Staying Open - Guided Mindfulness Meditation

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Let's begin by taking a moment to allow your body to settle. Find a comfortable position that allows your spine to be long but with a natural curve in the low back. You can close your eyes or keep them open with a soft gaze downward a few feet in front of you (2 seconds).
Let the belly and shoulders relax.
Today I’ll guide you through an open awareness practice.
Before we start, take a full breath in (2 seconds) and a long breath out (5 seconds).
Now along the breath to find its natural rhythm (2 seconds),
in and out.
As you breathe, the breath can be like an anchor or a foothold.
As you observe what's happening right now,
as you allow yourself to notice whatever is arising,
you can decide for yourself if you want to dial up or dial down
how aware of the breath you are at a given moment (10 seconds).
To practice giving equal open attention to whatever is arising, light questions can be helpful. What sounds do you hear that maybe you didn't notice before? (5 seconds)
What do your clothes or the air on your skin feel like? (5 seconds)
Are there any smells around you?
Are there any sensations in your body? (5 seconds)
This kind of active curiosity can reveal the more subtle parts of our awareness without getting us stuck or swept away by anyone thing (15 seconds).
Whenever you realize, you've gotten caught up in thinking just come back to rest and simple clear awareness of what's here now.
Focusing on a few breathes before coming back to open awareness can also help settle the mind before you open up your awareness again (20 seconds).
As we begin to close this open awareness practice, come back to focus on the breath letting awareness of other things fade to the background (2 seconds), breathing in and out.
Let's finish this open awareness practice now by taking a full breath in and a long breath out (5 seconds) ding (15 seconds).
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[@yasmineseropian2988]

Loved this one. Stayed on for quite a while. Thank you much!

[@oljaaaaaaa]

Fantastic!

[@MindfulnessExercises]

Very glad you enjoyed this practice!

[@mariasequeira6008]

Liked it. Is it normal to feel like yawning?