This is a breath for loosening your shape. As with any breath pattern taking control of your breath changes your energy. I have used this breath pattern when having trouble sleeping due to over tension.
This breath pattern lets you open to more because it softens our edges of our shape and allows the mask we hold to become less solid and also less important. This breath helps you to slow down and connect with Nature and other energies.
The images used here are round images because they relate to the shape of the world we live on and they do not have corners for things to get stuck in.
There are two versions here the longer version and the shorter abbreviated version.
Softening Breath Full Exercise
Close your eyes and feel your breath in your body, in and out in and out.
Allow that breath to fill you and then let it release.
Fill you – – -and let it release.
On your next breath allow you breath to expand a little larger than your body, and on the out breath contract a little smaller than your body.
A little larger – – – A little smaller
A little larger – – – – A little smaller
A little larger – – – – – A little smaller
Now allow your breath to expand further to the size of the visible space or room you are in and contract it down to the size of a basketball
Out to the visible space or room- – – – – – down to a basket ball
Visible space or room – – – – – – down to a basket ball
Expand to the whole area or building you are in – – – – – – then down to the size of a softball
This area or building – – – – – – – down to a softball
This area or building – – – – – – – down to a softball
Expand to the size of the state you are currently in- – – – – – then down to the size of a baseball
The state you are currently in – – – – – – – – down to a baseball
Expand your breath energy out to the whole country – – – – and down to the size of a golf ball
Out to touch this whole country – – – – – – – – down to a golf ball
Expand even further out to the size of our world, the whole world – – – and down to a pea
Out to the whole world – – – – – – – and down to a pea
Reach out into the entire Universe as far as you can — then down to a pinpoint of light
To the Universe ———–and down to a pinpoint of light
Now let your breathing return to normal
Feel the softness of your shape and then gently open your eyes and see
Abbreviated Softening Breath Exercise
Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Feel it in your body in and out, in and out.
Allow your breath to fill your body, and when you breath out gently allow ithe breath to empty from your body.
In and out
In and out
Now the next time you breath in let the breath expand larger than your body
And when you breeath out let it contract smaller than your body
A little larger – – – – a little smaller
A little larger – – – – – – a little smaller
A little larger – – – – – – – – a little smaller
Feel your edges soften with the breath
Stretch your breath out as large as you can and bring it in so very small
As large as you can – – – so very small
As large as you can – – – – – – so very small
Continue to keep loosening for a moment…….
Now let your breath return to normal
Feel the softness of your shape and then gently open your eyes and see