Hey friends,
Thank you for joining me for this meditation.
So this meditation is based on basic pranayama which is the focus on breathing,
Breathing exercise.
So I wanted to give a short description of belly breathing which is what we'll be doing today.
It's the most common,
Most gentle kind of pranayama out there and is beneficial for everybody.
With belly breathing we tend to lead a very busy day or maybe a fast-paced lifestyle.
You may notice that the breath is being breathed right towards the collarbone,
The very top of the chest.
When we are calm,
When the nervous system is relaxed,
The breath will most likely be a little bit deeper,
Maybe towards the expansion of the ribs or the expansion even of the belly which is a place that we tend to hold quite tightly.
So we'll begin by placing your left hand over your heart and your right hand over your belly,
Kind of just right under the navel,
Resting the hands lightly,
Closing your eyes from wherever you are.
You can be laying down or unseated.
Begin to breathe in and out of the nose,
Observing the quality of your breath.
With your next inhale,
See if you can guide this breath a little bit fuller down into the rib cage.
So fully allow the heart to lift as you breathe in and then as you exhale letting the heart softly drop.
And again inhale to the heart space,
That left hand,
And then fully breathe into the belly,
The right hand,
Inhaling,
Spreading the belly and the core muscles.
Exhale,
Releasing.
Again as you inhale,
Breathing in through the nose to the left hand at the heart,
Down to the right hand at the belly,
And if you can,
We'll exhale,
Let the belly drop first and then the heart the chest.
Again,
Inhale to the heart,
The belly,
Exhale from the belly,
From the heart.
If it feels odd to fully expand into the low belly,
Let that weird feeling be there.
Fully softening those muscles.
Observe if you are rushing and slowly experience this movement of energy and breath through the body.
Let any last resisting muscles soften.
If that means the shoulders round forward,
Letting that happen.
Softening into the body further.
You may even begin to picture these waves moving up and down the torso.
Realizing that your breath is like this moving tide,
Moving tidal wave,
Allowing it to come in and wash back out.
I'd invite you to stay here for a couple more minutes,
If not longer,
And simply enjoy this breath,
This life-force energy inside of you.
Thank you so much for being here.
Namaste.
