Lotus Spirit Yoga and Meditation

12/21/2024

Long deep breathing, or yogic breath:

🧘‍♀️ Sit or lie in a comfortable position with the spine straight and shoulder relaxed down the back

👃🏻Inhale a deeply through the nose, allowing the abdomen to expand as you fill your lungs. Imagine the breath filling the belly first, then the chest, and finally up near your collarbones.

⏸️ Pause briefly, feeling the fullness of the lungs

👃🏻 Exhale slowly and completely - Imagine the breath leaving your upper chest first, then your chest, and finally the abdomen. Allow your belly to contract as you gently press the air back up and out.

🧘🏽‍♂️ Repeat this cycle of deep inhalation and slow exhalation. Focus on making each breath smooth and even.

🫁 As you became more comfortable and familiar with the technique, try making each inhale and exhale the same length, such as to a count of 4. As you progress with time, gradually increase the duration.

🧘‍♀️ Be patient with yourself as you learn to deepen and lengthen your breath

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YES!

You've been through a thousand things in your life people don't even know about. You've experienced things that have shook you, changed you, broke you, built you and taught you to be stronger than you ever thought you had the ability to be. And you are who you are for all of it.

So the next time someone judges you based on a small part of what they see and how they interpret that, remember who you are, remember how much you've overcome and smile and keep walking because you don't have a single thing to prove to anyone else. You've already proved so much to yourself who muddled through storms that people didn't even see because of how you carried yourself.

~ Kirsten Corley

~ Art by Sam Toft