Welcome.
Welcome to this short breathing space.
I invite you to settle down and settle in,
Whether that's on your sofa or in your bed or lying on a yoga mat.
I invite you to settle for a few minutes,
To take some time out in your day,
To find some peace and calm.
It will do wonders for your nervous system and your mind,
Especially during these uncertain,
Unprecedented times.
So settling down and settling in,
Take a lovely deep breath through the nose and exhale,
Breathe out the mouth if you wish.
Breathing in slowly and deeply through the nose.
Breathing out,
Softening,
Letting go.
Breathing in slowly and deeply into the belly and the whole body.
Breathing out,
Relaxing,
Letting go.
Sensing the support and the safety beneath you.
You are safe and supported by the earth beneath.
There is nothing for you to do right now,
Nowhere for you to be.
Just allowing yourself this space to relax and calm the mind and the body during these uncertain,
Unprecedented times.
Allow yourself this space to breathe,
Bringing your awareness to the breath now,
Your own natural breath.
There's nothing that you need to change.
Simply observing the sensations of your own natural breath.
Sensing the breath coming in and sensing the breath going out.
As the mind may start to wander,
Which inevitably for most of us it will,
And that's absolutely fine.
There's nothing wrong with that.
We can practice observing where the mind has wandered without judgment,
Without expectation or labeling.
Simply observing where the mind has wandered and gently escorting our awareness and our attention back to the sensations of our breath.
The sensations of the inhalation,
The sensations of the exhalation.
Sensing the breath coming in and the breath going out.
That's all.
That's all we're doing in this short breathing space.
Breath coming in and breath going out.
Practicing at the moment where we notice our mind might have wandered with kindness and compassion and curiosity,
Observing where the mind has wandered and with that same gentle,
Soft kindness and compassion.
Escort our awareness and our attention back to the sensations of our own natural breath.
The breath is our anchor.
The breath is certain during these uncertain times.
Allow yourself to come back to your own breath at any time during the day if you feel overwhelmed.
Come back to the sensations of your breath.
Allow yourself to take a deep breath perhaps.
Allow your body and mind some space during these times to settle,
To find moments of calm.
I wish you well.
Stay safe.
Stay well.
