108 : Meditation : You Deserve a Break

Thanks so much for being here and today's practice.We're just going to simply take a break.You spend so much time in your life thinking and doing for everyone else.Now's the time to simply take a break for yourself.And so I invite you to begin by finding a position that allows you to be both alert and relaxed at the same time.You can gently close your eyes or have an unfocused case casing down a few feet in front of you.And let's just begin with three deep breaths in and out.We begin this practice together.I invite you to bring,to mind an intention,an intention for what brings you to the practice today,noticing what arises in your mind.And sitting with that intention,but including also the intention to simply take a break to simply rest and invest in yourself and your wellbeing.And this difficult time that we're experiencing there's so much happening.So much thinking so much,doing so much worrying.This practice is an imitation to set all of that aside if only for a moment and to indulge in some much needed around.Relaxation and instilled this.So setting aside everything that has come before,anything that's on your to-do list and anything that is yet to come setting it all to the side and making the intention.To be here and now for you because you deserve it.So taking a deep breath in and letting it go and just tuning into the.Peeling the breath as it comes in and feeling the breath as it goes out,imagining with each in breath in each out-breath,you're relaxing a little bit more to this moment.This being here,arresting.Rejuvenating restoring each in breath,going a little bit deeper,relaxing a little bit more,not in any forced way,but just imagining yourself relaxing,little bit more.H in breath,any chopper.arresting the awareness on the breath,wherever you notice the breath sensation most vividly in the body right now,perhaps at the belly or the chest expanding and contracting or perhaps it's the nose or the mouth where the air is coming in and going.Wherever it is resting your awareness there and observing with an open kind and curious attitude.whenever you notice that your mind has drifted off.No problem.The mind is just doing what it does,creating thoughts.And so whenever you notice that your mind is pulled away,trust notice with an attitude of openness,curiosity,and kindness towards yourself and whatever you notice in your experience,and then just gently bring your attention back to the breath and begin again.Over and over again,returning to the breath.Okay.Letting go of any idea of doing it right or even good at meditating,simply resting in awareness.With a kind curious and open attitude.This is your time.This is your moment to relax.And so each time the mind wanders,welcoming it with kindness and gently coming back to the.And beginning,fresh aware of this in breath,aware breath,each one,your life happening here and now.Moment by moment by moment and breath by breath by breath.and again,if you notice your mind drifting off,bringing it back.Each in breath is a new beginning.Each out-breath is a chance to let go and relax a little bit more.and in these last moments of this practice together,I invite you to check in,can bring to mind and intention for how you'd like to show up for yourself and for others that you interact with,as you move into the rest of your day.Perhaps,this is the same intention you said at the beginning of the practice,or perhaps it's something else,but tuning in and seeing what is alive for you right now,as you think about how you'd like to show up moving forward in your day.and let us finish this practice with three breaths together,breathing in and out again.I'm letting it go once more,letting it go.And as you open your eyes and rejoin your space.Take one final mindful breath in and out as a reminder that this sense of calm is available to you anywhere,anytime,and really just takes turning your attention inward to the sensations of breathing in your body.Thank you so much for practicing.Maybe be healthy.May you be safe?May you be happy?