Episode 41: Gratitude | Breath + Body

Did you enjoy this guided meditation? Rate + Review + Share The Meditation Well.For more information on meditation, mindset, and mindful movement services Jess offers, visit www.yogastorynow.com.Thank you for meditating with me today!Meditation Script:Bring attention to the position of your body in this moment.Are you seated or lying down. If you’re lying down, are you positioned on yourback or side or belly? If you’re seated, are you in a chair or on the floor orsupported by a cushion or blanket or block? Scan your body. Notice pain points.Bring your attention to anywhere pain exists in the body. Notice the sharp,shooting, stinging, or tingling sensations. Notice any tension in the body. Tension,distinguishable from pain, exists in the body to help release stress through shortening(strength) and lengthening (stretch) of muscle. Now notice where you feel relaxed. In what areas of the bodydo you feel a release or ease of tension? Does your body feel mostly relaxed ormostly tense? Observe, attaching no value judgement, no right or wrong to howyou feel in your physical space, simply notice what is. Notice your breath. Observe how you’re breathing. Feel thetorso fill up with your breath as you breathe in. Feel the torso relax as youbreathe out. Feel the diaphragm, that muscle just below the lungs, contract asyou breathe in, then relax as you breathe out. Notice the slight pause at thetop of the breath and then at the bottom of the breath. Observe any resistanceor ease as you fully breathe in. Observe any resistance or ease as you fullybreathe out. Feel your whole body breathe in and out-- breath, like blood,moving through your body. Say to yourself, “I am thankful for my breath and body. I amthankful for my breath and body. I am thankful for my breath and body.” Easethrough your day feeling whole in breath and body. Thank you for meditatingwith me. Peace.