Beginners Practice For Learning To Receive (5 Mins)

A warm welcome to The Daily Insight.

My name is Fleur Chambers and as always it is my pleasure to spend this time with you.

In today's short practice we shall turn our awareness to the powerful practice of receiving.

So settling in and closing down your eyes if you like and casting your awareness onto the movement of your breath.

Air flowing in,

Air flowing out.

And opening now to receiving each breath with a sense of curiosity and gratitude.

Each breath a gift.

Each in-breath an opportunity to receive fresh oxygen.

To connect with your own sense of aliveness and vitality.

Each in-breath an opportunity to begin again.

Can you feel it in your body?

Each out-breath an opportunity to exhale carbon dioxide.

An opportunity to let go of any thoughts or emotions that no longer serve you.

Each out-breath an opportunity to let go of physical tension and to soften.

Softening across your eyes.

Your jaw.

Softening your shoulders.

Softening your stomach also.

Whole body at ease now.

Here in this space of receiving bringing to mind a time when you received from others.

Perhaps a small gesture of kindness,

Maybe a larger gesture of love or appreciation.

Bringing the details to mind and heart.

Really remembering how it felt to receive in this moment.

Breathing this reflection deep within you.

And now connecting with a time when you received your own wisdom,

Your own support or love.

Picturing the details in your mind's eye now.

Really remembering how it felt to receive from yourself.

Breathing it in.

And finally receiving my best wishes for you.

Receiving my heartfelt hope that you are happy.

That you can be free of fear.

That you may live in peace.

Breathing this sense of receiving deep into your body,

Mind and heart so that it may guide your actions today.

Rubbing your hands together.

Receiving your own warmth.

And placing them somewhere on your body that feels good for you.

Opening your eyes ready to receive from the world in which you live.