Hello and welcome,
It's Faye here and I'm here to lead you through a short stretch and breathe practice to invite in a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of movement and stretching into your day.
We'll start this practice by first finding a comfortable seat and if you can come to the edge of your chair so your feet can be planted on the ground,
Then you can have a nice tall long spine with the crown on the head reaching up.
Let's take a big breath together,
Finding nice expansion in the lungs and the chest and the belly.
And exhale,
Sigh it out through the mouth,
Releasing,
Letting everything go.
Beautiful,
Two more times just like that.
Big rich inhale in through the nose,
Filling all the way up.
And exhale,
Sigh it out.
One more time,
Big rich inhale in through the nose,
Filling all the way up.
And a slow and even exhale,
Allowing the eyes to soften down or fully close if that's comfortable for you.
And on your next breath in,
Lower your right ear to your right shoulder.
And on your next exhale,
Lower the chin to the chest.
Inhale left ear to left shoulder.
And exhale chin to chest.
Exhale right ear to right shoulder.
And exhale chin to chest.
Continue this semi-circle neck stretch here,
Going back and forth with your breath,
Simply noticing any sensations you may be experiencing.
And when you feel evened out on both sides,
Returning your head and face back to neutral in an upright position.
We'll start to inhale our shoulders up to our ears.
And exhale our shoulders down and back,
Opening up the heart and chest.
Beautiful.
Two more times just like this.
Inhale the shoulders up to the ears.
And exhale,
Lower the shoulders down and away from the ears,
Opening the heart,
Creating space in the chest.
One more time.
Inhale the shoulders up.
And exhale the shoulders down.
Beautiful.
Let's inhale our hands up to the sky.
And then exhale,
Lower the right hand down and start to hinge over to that right side.
Inhale the right hand back up to the sky.
Exhale lower that left hand down and bend over to that left side.
Inhale the left hand back up.
And exhale the right hand down over to the right and bending over to the right.
Inhale the hands back up together.
One more time on the left side.
Exhale lower the left hand down and start to bend over to the left side,
Opening up that right side body.
Bring the hands back up to the sky.
And then exhale and twist,
Looking over your right shoulder.
Inhale the hands back up to the sky.
And exhale and twist over to the left.
Beautiful.
Two more times just like this.
Inhale those hands up to the sky.
And exhale and twist.
Inhale the hands back up.
And exhale over to the left.
One last time.
Inhale those hands up to the sky.
Exhale turn over to the right.
Maybe the gaze comes over the right shoulder if that's comfortable for you.
On your next inhale rise back up.
And exhale and twist over to the left.
Allowing the gaze to look over the left shoulder if that's comfortable.
And on your next inhale return the hands back up to the sky.
Bringing the hands together draw them down the heart center towards your chest.
Invitation to take one hand over the other.
And just simply note what you're grateful for in this moment.
Perhaps it was the ability to move and breathe in your body right now.
Maybe you're grateful for being able to take the time to do this practice.
And whenever you're ready begin to blink open the eyes welcoming yourself back into this present moment.
Thanks so much for practicing with me today.
