This is what we will call the 'safe place' or 'our core'.
This is the place where the sensations of breathing first appears.
The Invitation:
- Sit or stand in an upright aware posture, without leaning.
- Allowing the mind and body to be relaxed and attentive.
- Open the chest, inviting the back and shoulders to soften.
- Balance the head on top of the spine, softening the neck.
- Closing the lips, drop the lower jaw and relax the tongue.
- Gently close the eyes, and soften the muscles around them.
- When the body and mind are content (not wanting).
- Notice where the in breath feels like it starts from.
- It could be any place in the body, belly, chest, throat etc.
- This is the safe place or our core (mine is the upper chest).
- Breathing in, notice the sensations spreading from the core.
- Last invite the breath to spread, to be deep and complete.
Why breath from our safe place?
It reduces stress and anxiety.
It allows us to be calmer and grounded.
It feels good and others sense the calmness.
It enables the parasympathetic nervous system.
We are safer in having more access to all of our faculties.
Our responses are skillfull when we are grounded in awareness.
