Welcome to a guided meditation from Light Heart Collective.
I'm Larissa and I'll be your guide today.
Thank you for joining me.
Today we'll be doing a guided meditation on being present.
Let's begin by finding a comfortable position.
You may choose to lie down or sit upright with your arms gently resting in your lap or by your side.
Settling into whatever position fits you in this moment.
Begin by taking a few breaths.
Just noticing your inhale and exhale.
On your next exhale,
You may choose to close your eyes or just slightly lower your eyelids.
Doing whatever feels best in this moment.
Taking a moment to thank yourself for setting aside these few moments to be still and tune into you.
Maybe you give yourself a smile feeling the corners of your mouth expand and your cheeks rise to thank yourself for being in this moment.
Let's start to deepen the breath.
Breathing in through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
As you breathe in,
Feel the air entering into your nose and on the exhale releasing the air from your mouth.
Inhaling and exhaling.
Two more times.
Inhaling and exhaling.
Inhaling and exhaling.
Maybe you place your hands on either your stomach or your chest.
And as you continue to notice your breath,
Maybe you also notice the rise and fall of your chest and stomach.
Noticing the belly expand and the breath leaving from your mouth.
Continue here and just notice what sensations arise for you in this moment.
Oftentimes in our daily lives we're focusing on multiple things at once.
Her attention may be brought to many different things.
Sometimes it's helpful just to come back to that breath.
Maybe here you notice wherever your feet are connected to.
Maybe they're connected to the ground,
Against a surface or even just connected to feeling air.
Continue to breathe as you sink deeper into the space.
For the next few moments,
Continue to breathe deeply at your own pace.
If other thoughts come to your mind,
Can you find space just to notice the thoughts and come back to that inhale and exhale?
Let's take two deep breaths together.
Inhaling and exhaling.
Inhaling and exhaling.
I'll come back to your version of a natural breath for you.
Come back to your connection to your seat wherever you're lying down.
Maybe you gently open your eyes if they were closed.
And just notice.
Maybe you come back to that sense of gratitude towards yourself for taking these few moments to just be present.
Let's take one more breath together as we close.
Inhale and sighing out with your exhale.
Thank you for joining me today.
The light in me sees the light within you.
Thank you.
