Breathing Meditations

Your breath is always with you - which makes it one of the most accessible anchors for meditation. These breathing practices range from simple breath awareness for beginners to structured techniques for calming your nervous system.
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Body Scan
A Practice for Cultivating Moment-to-Moment Gratitude 

This 12-minute body scan and breath awareness practice integrates relaxation, mindfulness, and gratitude. Cultivating the ability to notice what arises in our field of awareness—pleasant or unpleasant—with sustained attention. Read More 

  • Scott Rogers
  • January 9, 2019
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Breathing Meditations
A Meditation for Opening Up 

Openness is a quality of being that helps us give space to things. Explore this meditation practice to let go of the familiar and become aware of spaciousness. Read More 

  • Frank Ostaseski
  • November 21, 2018
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Breathing Meditations
Breathing Practice for Stress 

A breathing technique to soothe stress and work with challenging emotions with Zindel Segal, co-founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Read More 

  • Zindel Segal
  • October 17, 2018
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Breathing Meditations
Breathing Compassion In and Out 

Kristin Neff guides us through a twenty-minute compassion meditation, first directing kind phrases to ourselves and then to others. Read More 

  • Kristin Neff
  • September 4, 2018
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