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Breath Awareness & Appreciation

by Adrienne Ione, PsyD

Rated
3.5
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
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Everyone
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Improve immune system, lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, balance blood pressure, improve communication between hemispheres of the brain, lower heart rate, improve lung capacity and functionality, reduce migraines and headaches with the help of this guided meditation.

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Transcript

I invite you to find a comfortable seated standing or laying position.

Your eyes can be opened or closed.

The position of your hands at this moment is perfect so long as you are comfortable.

Take this moment and draw all of your attention away from thoughts and sounds that exist outside of the body.

And begin to bring into the awareness sensations on your skin.

Feel the breath.

Move a bit deeper.

And bring into awareness the breath.

When was the last time you breathed?

Slowly breathed.

Inhale Exhale Breathe your breath.

Allow your breath to flow naturally.

Naturally Thank you.

Thank you.

Notice any sensations that arise when the breath enters the body.

You And when the breath exits the body.

Youust Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Observe the breath from a compassionate distance.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Trust the breath.

Thank you.

Trust the strong commitment between the inhale and exhale.

And exhale.

One leads,

One follows.

I invite you to notice the spaces between.

Inhale,

Space.

Exhale,

Space.

Exhale,

Space.

Exhale,

Space.

Exhale,

Space.

Exhale,

Space.

Exhale,

Space.

What sensations arise in these spaces?

The breath and heart also have a commitment to one another.

The breath and heart also have a commitment to one another.

I invite you to place either one or two hands on your chest over your heart.

Smiling at your heart,

Say silently or aloud,

Thank you,

My heart.

Thank you,

My heart.

The heart beats and expects nothing in return.

The breath breathes and expects nothing in return.

The breath breathes and expects nothing in return.

The breath breathes and expects nothing in return.

Begin to bring into your awareness your skin.

And any sensations between your body and the immediate environment.

Notice gratitude flowing out of the heart and into the environment.

And into the environment.

Softly and tenderly,

Begin expanding your awareness to outside of the immediate environment.

The breath breathes and expects nothing in return.

The breath breathes and expects nothing in return.

Notice gratitude continuing to flow outward.

The breath breathes and expects nothing in return.

At any time in your day to day as you are navigating the unknowns,

Times when the body or mind betray you,

Tune into your breath.

Inhale,

Exhale.

As you are going throughout your day,

You can place one or two hands on your chest and smile at the heart.

Meet your Teacher

Adrienne Ione, PsyDTacoma, WA, USA

3.5 (4)

Recent Reviews

Jess

December 21, 2025

Really like that theres lots of space/ quiet/ silence in between Iones words and like the words too, Came to a new grateful sense of my heart beating for 56 years and my lungs breathing, thanku

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