Breath Reset

Welcome everyone. This is a breath reset class, and the breath is one of the most powerful tools we have to regulate to reset our nervous systems. So you can join me anywhere. You could be sitting at a desk. You could do this as a morning practice.

You can do it as a midday practice. It is for pretty much, anywhere anytime. Just begin seated wherever you are. And as long as you're comfortable, and that's what matters. And once you are comfortable, close your eyes.

Let your hands rest on your thighs facing down And we'll begin with some gentle swaying side to side or truly any way that your body wants to move right now. So just this sway like you're rocking the body, soothing the body. Nice way to transition from whatever it is you were doing a moment ago. To arriving. So just continue a little bit longer, gentle swaying, in any direction side to side, forward back.

And then you'll pause bringing yourself to center, placing one hand over your navel in one hand over your heart is a way to connect with yourself more deeply to remind your body that you are safe, a nice way to bring yourself back to presence. And if you feel called to, set an intention for yourself in this moment. And then lower your hands again to your thighs. You can blink your eyes open here. You'll turn your head over to the left inhale.

XL as you turn your head to the right. So it's an inhale as the head turns and moves left. XL as it turns to the right. And you can close your eyes again as you turn your head side to side moves slowly. As your cervical is one of the more fragile parts of the spine and link your movement to the breath.

You're taking full inhales as you're turning to the left. Full exhales turning to the right. One more. Bring in your head back to center. We're gonna move into an energizing breath, stretching your arms up, reaching not just stretching through your arms, but your fingers, take a breath in through the nose sharply.

Make fists, strike your ribs as you sharply exhale. Inhale, stretch up. Open the palms, exhale, strike your ribs. Keep going. Once you get into the rhythm of this, you can close your eyes and just go with it.

The breaths are sharp. Sharp inhale, sharp exhale. This energizing breath can be practiced anytime you feel like you need a little pick me up. And you don't wanna reach for that cup of coffee in the afternoon or if you need to wake up in the morning. This is a great one to do.

Keep going. Keep going. 10 more. Stretch up. Open your palms. Take a deep breath in. Hold the breath.

Ground the sit bone, see if you can stretch up higher with your fingers. And exhale relax your body. Feel the pulse of your heart. Your energy is more elevated. Your heart rate's more elevated.

There's energy in your shoulders and your arms. I'm certainly feeling it myself. Just let that settle. Come back to regular breath. In through the nose and out through the nose.

And so from here, we're gonna move into Nadi Shodina, which is alternate nostril breathing. You're gonna lift your right arm like you're making a pledge and fold the first two fingers or not the first too, but the index and the middle finger. Take your thumb over to the right side of the nostril, inhale slowly through your left. Bring your ring finger over to the left side. Open the right exhale.

Inhale through the right. Close the right, open the left, exhale. Inhale. Exhale right. Inhale right.

Exhale left. And just continue at your own pace. So we go from an energizing breath into one that is more neutralizing. Helping that energy you built, settle, and feel sustainable. Energy that you could carry with you throughout the rest of the day into the evening.

If you're really in the rhythm of this, and you have the hang of it, just follow the breath. Visual with your inner gaze, as it travels up one side of the nostril, and travels down and exit through the other nostril. And when you exit the breath out through the left nostril, just lower your right hand, breathe again through both nostrils. Slowly inhaling and exhaling your gaze fixed at the opening of your nostrils. Just visualizing your whole body with prana.

Prana being life force energy. Visualizing it in any way that resonates with you. That your body is filled with this life force, that you are glowing with it from the inside out It is insourced and resides within you. Let's join the palms together in front of the heart bowing the chin in gratitude of our breath. This powerful breath, that guides us from darkness to light, from any confusion in the mind, to more clarity, and from inner chaos to inner peace.

Namaste.