All right let's make ourselves comfortable.
So carefully positioning our body,
Noticing the position of our body,
Planting our feet so our legs are comfortable,
Placing our arms so our arms are comfortable,
Taking a few deeper breaths.
We can lengthen our spine a little bit and then soften a little bit.
See if we can get that balance between alertness and comfort,
A little bit of both.
The focus is on the breath as we come more settled.
Before we do the practice,
Let's check in.
At the end we can see if anything's changed for us with our breathing practice.
So asking our body how it is right now,
Physically,
Emotionally,
Mentally.
What's the weather like in the mind right now?
Spiritually.
Am I feeling aligned to what's important to me?
So for our first practice at the Hummingbee breath,
Our Maori breath,
We'll put our hands towards our face,
Our fingers near our ears and near our eyes.
But we're not going to actually cover our ears or our eyes for the first practice.
Have our lips closed with the teeth slightly apart.
And when we're ready,
We'll take a deeper breath and as we exhale,
We're going to hum.
And we'll find through some experimentation,
A comfortable pitch and volume.
We're going to see how that feels for us and we'll do that for five breaths.
So let's make sure that we breathe comfortably throughout,
But we can take quite long,
Smooth breaths in and we can have as long a breath out as it's comfortable.
So in your own time,
We're going to take a deep inhalation and exhale with a hum.
Deep in breath.
Hum.
Hum.
One more.
Hum.
Resting her hands and her arms.
Resting her body in her breath.
Could we sense the vibration through our fingertips that the hum was creating?
If not,
We can have another go in our next practice.
Let's rest for a moment first,
Quietly with the breath.
So and we'll take another round of the practice.
So once again,
We'll do five breaths.
This time we'll cover our ears so you can put your fingers on the little flap that is in front of your ear hole,
Gently pressing that into your ears.
So just close your ears to the outside world and if it feels comfortable for you,
You can put your fingers over your closed eyelids or just close your eyes.
So otherwise it will be the same as the previous practice.
I suggest that rather than worrying about if you're doing it right,
You just observe whatever feelings and sensations and thoughts come up as we do the practice.
So we will be the observer of these five brahmari breaths.
So when you're ready,
Let's bring our thumbs up towards our ears,
Our fingers,
Sorry,
Our forefingers covering the flap of our ears,
Closing our eyes.
And in your own time taking a full inhalation.
M Last breath.
When you've completed the five breaths,
Allowing your arms to rest,
Ourselves to rest.
When you've completed the five breaths,
Allowing your arms to rest,
Allowing your arms to rest.
When you've completed the five breaths,
Allowing your arms to rest,
Allowing your arms to rest.
If your mind wanders,
It's completely fine.
Just note where it's been and return to your breath.
So in our third round of the practice,
We'll take five breaths again in your own time.
We'll cover our ear flaps,
We'll have our eyes closed and we'll focus on wherever the vibration feels the greatest.
So wherever we sense the most vibration from the humming breath,
Let's allow our focus to rest there.
Again,
Not worrying so much if we're doing it right,
Just being the observer of our experience,
Which includes the physical sensations,
Feelings,
Thoughts,
Our whole experience.
So please,
In your own time,
Covering your ears,
Either closing or gently placing your fingertips over your eyes.
And in your own time with five breaths.
Ah.
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.
Ah.
.
.
Ah.
.
.
Ah.
.
.
Ah.
.
.
When you're ready,
Allowing your arms to rest,
Your body to rest,
Your breathing and heart rate to relax.
Let's check in again.
So we can discover if our breathing practice has affected how we feel.
So physically,
How do I feel now?
Emotionally.
.
.
Mentally.
.
.
Spiritually.
.
.
So we're going to take a few deeper breaths and bring movement back to our body.
So allowing the breath to energize us,
Bringing movement to our fingers and toes,
Hands and feet.
Having a little stretch,
If that's for us,
Moving your arms and legs and gently returning ourselves to our waking state.
Thank you for practicing with me.
