Awareness Of Breath Meditation

Welcome to the Awareness of Breath meditation.

Find a comfortable seated position,

Somewhere where your back can be nice and straight.

Gently close down your eyes.

Let yourself be perfect as you are,

Right here in this moment.

Relax all the little muscles around your eyes,

Your cheeks and jaw.

Feel your shoulders relax,

Your arms,

Your back and your belly.

Let your hips feel heavy,

Your legs,

Your ankles and your feet.

Notice which parts of your body connect to the floor or the chair if you are sitting in one.

Your whole body is still.

The only movement is your breath coming in and out of your body.

Take a moment now to notice where you feel it.

Do you feel your breath coming in under your nose?

Maybe your chest?

Perhaps your belly?

Notice where you feel your breath come in and out of your body.

Now I'd like you to think 1 as you breathe in,

2 as you breathe out.

Keep saying quietly to yourself 1,

2,

1,

2 as you breathe.

When you notice your mind wandering off,

Which it will,

Smile to yourself and gently bring your attention back to the counting without any self judgement.

Breathing in 1,

Breathing out 2.

Breathing in 1,

Breathing out 2.

We're going to practice breathing like this for a minute.

I'll keep an eye on the time and I'll let you know when the minute is up.

Remembering you're counting 1 as you breathe in and 2 as you breathe out.

Let's get started.

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Well done,

The minute has finished.

Keeping your eyes closed,

Take a moment to reflect on how that minute went.

For some people it would have gone really quickly.

For some people it would have been very long.

Some people will have had lots of thoughts.

Some people may not have noticed their thoughts.

Whatever your experience is with the meditation today,

Accept it for what it is today and remember that being aware of our breath is a practice.

What we experience one day is likely to be different to what we experience the next day.

Slowly start to wiggle your fingers now.

Gently start to wiggle your toes.

Have a big stretch,

Might even yawn.

Give yourself a big hug and thank yourself for making the time for this meditation.

And when you're ready,

You can open your eyes.

Congratulations on completing your Awareness of Breath meditation.