Sitting with Natures Breath
Mindfulness & Nature Connection Exercises
Nature Heals
Following the psychological principles of nature healing and forest bathing this is a foundational meditation to practice sitting with nature and absorb the energy through awareness.
Nature is the natural way to calm your nervous system
Connects you directly to the one -ness of the earth
Creates a peaceful mind
Connect your body to earth
Mindfulness knows your are sitting when you are sitting
Bring your attention to your posture.
Is your body alert and responsive ?
Are you comfortable and relaxed ?
Learn your best position
Be like a tree
Be rooted in the earth by sitting on the ground and bring your awareness to how this feels.
Make enquiry to how your body feels with the ground supporting your body.
Settle your Mind
Your breath is nature’s spirit
Bringing your awareness to your breath and feeling the sensation of it through your body is honouring life itself.
Take some time just doing that
Now you and nature are both present and breathing mindfully.
Deepen your breath
Slowly deepen your breath , counting 4 intentional deep inward breaths feeling the air enter your body and hold for a second a count to 4 with your release bring awareness to the air leaving your body and how you feel.
Balancing your nervous system
Repeat 10 times or longer if you feel you need more
How does that feel in your body ?
Let those thoughts dissipate away by naturally bringing your attention back to breath.
Feel the flow of air
Your Body is Earths Body
Returning to your body is going home.
It remembers you all the time.
Know your Body
For a few minutes gently scan your body
How are you today ?
Are there any sensation ?
Are you warm , cold , just OK ?
You know what you know
It is OK not to be great
Just feel without judgement
Let things just be
Let your body teach you without needing thoughts
Rest now and feel the breath of nature
Open your awareness to the breath of nature
Listen to the sounds
Smell the scents
Look at the colours and shapes
Feel your body resting and being supported by earth
Sense your breath
Open up to everything , let be everything and sit in the presence of natures breath.
Let everything be
No need for thoughts , no need to name , no need to explain just be as nature intended in silence.
Let Nature support you and anchor you to earth
Bring yourself back to breath when your mind wanders and open up once more to natures breath
