Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding. – Thich Nhat Hanh
I believe that in order to build a strong foundational breathwork practice, you need to start from the most basic principle, find some sort of mastery within this space, and continue to grow.
This is why becoming aware of the breath is such a powerful practice. This mindfulness technique allows you to tether your awareness to the breath – and over time, you can make it become your resting state.
When you achieve this “Resting State”, you’ll constantly be monitoring your unconscious behavior, picking up subtleties and changes within by simply observing the breath.
During this 17-minute Guided Breathwork Meditation, our objective is to focus our awareness on the breath. However, considering that the mind can be a very “busy” place, we first utilize a technique from Yoga Nidra, in which you shift your awareness to different parts of the body.
Some people refer to this as a “Body Scan”, however – irrespective of what you call it, the effects are pronounced. You’ll quickly notice a deep sense of relaxation come over the body and the noise in your head fade way down.
Once we are done with this first aspect, we will begin a breath awareness meditation where we will simply observe the breath and how it behaves.
We will not be doing any ACTIVE BREATHING but rather will only sit passively as the Eternal Observer.
Once we have reached this state we will utilize the breath to create a Power Anchor so we can easily come back to the deep, calm, and relaxed state the meditation provides for us.
Enjoy the Meditation!
One of the best things about a guided breathwork meditation is that you literally don’t have to do much.
This is especially true with this “Awareness Meditation” – here, you simply have to follow along with the voice over and relax, allowing the narrative to gently guide your awareness to the different areas within and without.
The trick with breathwork is to do, but not to “try” too much.
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