Take your attention back with this simple breath that you can do anytime and anywhere.
Your breath is a powerful tool that signals the brain that all is well,
That you are safe and that you are in control of your experience.
You cannot fight with your thoughts by trying to suppress them,
But you can pause,
Inhale,
Notice and release.
This is a powerful way to send the message to your brain and your nervous system that you are safe.
Let's give it a try.
Let your spine grow tall.
If you are sitting,
Uncross your legs.
Just take a pause from all the daily distractions and false threats that surround you.
Now look around and identify something in your environment to be grateful for.
Or close your eyes and visualize somebody that you love.
Let this thought or this image fill you with ease,
Love,
Gratitude.
Perhaps even placing a hand or two over your heart as you inhale and draw this feeling into every cell of your being.
Hold here for a moment at the top of your breath and notice any shifts taking place within you and recognize the state of your mind.
Now release with a long,
Slow exhale,
Just letting all tension dissolve.
Let's do two more breaths just like that,
Noticing something that surrounds you here in this present moment or in your mind.
Draw that feeling in with some sense of self-compassion and ease.
Hold here at the top of the breath,
Letting that feeling swirl within your mind.
And release with a long,
Slow exhale as you unburden the dis-ease from your body and your mind.
Keeping with that feeling of gratitude in your heart,
Notice how it's shifting your energy in this present moment.
Inhale as you pull more of this love,
This gratitude and ease,
Compassion into your day,
Holding at the top,
Experiencing the fullness of this present moment.
And release,
Letting all that goodness drain any discomfort from your mind and out of your body.
Breathe here like this anytime,
Anywhere,
Whenever you need a pause.
Your breath is here to support you at all times.
And smile.
You created this moment.
It came from within you.
My name is Mary of The Breath Mindset.
Breathe well,
Friends.
