Short Grounding Breath Pause

This mindfulness practice will be a short,

Mindful moment where I'll guide you to attend to particular places in the breath cycle.

So getting comfortable wherever you are as best as you can.

Closing the eyes if that's comfortable or leaving them open and settling into a soft gaze.

Beginning by softening the eyelids,

Releasing the jaw,

Dropping the shoulders,

Releasing the belly,

And bringing attention to the breath.

Simply noticing breath as it flows all the way in and all the way out of the mouth or the nose.

And drawing attention to two particular places,

The very top of your breath just before you breathe out and the very bottom of your breath just before you breathe in.

Top of the breath,

Bottom of the breath.

Perhaps adding just a brief pause at the very top just before you breathe out.

And again,

A brief pause at the very bottom just before you breathe in.

Simply putting attention on these two places,

The very top of the breath,

Where you've totally opened up,

And the very bottom of the breath where you've completely let go.

Noticing these two places for one more complete cycle of breath.

And then gradually as you're ready,

Releasing attention from the practice and opening your eyes if they were closed.

Thank you for participating and just noticing if you feel any different after this practice and if you notice a positive difference,

Seeing if you can carry that with you.