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4 Min. Connect to Breath Meditation

DJDanielle Jokinen
over 3 years ago

Just become the observer of your breath. Notice it flow through your nostrils, through the space between your, your eyebrows. If your mind wanders off into tasks or thinking, just let it pass.

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  1. 0:00Danielle is here to connect you to your breath through meditation

    Danielle: I'm here to connect you to your breath through meditation. Just become the observer of your breath. Notice it flow through your nostrils, through the space between your, your eyebrows. If your mind wanders off into tasks or thinking, just let it pass.

Hello, everyone. My name is Danielle, and I'm here to connect you to your breath through meditation. So the first step is either to sit where you are, leaning, back against a wall, or even just like, yeah, lay down on the ground to get comfortable. And if closing your eyes feels comfortable to you, I invite you to do that now as well. So you can close your eyes, even just gently, you know, see a spot and try to focus on that one spot. And so I'll have you notice your breath. Just get settled wherever you are.

The thing is, with connecting to your breath, you don't need to do anything or force anything. Just become the observer of your breath, noticing it flow through your nostrils, through the space between your, your eyebrows, through the back of your throat, down into your belly, again, exhaling out your belly, back the back of your throat, through the space between your eyebrows and out the tip of your nose, just noticing it flow in and flow out. Noticing your breath allows you to really just notice things as they arise, as they are and as they are not.

Nothing to do about it, nothing to fix or figure out, just allowing you to observe your breath in the nose moving past space between your eyebrows, back your throat, down to your belly, again, out your belly, back of your throat, space between your eyebrows and out your nose. Notice if you're maybe leaning more forward or back, find your balance, notice leaning more to left or the right. Find your balance really lining up your center with your breath in and your breath out. And if your mind wanders off into tasks or thinking, just let it pass like a cloud in the sky and come back again.

Back to your breath flowing in and flowing out, maybe letting it lengthen. Now, what is your rib cage expand in the front of your body, the back of your body, left and right side of your body. Notice your rib cage expand. Your breath is your best friend right now. Allowing you just to tune into it, notice it, experience it and welcome it in. It's really your life force, it's your vitality. Becomes your superpower once you can bring great presence to your breath and see how it supports, enhances and really cultivates your life.

Once again you wander off into thinking where tasks come back to the breath. That's the first avenue into the present day now moment is your breath. Three more nourishing, cleansing breaths. Gently bring your arms up, big stretch, taking all the good energy created. Put down to your heart, chin to your chest. Say namaste. Good work my friends. Questions, comments on this meditation and really just connecting to your breath again. My name is Danielle let me know.

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