Improve your calm by doing this whole body breathing meditation. Close your eyes, feel the weight of your body, sit upright and relaxed.
A note from Sean
Many of us spend our work hours in our heads, thinking, analyzing, planning. I find it helps to invite more chances to inhabit the whole body, with gentle words like softening, releasing, and opening. We are not forcing anything. We soften bit by bit, and some days that is easier than others.
Try this today. Right now, feel the weight of your body in your chair. Then feel your breath moving beyond the nose: in the ribs, the back, the belly. Stay for three breaths. Do it again before your next email or meeting.
Keep going: Whole Body Breathing For Mindful Presence and the Short Body Scan Meditation Script.
This suits beginners and busy people alike. If attention on the body is uncomfortable, or you live with pain, rest on your feet or hands only, or open your eyes. Go gently. Stop when you need to.
