Morning Energizing Breath

Find a comfortable seated or lying position. Listen to contraindications. If you experience anxiety during the breath holds, shorten the duration or discontinue.

“I invite you to lie down or to sit”

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth continuously without pauses for 15 breaths.

“we breathe in through the nose out through the mouth continuously without any pauses”

Exhale all the way out, pause, close your mouth, and relax your body for 20 seconds. If you feel discomfort, shorten the duration or skip this step.

“take a big breath in pause for a moment at the top and then exhale all the way out”

Inhale all the way up to the eyebrow center, inhale a little more, pause and squeeze your pelvic floor muscles, draw your belly in, lift it up, hold for 5 seconds, then release. If this feels straining, reduce hold time.

“breathe in in five four three two one inhale all the way up to the eyebrow center”

Breathe in a normal fashion, allowing the breath to ground you back into the moment. Stay here as long as you need.

“you can breathe in a normal fashion now just allowing the breath to ground you back into this moment and you can stay here for as long as you need”