Most of us, most of the time, spend very little attention to their own breath. We take it for granted. Breath meditations are a wonderful starting point for most people. When we pay attention to our own breath, with patience, kindness, interest, and acceptance, we learn a great deal about our present state of mind and heart. Often just the act of meditating on our breath, without any effort to change it, our breathing becomes slower and deeper, helping the brain, heart to work more efficiently, and spirit to settle, and heal, and grow, and strengthen.
Some people pay a great deal of attention to their breathing because it is difficult or even painful, due to injury, deformity or disease. For those, learning to meditate on the breath, with patience, kindness, interest and acceptance, a peace can be developed around the breath limitations, and that peace, in turn, can bring about the freedom that invites physical healing and improvement in the breath.
We offer several different versions of guided breath meditations. Most focus on paying attention to your breath just as it is, in the moment, without trying to change anything.
There is a benefit to learning to intentionally encourage in yourself, slower deeper breathing. You may find that you wish to practice this slow and deep breathing. This app below can be a useful tool. If you choose to train your breath, we encourage you to devote some significant time, in addition, to noticing your breath, as it is, in the moment, with no effort or intent to change anything.
There is a benefit to learning to intentionally encourage in yourself, slower deeper breathing. You may find that you wish to practice this slow and deep breathing. This app below can be a useful tool. If you choose to train your breath, we encourage you to devote some significant time, in addition, to noticing your breath, as it is, in the moment, with no effort or intent to change anything.
You may customize this breathing app by clicking on the 3 bars in the upper right hand corner. You may choose the breathing type, adjust the length of time for in-breath, out-breath, hold. You can activate sound, change the colors, and make it full screen.