Hello everyone and welcome to this practice.
Today we're going to be doing an ancient Tibetan breathing technique called Vās breath.
It's really designed to bring you out of your mind into your body and really support your nervous system to downregulate.
So I'm going to recommend you do this seated if that's accessible for you but if not lying down is totally fine too.
So just find yourself a comfortable spot and whenever you're ready close down your eyes.
Just take a moment to come into the body,
To tune into your breath,
Tune into how you're feeling.
Maybe just beginning to notice the rise and the fall of your breath,
Contact of what's beneath you.
For this technique I'm going to get you to imagine that you have a balloon down in your belly and as we inhale now together through the nose I want you to imagine that balloon is expanding in your belly and then at the top just hold your breath for five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One and then release the breath.
Feel that balloon deflating and then again breathing in through the nose feeling the balloon expanding to all four sides of your stomach,
Holding the breath and releasing,
Deflating the balloon and again inhaling through the nose expanding,
Opening,
Inflating,
Holding the breath and releasing,
Softening,
Letting go,
Deflating and keeping that going at your own pace and your own rhythm.
Inhale expanding into all four sides of your stomach,
Holding the breath for five at the top or whatever feels good to you and releasing.
If you'd like to add some more color,
Some more texture to this experience on your out breath as you release and that balloon deflates just imagine that warmth is spreading throughout your whole body as you soften.
Expansion,
Inflating on the inhale into the belly,
Holding at the top but without tension,
Releasing,
Relaxing,
Letting go on the exhale.
Your mind wonders,
Just bring it back to that sensation in your stomach,
That visual of that balloon inflating and deflating.
Just flow through a few more rounds to finish in your own time and then once you're done just releasing that breath pattern,
Releasing your focus on your breath,
Allowing yourself to just return to a natural rhythm and taking a moment just to notice how you're feeling.
Noticing the impact of this breath and this practice on your mind,
On your body,
Maybe the feeling of your feet on the ground,
The support beneath you and really allowing yourself permission to take this feeling,
These sensations that you've created with you into the rest of your day.
Thank you for practicing fast breathing with me today.
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