Breath Awareness Practice

Welcome to this guided breathing practice.

Today we'll be resting our awareness on the breath.

Begin in a comfortable position,

Either seated or lying down.

Gently soften your gaze or close your eyes.

And begin to bring your awareness to your breathing.

Maybe you notice hair coming in and out of your nostrils.

Or perhaps you feel the breath in a certain place in your body.

We begin to investigate qualities that accompany our breath.

Including its texture,

Sound,

Pace,

And maybe temperature.

And in this practice,

I encourage you to let the breath happen naturally.

Allowing your inhale and exhale to come and go on its own.

During this practice,

It's likely that our attention will shift away from our breathing.

And when that happens,

We just gently bring our attention back to the breath.

Feeling our breath in our body.

Allowing it to have its own rhythm.

A rhythm that may shift over time.

A rhythm that we're simply here to observe right now.

And our sensation,

Our thoughts may take our awareness away from our breathing.

And again,

We gently bring it back to the breath.

Touching our inhale,

Rise and fall.

Noticing our body expand and soften as we breathe.

Understanding what it's like to fully experience your breathing.

Allowing your body to intuitively breathe.

And know that you can stay here for as long as you'd like.

And when you're ready to come out of the practice,

You can gently shift your attention away from your breathing.

Invite some movement into the body,

Perhaps wiggling fingers and toes.

And in your own time,

Gently opening up your eyes when you're all done.