Calming & Grounding Meditation

Calming and grounding meditation.

You can do this meditation seated in a chair or on the floor or if you're more comfortable laying down flat on your back.

I want you to start by placing one hand on your heart and the other on your belly and just take a beautiful breath in through the nose and exhale slowly through the mouth.

On this next cycle of breath,

We're going to do an inhale for the count of four,

Hold it for a count of seven and exhale for a count of eight to really calm your nervous system.

We will repeat this four times.

Inhale two,

Three,

Four.

Hold two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven and release two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight.

Again,

Inhale and hold and release.

On this next breath,

I want you to visualize a calm body of water.

Inhale,

Hold,

Release.

And on this last breath,

I want you to picture yourself floating on that calm body of water.

Inhale,

Hold and release.

As your body has relaxed and your nervous system has regulated,

Repeat these three affirmations.

I am safe.

I am grounded.

I am enough.

When you're ready,

Release your hands,

Open your eyes and come back to the room and repeat this meditation anytime you need to.

Namaste.