Welcome to this Ayurvedic inspired meditation.
Today we are doing a kapha balancing practice so if you don't know or are not familiar with Ayurvedic meditation it is a holistic practice designed to balance the mind body and spirit In Ayurveda there are three doshas and these kind of relate to personality traits they are vata pitta and kapha and today we'll be exploring the kapha dosha The kapha dosha is earth and water so this governs structure stability and lubrication Individuals with the kapha dosha include a strong athletic build,
They're calm in nature,
They have a slower metabolism We're all going to have a few of the doshas that dominate our personality but ideally we want to maintain a balance of these energies For kapha today we're going to be stimulating and activating a little bit more to foster a bit more energy,
A bit more focus and a bit more motivation So for this one I'm going to invite you to just find a comfortable seat or ground the sit bones into the mat or the chair and when it feels good for you you can close the eyes or lower the gaze I'm going to invite you to place your hands onto your knees and from here we're going to shrug the shoulders up towards the ears Roll the shoulders up,
Back and all the way down Let's go two more times,
Shoulders coming up and all the way around Last one here Now switch directions,
Shoulders come up towards the ears,
Circle forwards and all the way down Two more times at your own pace Last one Now coming to find a still position,
Stillness in the body Finding your breath,
Just noticing the space Now we're going to bring a bit of movement into your hips So I invite you to lean your weight over to the right sit bone and shift your weight over towards the left sit bone Just a few rounds of weight shifting Keep on moving to the right,
To the left The hands can rest on your knees or they can rest anywhere you would like them to and just notice this movement Notice how this movement connects with your breath A few more rounds here,
Just bringing attention to this flow of the body,
The flow of the breath Now coming back to find stillness,
Keeping the spine nice and tall,
Lengthening out of the crown of the head We've moved the body quite a little bit for this meditation so far Now the body is going to be still,
We're going to move the breath a little bit more I'll invite you to take a deep inhale in and a full exhale out One more round like this,
Deep inhale in through the nose and exhale,
Sigh it out Now take a deep inhale in and as you exhale,
Breathing out through the mouth and as you purse your lips to breathe out through the mouth,
Notice if there's a slight contraction in the core,
The lower belly,
The upper belly Keep on breathing like this,
Inhales through the nose,
Exhales through the mouth and really pay attention to how the exhale feels Breathing out through the mouth is a bit more active,
Engages a bit more muscles,
Engages more of the body Taking a few more rounds of this breath Once you've done your last round,
We'll find a normal breathing in through the nose,
Out through the nose.
Lastly,
We'll finish with a humming breath.
So you're going to take a deep inhale in and on the exhale,
A gentle hum.
It's going to sound like this.
So we take an inhale in and on the exhale Continuing at your own pace Just noticing the vibrations of the hum Notice how this feels in your whole body Notice which areas of the body have the most feeling the most sensation Wherever you are,
Do one more round and after this round,
We'll come to find silence and stillness Coming back to a normal round of breath and as we come to the end of the practice,
Slowly wiggle the fingertips,
The toes and when you are ready,
You can open the eyes Thank you for practicing with me today.
I wish you a great day ahead
