Finding Your Flow Through Your Breath

It happens to the best of us. For reasons that seem out of our control, we can sometimes feel stuck in a rut or even frozen with fear. It’s not a fun place to be. You may not be able to remove your obstacles, but you can find a sense of relief and bring an element of flow back into your life. This brief, guided meditation is designed to connect you with the parts of you that are flowing right now, in this moment so that you may experience the peace you are craving.

Transcript

Take a seat.

Connect with your breath.

Put your breath at the forefront of your awareness.

If you'd like,

You can twist your upper body from left to right.

Make circles with your shoulders in one direction.

Now the other.

Nice and slow and easy,

Keeping your breath linked with the movement.

Now move on and make circles with your neck in one direction.

Then the other.

Place your left hand on your belly and your right hand on your heart.

With your hands resting on your torso,

You might notice that you're creating a wave-like motion in your upper body.

You can keep your hands here as long as you'd like.

If you choose to release them down to your lap,

That's okay too.

Draw your attention back to your breath,

This free-flowing thing.

Notice the deep vastness of your inhale and the long retraction of your body when you exhale.

Allow a small feeling of gratitude to begin to wash over you as you consider your breath to be your breath.

Notice how your body's ability to breathe on its own without your attention.

Thank you,

Body,

For breathing.

Notice how you feel on maybe an emotional or a mental level when you begin to tap into this feeling of thankfulness.

Perhaps that feeling shows up in your body as well.

As you say thank you,

Perhaps you can feel your shoulders softening.

A small smile may spread across your lips.

When we turn our attention to the parts of our lives that are flowing freely,

Even if it's just our breath,

And we cultivate a sense of gratitude for it,

We can change the state of our nervous system.

This attention or awareness can be the difference between fight or flight and rest and digest.

Bring your attention back to your breath.

If you'd like,

You can imagine that this small bit of gratitude was a warm pool of water and that you're standing in the shallow end right now.

Allow this gratitude for your breath to perhaps spill out to other areas of your life,

Other areas that are flowing freely.

We don't have to be profound.

They don't have to be super meaningful by society's standards.

They can just be meaningful to you.

As your gratitude grows,

Visualize yourself wading toward the deep end of this pool.

Eventually,

You can roll over onto your back and float effortlessly on top of this pool of gratitude you've created.

You can remain here with this visualization as long as you'd like and know that your breath is always here for you.

Reviews

Nice focus on the breath as something that is always with us and always flowing. Direct, confident, and peaceful voice (sounds like a yoga teacher, maybe?). Thank you!

Thank you so much! I will definitely come back to this meditation.

Gratitude warmed my experience, and the water was a peaceful delight. Artfully created - thank you for this gift.

I really enjoyed floating in a pool of gratitude! Thank you so very much! Namaste. 🕉

Simple and effective

Great. I admit I was taken aback at the suggestion of movement during meditation and then realized that there really aren't rules for the practice of meditation, I let go and went along which was a lesson in itself. Nice guidance and focus on Thankfulness. I am thankful.

Thank you for this soothing start into athis new day.

Well done! Thanks!

Gratitude! Breath. Flow. Tears. Grief. Release. Grateful!

Best piece I’ve listened to in a long time

Felt relaxed as her voice gently guided me through this excellent meditation.

Very peaceful thank you

This will be a daily meditation for me. Marvellous. Thank you.

I really like the stretches as part of the session. A great morning or pick me up session.

Nice meditation. Peaceful and well paced. The visualization was interesting and brightened my day.
Namaste 🙏

I needed this today, thanks Tatum!

Very sweet! Thank you for the wonderful message of caltavating gratitude.

Simple and effective. Loved the sound of water.

Ver nice...I am floating on a pool of gratitude☮️🙏🏻🌿✨💙☀️ Thank you.