When the stress of the day gets to be too much, bring back the calm with this simple breathing lesson courtesy of Russell Delman's Embodied Life Program.
BEGIN:
Sit or lie comfortably.
TO DO:
Notice how you contact the surface that is supporting you. Feel that contact. Are you allowing yourself to really be supported by the surface you are on?
Continuing to feel your contact, expand your awareness to include any sounds you might hear - the furnace or air conditioner, people's voices, traffic, background music - whatever it is.
Holding both the physical sense and the auditory in your awareness, take 4 full breaths.
Release.
NOTICE
Do you feel more calm?
Special thanks to Russell Delman for a wonderful workshop. For those who don't know him, Russell is a Feldenkrais Trainer who has combined Feldenkrais, Meditation and Eugene Gendlin's Focusing into a program of mindfulness that he calls "Embodied Life". He offers public workshops for those looking to live more mindfully.
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