This meditation uses your breath to help relax your body and calm your mind. Breath Meditation allows you to go into a deeper meditative state, helping to strengthen your minds awareness. It is easier to meditate focussing on your breath instead of trying to empty your mind and focus on nothing. The breath or Prana comes into your body through the air we breathe. Prana is our life force, as air enters your body it brings new energy and on the exhalation lets go of old energy. Breath meditation can cleanse the lungs, encourage a good night’s sleep, de-stress and improve emotional health.
Lay on your back in Corps pose (Savasana), legs slightly apart, let your feet roll open, rest your arms at your sides, palms up, close your eyes, if you need to support your lower back bend the knees or find a more comfortable position. Feel your whole body starting to relax and soften, sinking down into the matt. Connect with your breath, breathing in through your nose and out through your nose. Start to lengthen your breath, breathing in through your nose and into your belly, allowing your belly to swell, like a balloon and as you exhale allow your belly to soften. Use your exhalation to let go of any tension or irritation. When you feel ready, take your breath even deeper, breathing into your belly, your belly rise and then into your chest, your chest rises. As you exhale, notice your chest fall and then your belly fall. When you feel ready to go into your Full Yogic breath, take longer and slower breath in through your nose and into your belly, your belly rise, into your chest, your rises and then collar bones, your collar bones rise. Retain that breath for a moment, as you exhale notice the breath leaving your body, notice your collar bones fall, your chest fall and your belly softens. The full Yogic breath will help to cleanse the lungs and relax the body. Take as many full Yogic breaths as you feel you need.
Now allow your breath to flow naturally in and out through your nose. Try not to control it. Think of 3 words that you want to bring into your body, for example “Love, Health & Gratitude” and think about where you want to focus the words, for example ‘love to the heart’ or ‘Health to the body if you have any pain or discomfort in the physical body or perhaps health and wellbeing of the mind’. Visualise your first word in-front of you, turn this word as a colour. As you inhale take the colour into your body, see this colour start to travel around your body and fill your body. See the colour settle at your chosen area. Do this for all 3 words.
Notice how you are feeling.
Keep Your breath flowing naturally. Start to count your breath on each exhale. See how far you get before losing concentration. Stay here as long as you wish.
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