Sample Meditation
Feel the benefits of yoga by spending a few minutes in this simple meditation.
Sit quietly for a moment. Notice how you feel right now. Sit up straight and tall: press the crown of your head to the sky, without lifting your chin, elongating the spine. Roll your shoulders up, back and down. Already you are allowing yourself to breathe more deeply and fully.
Place your hands gently on your belly. Notice how you are breathing, without trying to change it. Now gradually deepen your breath. Feel your belly rise on your next inhalation as if you were inflating a balloon. Feel your belly fall on your next exhalation as if a balloon were deflating. You may notice your rib cage and upper chest gently rise and fall as well.
Focus your attention on your breath. Breath going in and breath going out. Allow any thoughts that creep into your mind to gently float away while bringing your attention back to your breath.
Stay in meditation for one minute, two minutes, five or twenty minutes. Whatever you have the time and inclination for. When you have completed your meditation allow your eyes to open and notice how you feel. Do you feel better, calmer, happier, more at ease? You have just experienced some of the benefit of yoga.
Sit quietly for a moment. Notice how you feel right now. Sit up straight and tall: press the crown of your head to the sky, without lifting your chin, elongating the spine. Roll your shoulders up, back and down. Already you are allowing yourself to breathe more deeply and fully.
Place your hands gently on your belly. Notice how you are breathing, without trying to change it. Now gradually deepen your breath. Feel your belly rise on your next inhalation as if you were inflating a balloon. Feel your belly fall on your next exhalation as if a balloon were deflating. You may notice your rib cage and upper chest gently rise and fall as well.
Focus your attention on your breath. Breath going in and breath going out. Allow any thoughts that creep into your mind to gently float away while bringing your attention back to your breath.
Stay in meditation for one minute, two minutes, five or twenty minutes. Whatever you have the time and inclination for. When you have completed your meditation allow your eyes to open and notice how you feel. Do you feel better, calmer, happier, more at ease? You have just experienced some of the benefit of yoga.
