Thank you for joining me in this meditation to shift perspective.
Begin by finding a comfortable seat where you can stay for a few minutes,
Either in a chair with your feet on the floor and your hands in your lap,
Or perhaps cross-legged with your hands on your knees,
Palms down for grounding,
Or palms up if you'd like to feel a bit more receptive.
Or you could even do this meditation lying down.
Wherever you are,
Come to a place of stillness.
Allow your eyelids to either close or be heavier and your gaze to soften.
Begin to notice your breath and the ways it affects your body as you inhale and exhale.
Perhaps you notice this most with the rise and fall of your chest or belly,
Or in the way that your clothing touches your body as you inhale and exhale.
Begin to notice what else you can physically feel.
Perhaps it's the ground under your feet or ankles,
Or a cushion or seat that you might be sitting on.
Begin to notice the quality of the air in the room.
What is the temperature like?
Do you feel any movement of air?
Can you sense it touching your skin?
Are there any scents in the air that you can smell?
Perhaps you notice some sounds,
Creaking of floorboards,
The sound of voices in other rooms or cars driving by.
Acknowledge them as simply what they are,
Sounds that are in your space,
Either good or bad,
And let them go.
Draw your attention again back to the breath.
Noticing the air as it comes through your nostrils,
Floods down your throat and into your lungs,
Providing you with nourishing oxygen.
With every inhale,
Say to yourself,
I am here.
With every exhale,
I am letting go.
Begin to bring some gentle movement into your fingers and toes,
Wiggling them ever so slightly.
Feeling the muscles and the tendons move together,
Bringing more movement back into your body.
Take a deep inhale,
The deepest inhale you've taken all day.
And a little bit more,
Hold and sigh it out.
Begin to flutter open your eyelashes,
Allowing the space to come back into frame.
Bring your hands to your heart,
Either one hand against your heart and the other hand on top or palms together.
Bring your chin to your chest,
Drawing your head to your heart.
Take one last breath and release.
Have a beautiful day.
