiet place,

In an easy seated position.

Let yourself be comfortable and at ease.

If any thoughts arise,

Don't try to resist them.

Simply bring your attention back to the guided meditation.

Become aware of yourself.

Now in this moment.

Now gently bring your attention to your breath.

Observe the way that you're breathing.

Breathe without trying to change it or make it different.

Notice if it feels easy or a little difficult to breathe fully.

Is your breath shallow and tense?

Or full and deep?

Or is it somewhere in between?

Let your breath without judgment.

Simply being curious and aware of your breath.

Follow the sensation of air as you breathe in through your nose all the way into your lungs and into your abdomen.

And then follow the quality of sensation as you breathe all the way back out through your nose.

Simply observing with a sense of neutrality and detachment.

See if you can practice watching your breath just like this for the next several moments.

If at any time you find your mind wandering to the past or the future,

Gently invite it back to observing your breath.

Simply notice what thoughts you have and any feelings that you're experiencing.

Let all that arises be an experience for raising your own awareness.

As you go about the rest of your day,

Let your breath be an anchor for returning to the present moment.

Affirm to yourself,

I am aware of my breath.

I am aware of the way I breathe.

Reviews

A wonderful mini-mindfulness practice to find awareness in the present moment 💫Thank you Sura 🙏

😊🫁...thank you. 🍀🌈🌊🙏

Love this meditation about breathing with awareness. Our breath is always present and it is a powerful anchor to help us come back to here and now .
Thank you for creating this meditation . ❤️🙏🕊️

Thank you for sharing your breathing technique with me.
I am a beginner to this and find your voice along with the background sounds very relaxing.

A quick practice to focus on breath—perfect for a busy morning!

Thank you 🙏

Enjoyable experience of breath awareness. Real foundation teachings

Thank you.

A nice, short and simple guided meditation :)

You meditations are so soothing, clear and easy to follow. I really appreciate your work, so beautiful. 💚

Very nice Sura. Wonderfully guided meditation. Thanks 🙏

Simple and calming. Love your gentle voice. Saving as a go-to!

This was a lovely way to bring my attention to the breath. Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Very well done! Simple focus on the breath with good narration, fitting music, good production qualities. Thank you! 🌺🙏🌺