5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation

Take 5 minutes to connect to your breath in order to still and calm the mind. This practice is great if you are a beginner to meditation and want to build a healthy habit or if you just need to take 5 minutes out of your day. By the end of this practice, you will feel centered, calm, and ready to continue for the rest of your day.

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Transcript

Welcome to this five minute breath awareness meditation. I'm Rachel and I will be your guide today. This meditation will focus simply on our breath. By increasing our breath awareness, We can increase our awareness of our true self. No ego, No thoughts, No anxiety, A still and calmer mind. Let's begin by finding a comfortable seated position. You can close your eyes here. Take a few moments here to simply be and notice any thoughts, Feelings and physical sensations without doing anything about them or making any judgments. Keeping your breath at its natural rhythm, Bring your full awareness to it. Notice as it moves in and out automatically and effortlessly. Your mind may want to wander away from your breath. So if it does, Just bring your awareness back to your breathing. If it helps, You can count each inhale and each exhale. Inhale one, Exhale two, Inhale three, Exhale four, And so on. If the mind does wander, You can just start again at inhale one, Exhale two. Continue to focus with breath awareness for the next few minutes, Letting any thoughts and feelings come and go. Just start to let the awareness drop from your breath and counting now. Take a deep inhale and as you exhale, Open the eyes. It may also feel nice to have a little stretch here, Reaching your arms up overhead. Feel grateful here for connecting with your breath and giving yourself five minutes of self care. Return to this practice daily if you want to build a meditation habit and over time, You can increase how long you meditate for.