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Breath Meditation with Counting

by Kelly Werner

Rated
3.4
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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Breath meditation with silent mental counting to help one's attention to stay with the breath

MeditationBreathingBreath CountingMindfulnessAttentionDiaphragmatic BreathingElongated BreathingMindful Breathing

Transcript

Go ahead and be seated.

Allow your posture to be dignified,

Yet relaxed.

You can close your eyes or put your gaze down.

However,

You can best do this meditation.

Now bring your attention to your breath.

And go ahead and take a long inhale and a long exhale,

Where you inhale deeply,

Completely filling your lungs.

And then you consciously release and let go.

Let each breath be drawn down deeper and deeper into your torso.

So that you're not breathing from your chest,

But you're doing diaphragmatic breathing.

And now go ahead and count up to a count of five for each inhale and five for each exhale.

And so you would do this for the inhale count one,

One thousand,

Two,

One thousand,

Three,

One thousand,

Four,

One thousand,

Five,

One thousand in your mind as you inhale.

And then on the exhale,

Do it for a count of five.

So a five second exhale,

One,

One thousand,

Two,

One thousand,

Three,

One thousand,

Four,

One thousand,

Five,

One thousand.

So you're taking long breaths.

So go ahead and now do these five count inhales and exhales.

And you can adjust the number to four,

Six or seven,

Whatever's right for your lung capacity.

So you're having long,

Deep,

Slow breaths.

So you're sitting here and you're aware of your breathing.

And you're doing an inhale to a count of five and an exhale to a count of five.

And again,

You're sitting here and being mindful of your breathing.

Counting to five with each inhale and five with each exhale.

And now we're coming to the end of this meditation.

So go ahead and finish up and then when you're ready,

Return to the room.

Meet your Teacher

Kelly WernerSan Francisco, CA, USA

3.4 (351)

Recent Reviews

Joe

March 28, 2020

Great guided meditation. The pace was just right. Thank you very much Kelly 🙏.

Paula

September 23, 2019

Clear and peaceful. Lovely.

Lisa💫

January 10, 2017

The ending was really abrupt, and there could have been a bit of music. I did enjoy the equal inhalation/exhalation portion. Thank you.

Jessi

March 10, 2016

I really like this one! It has an excellent ratio of talking/silence.

Kristi

March 6, 2016

Thankyou a short one to help you remember to breath through mindfully during meditation

Lissa

February 16, 2016

I'm a beginner and liked how well this made me focus on my breath. Simple and easy to follow. Thank you

Jackie

January 26, 2016

Good for technique building

Carole

January 5, 2016

Really likes this one. Time flew!

Kristin

January 4, 2016

The sound quality was not great, but this made sitting a lot easier! Thank you!

Tiege

July 29, 2015

Nice meditation you can apply anytime.

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