This meditation is for you if you have been feeling overwhelmed,
Stressed or disconnected from yourself and others.
In particular,
This meditation is for you if you feel you don't have time or the energy for longer meditation practices.
It's designed to create a brief moment of pause in your day.
So find a nice comfortable position where you won't be disturbed for the next 5 minutes and let yourself gently settle into a seated posture.
Draw your shoulders over your hips and let your hands rest wherever feels comfortable.
Feel your body just as it is and let your shoulders drop,
Your jaw soften and allow any tension in your face to melt away.
If you haven't done so yet,
Gently slowly close down your eyes and notice the weight of your body,
The feeling of being supported exactly where you are.
Take a beautiful nurturing slow deep breath in and a gentle exhale.
Start to observe your breath and imagine each breath bringing a sense of calm and a gentle warm light.
Feel this light filling you,
Softening you and releasing any tension in your body.
Let each breath bring you deeper into a state of rest.
Now with each inhale invite calm and with each exhale release what no longer serves you.
Flowing through that natural rhythm of the breath,
The ebb and flow.
Drawing in warm light and releasing cloudy dark puffs of clouds through the exhale.
If you feel your monkey mind starts to wriggle or move,
Gently bring your awareness back to your breathing,
To your breath.
Imagine each thought as a leaf on a gentle stream.
Watch it drift by,
Not needing to hold on to it.
Just return your attention to the soothing warm light within you,
Following with each breath.
Let yourself tap into this moment of calm and presence.
There is nowhere you need to be right now,
Just here in the stillness with your breath.
Take a few more soft grounding breaths,
Letting the sense of calm settle within you.
And now when you're ready,
Bring a gentle awareness back to the space around you.
Feel your body,
Your presence.
Know that this calm is always here within you,
Waiting for whenever you need it.
When you're ready,
Slowly start to move your body.
Wiggle your fingers and your toes.
Slowly,
Gently open your eyes and take this calm with you into your day.
Thank you so much for practicing with me today.
Namaste.
