MEDITATION: Learning Video 4: Breathing with the Body

BREATHING WITH THE BODY
This is the fourth video in a series of videos - a step-by-step tutorial - to learn and practice meditation by yourself by listening to and following the instructions given in the video.
In this session, we are re-visiting and deepening what we have learned in the three earlier videos.

Instructions:
Please sit down - legs folded crosswise, back straight and eyes closed.
Focus your attention on the nostrils as you breathe in and as you breathe out.

In this session, we will re-visit and deepen what we have learned earlier.
Begin by simply bringing attention to the breathing.
Always mindful of your breath, breathe in; mindful, breathe out.
If you breathe in long, know: I am breathing in long. If you breathe out long, know: I breathe out long.
If you breathe in short, know: I am breathing in short. If you breathe out short, know: I breathe out short.
Don’t worry if your mind wanders away, bring it back gently. Observe your breath.

As the breathing becomes deeper, focus on the body.
Keeping a watch on your breath in the background, look inwards to the major parts of your body: head, shoulders, hands, palms, chest, stomach, upper back, lower back, legs and the feet.
Sensitive to the whole body, breathe in. Sensitive to the whole body, breathe out.
As you familiarize with your body, while keeping a watch on your breathing, relax your limbs one-by-one: forehead, eyes, cheeks, neck, shoulders, heart, stomach, upper back, lower back, thighs, calf muscles, ankles, and soles of your feet.
Calming the whole body, breathe in. Calming the whole body breathe out.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated!
Open your eyes gently and come out of meditation.

Continue your practice of meditation. When you feel, you have mastered this segment, you may proceed to the next video. Remember, meditation is a lifetime’s work.

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Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills