Episode 39: Learn How to Meditate (Part 3/4): Anchor With Your Breath
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Episode Description:
Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.
For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).
Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.
This episode (3/4):
Why do we choose the breath as the point of focus in meditation? Because the breath is occurring in the present moment…
When we anchor our attention on the breath, we become present
Practice is about cultivating presence
You don’t need to breathe differently: don’t need to make it different or deeper in a meditation practice.
Breathwork practice is different from meditation where you do control or manipulate the breath
Breathe in and out of the nose and let the breath be as it naturally is
The mechanism of the breath is fascinating - though it’s part of the autonomic nervous system (meaning we don’t have to think about doing it), we can still have a purposeful effect on it
Reminders
You can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.
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