A Daily Pause Podcast

Hello, hello! This is A Daily Pause Podcast. A weekly podcast where I guide you through short and simple practices of meditation, breathing, and journaling made easy, so you can use these same tools in your own daily life to find more calm wherever you are. So, settle in, get comfortable and let’s get started.I appreciate you being here!!Click here if you’d like the PDF guide sheet to go with the podcast this week!This week I want to take us to through a practice of grounding. This practice can be used for moments when you feel stuck in anxiety, or stress or are feeling generally distracted. It can be for any time you want to get out of your head and back into the present moment. Back to where you are right here, right now on the Earth.I first want to teach a new type of breath: It’s called oceanic breath or breath with sound. (In yoga, it is called ujjayi breathing). This is a gentle and controlled breath. To start, I want you to imagine (or physically do so) bringing the palm of your hand just a few inches in front of your mouth, like you’re holding up a small mirror. Next, you’ll take an inhale, and as you exhale, breathe as if you are trying to fog up the mirror.So again, together we’ll take a natural inhale, and as you exhale, open your mouth, fogging up your imaginary mirror in your hand. Notice the gentle contraction of your throat that makes this sensation of fogging the mirror. This is the breath with sound. The Oceanic breath.As you continue with a natural breath, keep that same sensation in the throat with your mouth closed for the inhale AND the exhale. Remove your hand from your face and take a few breaths here like this. (BREATHE!) Notice the sound it makes in the back of your throat, and see how this sound draws your attention inward.As always, take what works, use what feels good and leave the rest.Follow this and my storytelling on Substack:https://substack.com/@katiescogginsIntro Music:Music: Apollo 11 by Wanheda https://soundcloud.com/user-724527508License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://audiolibrary.com.co/wanheda/apollo-11Music promoted by Audio Library: https://youtu.be/Ot9187kyNpM?t=273Breathwork/Meditation Music:Music: memories of the sea by Rexlambo https://soundcloud.com/rexlamboLicense: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://audiolibrary.com.co/rexlambo/memories-of-the-seaMusic promoted by Audio Library: https://youtu.be/wjgpQXfY4O8 Get full access to A Daily Pause at katiescoggins.substack.com/subscribe

Hello, hello! This is A Daily Pause Podcast. A weekly podcast where I guide you through short and simple practices of meditation, breathing, and journaling made easy, so you can use these same tools in your own daily life to find more calm wherever you are. So, settle in, get comfortable and let’s get started.I appreciate you being here!!Click here if you’d like the PDF guide sheet to go with the podcast this week!I wanted to begin this week with the basics. The bare bones of the practices I use every day to ease my mind and connect with my body. Our brains do our thinking but our bodies do our feeling. So much of our perception comes from our bodies, and I think it is important we give ourselves time and space to listen to that wisdom as well. To get out of our heads and into our bodies.I know it’s easy to get caught up in the mind. It’s human. Our mind is a place where we have thousands, if not tens of thousands of thoughts floating around our head each and every day, many of them being repetitive. Anxiety, stress, our to-do lists, and over-thinking might have us forgetting that we are not just our brains, but rather we are a human being with an entire body. Not just a head with a thinking brain. But with a body that feels sensations and emotions and input from the world around us.Taking a moment to pause, breathe, and notice the body can be a great tool to gain a deeper level of awareness. To notice sensations as they arise. To process feelings you might have not noticed before. To give your entire being a moment to LAND right where you are in time and space. To REMIND your body, your nervous system, of all the way you are safe right here in this present moment. To help you feel calm, grounded and present in your day.Today I’ll share with you a guided meditation with a breathing practice followed by a journaling prompt for you to do at your own pace.As always, take what works, use what feels good and leave the rest.Follow this and my storytelling on Substack:https://substack.com/@katiescogginsIntro Music:Music: Apollo 11 by Wanheda https://soundcloud.com/user-724527508License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://audiolibrary.com.co/wanheda/apollo-11Music promoted by Audio Library: https://youtu.be/Ot9187kyNpM?t=273Meditation Music:Music: under the stars by Rexlambo https://soundcloud.com/rexlamboLicense: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/rexlambo/under-the-starsMusic promoted by Audio Library: https://youtu.be/YlIeGCslNDs Get full access to A Daily Pause at katiescoggins.substack.com/subscribe