Mindful Monday - A focus on breath

(a day later)

Moments for mindfulness can sometimes feel like they are hard to build into our day. If your days look busy, here is a quick activity you can build into your day, anywhere and any time. This week we are focusing on breath- whether you have 1 minute, 5 minutes or longer, take some time out to re-centre your mind and body with your breath. 

Find a space that feels comfortable 

Where possible, find a nice, quiet place to take a moment for breath. 

Place one hand on your stomach, and another on your chest. You might choose to close your eyes, or focus on an area of your surroundings. 

Take some deep breaths in and out

You might want to follow the gif above, use a breathing app, or count in your mind. If you are counting, one method is to try breathing out for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds and repeat. 

Try to notice the rise and fall of your chest and stomach. Where do you feel the breath? Do you feel it move all the way down to the base of your stomach?

Once you have finished your breathing time, take a moment to come back to your day

Take a moment to notice how you are feeling. If you are comfortable to, share with the Forums what this feeling was like for you. 

Breathing can help our minds and bodies reset, and give us a moment of mindfulness even on the busiest of days. 

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