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Survive

by Caroline Murray

Rated
3.9
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Beginners
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Sometimes we have moments in our lives when emotions just overwhelm us. This meditation will help you to survive those moments when you feel you just can't cope. You are guided through a long deep breathing meditation which will get you through the trickiest of situations, by bringing you back into your deep, calm centre, regardless of the trauma you are experiencing.

SurvivalOverwhelmCopingBreathingMeditationCalmTraumaExtended BreathingCounted BreathingBelly BreathingPostures

Transcript

Coming to a comfortable sitting position on a chair or sitting cross legged on the floor.

We're going to focus on extending the breath.

So start by just noticing the breath as it gently enters the nose and leaves through the nose.

Feeling the belly expand on the in breath and contract on the out breath.

We're going to count to five as we breathe in and five as we breathe out.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five in.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five out.

Continuing to breathe in for a count of five and out for a count of five.

Now extend the breath.

We're going to count in a count of seven.

Breathing in two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven.

Breathing out two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven.

And continuing to breathe in for seven and out for seven.

Next we'll increase the count to ten.

We're going to count in ten.

Breathing in two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight,

Nine,

Ten.

Out two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight,

Nine,

Ten.

And continuing with this practice,

Extending the breath by an extra two counts.

Every few breaths.

Continue breathing for a further three minutes until the bell signals the end of the meditation.

Thank you.

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Meet your Teacher

Caroline MurrayMilton Keynes, UK

3.9 (58)

Recent Reviews

Nami

August 14, 2018

Very calming and soothing thank you

Jillian

August 14, 2018

Very relaxing and soothing, thank you!

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