2:4 Breath For Calmness & Clarity

Sat Naam,

Welcome to the short breathwork exercise.

Take a few moments to find a comfortable seat.

Now gently and softly close your eyes.

Start to take some nice big breaths,

Any way that feels right for you.

We're using our breath to arrive ready for our practice.

To prepare our mind and body for the practice ahead.

It's important to remember that we have to be compassionate towards ourselves.

If you lose your way or you lose focus,

Don't give up,

Don't give in.

Whenever you notice,

Just come back to your breath.

Now relaxing your breath completely,

Take a few moments to just simply be.

This breath practice is pretty simplistic,

But sometimes the best things are simple.

So try not to get too caught up in the numbers.

And remember,

If you lose your way,

Be kind.

Just come back to your breath,

Pick up whenever you can.

For this practice,

We ideally breathe through our nose.

We're inhaling for a count of two,

Or exhaling for a count of four.

So the exhales double the length of the inhale.

This is really calming for our nervous system.

It's great for anxiety or stress.

So we're inhaling for two,

Exhaling for four.

Now let's get ready for our practice.

Take a nice big inhale through the nose.

A really big exhale,

Emptying your lungs completely.

Now we inhale for one,

Two,

Exhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Inhale one,

Two,

Exhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Inhale one,

Two,

Exhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Now continuing to breathe in this pattern.

Inhale for two,

Exhale for four.

I'll be back in just a few minutes.

Inhale one,

Two,

Exhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

You you you you you you Now relaxing your breath relaxing all your efforts taking a few moments to just simply be now gently and softly coming back to your body rubbing your palms together building some heat place your hands in front of your eyes slowly and softly start to open your eyes taking time to get used to the light once again now sinking your hands to a prayer posture Sat Nam,

This practice is now complete