About this episode Embark on a daily journey of self-renewal with our guided breathwork sessions. This series offers clear, intentional routines designed to help you release daily stress, recharge your energy, and restore inner balance. Let a calm, experienced coach guide you through powerful breathing techniques, empowering you to reset your mind and body each day and cultivate lasting well-being.
0:00 The human jaw can exert up to two hundred seventy pounds of force.0:10 In our last session, Admin, we used the delicate work of Nadi Shodhana to find balance.0:23 Today, we are not looking for balance.0:29 We are looking for what needs to be put down.0:35 So let’s begin.0:38 Find a comfortable position.0:42 Seated or lying down.0:45 It does not matter.0:48 What matters is that for the next few minutes, you are supported.0:58 Close your eyes if you feel safe to do so.1:04 And just… arrive.1:07 Notice the weight of your body.1:12 The points of contact.1:15 The chair, the floor, the bed beneath you.1:21 Feel it holding you.1:24 You don’t need to hold yourself up right now.1:31 Bring your awareness to your breath.1:37 Not changing it.1:39 Not controlling it.1:42 Simply noticing.1:45 The air entering your nose.1:49 The rise of your chest and belly.1:54 And the fall.1:56 The gentle release as you exhale.2:01 This is your anchor.2:04 This breath.2:06 Always here.2:07 Now, we will begin a journey through the body.2:14 The goal is not to fix anything.2:19 The goal is to notice.2:23 Bring your attention all the way down to your feet.2:30 What do you feel?2:33 Is there tightness in the arches?2:38 Tension in the toes?2:41 Just notice.2:43 Allow your awareness to travel up.2:48 Through the ankles.2:51 The calves.2:53 The knees.2:54 Into the large muscles of your thighs.3:00 Searching for any holding.3:04 Any tightness.3:06 And on the next breath in, bring your awareness to your hips and your lower back.3:18 A place we hold so much.3:22 What is there for you today?3:26 No judgment.3:28 Just awareness.3:30 Now, moving into your belly.3:35 Your chest.3:36 Let the breath be soft here.3:40 And now… the shoulders.3:44 Let your awareness rest right where your neck meets your shoulders.3:54 Feel the landscape of this area.3:59 Is there a knot?4:01 A tightness?4:03 A sense of weight?4:06 Good.4:07 You’ve found it.4:09 Now we know where to work.4:13 On your next inhale, I want you to breathe INTO that specific point of tension.4:25 Imagine the breath surrounding it.4:30 Not forcing.4:32 Just bringing awareness.4:36 And on the exhale… let it go.4:40 Imagine the knot gently unwinding.4:45 Imagine the tension flowing out of your body with the breath.4:55 Dissolving.4:56 Let’s do that again.4:59 Inhale, bringing awareness to the tension.5:06 Exhale… and release it.5:09 Let it soften.5:12 Now bring that same attention to your jaw.5:18 Unclench your teeth.5:21 Let there be space between the top and bottom rows.5:29 Breathe in.5:30 And as you breathe out, allow the jaw to go slack.5:38 Feel the muscles in your cheeks soften.5:44 Finally, your forehead.5:47 The space between your eyebrows.5:52 Inhale, notice any tension there.5:57 Exhale… and smooth it out.6:01 Let it go completely.6:04 For the next few moments, just be here.6:10 Breathing.6:12 Noticing the space you’ve created.6:17 The ease.6:18 The quiet.6:20 The tension is not gone forever.6:25 It will come back.6:28 That is the nature of things.6:32 But now you know the way out.6:36 It is always there.6:39 On the other side of the exhale.6:44 When you are ready, slowly begin to bring some awareness back to the room.6:55 Wiggle your fingers and your toes.7:01 Gently open your eyes.7:04 This physical ease belongs to you.7:09 You just uncovered it.
