Hi,
And welcome to this guided VU practice.
My name is Brooklyn and I'm a licensed therapist and yoga teacher.
And I'm so glad that you're here.
VU breath is a calming breathing practice that uses sound and vibration to help your body release tension and settle your nervous system.
In this technique,
You will take a slow breath in through your nose and then exhale slowly while making a deep VU sound.
The vibration combined with a long exhale helps signal safety to your nervous system.
And this can be especially helpful if you're feeling anxious,
Overwhelmed,
Or stuck in a stress response.
From a neurobiological perspective,
Combining breath,
Sound,
And body awareness can help downregulate a threat response and increase a sense of safety in the body.
So let's begin.
So let's come into an easy seat.
I have a cushion underneath my seat here.
Sitting up tall,
Imagining a nice long line of energy starting at the base of your spine,
Going all the way up and out through the crown of your head.
And you can soften your gaze by looking down and forward or closing your eyes all together.
And just letting yourself land in this space as we start to prepare for our practice.
And then we'll take a few rounds of breath together,
Breathing in through the belly.
Open your mouth,
Let it go.
And how fell up Exhale,
Side out.
Taking a nice big breath in.
Open your mouth,
Let it go.
And then letting your breath settle.
And as we begin our practice,
We'll take a breath in and on our exhale,
We will say the word VU until we've run out of breath.
So my VU might be longer or shorter than yours,
And that's perfectly okay.
We'll just keep finding a few rounds here,
Breathing in,
Exhaling VU.
Feeling that vibration in our throat,
Our heart space and our abdomen.
Whenever you're ready,
We'll take a nice big belly breath in.
Exhale.
Breathing.
Two more.
And just letting your breath return to its natural rhythm.
It's taking a body scan Noticing.
What feels present?
Where there's tension or ease.
Where there's lightness or heaviness.
And feeling support of the ground beneath you.
Slowly bringing your attention to the temperature of the air on your skin.
The sounds around you.
And when you're ready,
You can slowly blink your eyes open.
Thank you for taking the time to practice for yourself and to practice with me.
I hope to see you again soon.
