Take a deep breath, sounds familiar....

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Of course!  we are all too familiar with it as a last resort to relieve stress and frustration. Guess what… it truly works!

Breath Meditation is a focused mediation where we focus on our breath, inhale and exhale. Mindful breathing is a very basic yet a powerful meditation practice. The idea is simply to focus your attention on your breathing to its natural rhythm and flow and the way it feels on each inhalation and exhalation.

Each tradition has different aims for meditation practices it introduces, so each will have associated ways of offering techniques for working with the breath, says Lodro Rinzler. So here, I’d like to share my ‘go to’ meditation approach that comes from Buddhism, intending to focus on the present moment – right now!! (not in the past nor in the future) 

 

The past has gone beyond recovery and the future is a mystery

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It focuses on your natural breathing rhythm or breathing pattern. Sit easy and find a comfortable way of breathing.

Start by taking a few deep long in and out breaths. This helps your body to get ready for meditation and makes the breath easier to observe. Try and notice where you feel the sensation to know that it is an in or out breath. If you don’t feel anything, just try changing the rhythm of breaths. Experiment with different ways of breathing to see how you feel. You can make the breath shorter or longer or short in and long out or vice versa. Also, you can try deep/shallow, fast/slow breathing and discover what you like or comfortable. Its important to be relaxed and the rhythm you settle into shouldn’t cause you any tiredness or effort.