Beginner Series - Day 3: The Breath Is Special (Guided Med.)

Welcome back.

Make yourself comfortable again,

And you can begin to close your eyes.

And today,

We'll go for three minutes.

So,

As usual,

Begin to notice how your experience shifts as you go inward.

And once again,

You can find your breath.

Find the rhythm of your breath today.

What's it like right now?

And you don't need to change it.

You don't need to slow it down or calm it.

Just notice what your breath is automatically doing.

And that's part of what makes the breath special as an anchor,

Because it can work in two different ways.

There's the passive way,

Where it's always automatically going.

Your body is automatically breathing,

Even if you're not paying attention.

Or,

You can take command of your breath at any time and use your will to adjust it,

To speed it up or slow it down,

Take deeper breaths or more shallow ones.

And so,

There's this interesting area there between the passive and the active.

And that's something you can observe as you meditate.

Just notice how your body automatically breathes.

In and out.

And how you can so subtly shift that,

If you choose to.

In and out.

Rising and falling.

In and out.

And that's it.

Well done.