Name: Brainstorm Health 2024: Meditation Moment
Uploaded: 2024-05-24
Duration: 5 min 27 s
Description: Rosie Acosta, Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, Headspace

Rosie Acosta, Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, Headspace

Brainstorm Health 2024: Meditation Moment

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Hi, everyone. Welcome. It's so nice to be here. I've learned so much even just being here for a couple of hours and I'm so honored to be here. It's so important for us to be able to take a moment in our day to reset, to recalibrate, to come back into our body and our breath. And so I would love to guide you through a short practice so that we can do just that um you know, our bodies, we're just having this conversation with one of my colleagues right outside and we're talking about all the information that we get put in right where there's so much constant barrage of information we're trying to process and our body has the opportunity to digest our mind needs that same type of experience, right? So we don't have those opportunities or those moments where we let our mind just be bored, right? Because we're constantly, you know, one thing to the next. And so I'd like us to take this moment to just arrive here and reset. So find a comfortable position. Sit up nice and tall. My teacher always says the straighter, the spine, the calmer, the mind whether that's true or not. I don't know, but we'll find out. So, instead of nice and tall, have your palms facing or on your lap if that's comfortable or any other position and together, let's take a big deep breath into the nose, open your mouth. Exhale. Ok, we'll do that again two more times. Deep breath in, open your mouth. Exhale good one more time, deep breath in deep, deep breath, as deep as you can slight, hold at the top, open your mouth. Exhale good. If it's comfortable for you, perhaps you can close your eyes together. We arrive to this present moment, just observing what is present, bring your attention and awareness to whatever is supporting you in this moment. Notice the chair underneath you the ground that's holding the chair, bring your attention to your legs and just have the intention to relax, bring your awareness to your lower back, relax your stomach, your chest, relax your shoulders, your arms, your hands, relax the back of your neck, the muscles of your face, relax your throat, begin to bring your attention and your awareness to your mind. Notice the busyness of thought, the fluctuation of thought. Just notice without judgment, just noticing. Now, I want you to begin to imagine your thoughts like slow moving clouds in the sky. Perhaps observing these clouds begin to slow down. And as they slow down, your mind begins to quiet, sometimes the most important thing in the day. Is the moment you have between breaths. Notice your body, notice your breath continue to relax your throat, your shoulders together, take a big deep breath in nice long exhale. And when you're ready, gently lower your chin, blink your eyes open, come back to the space and just notice if there is a shift. So always say this to people. I know that's brief, but it really only takes about three minutes for your mind, your brain to actually start to feel the benefits of a meditation practice. We have 1440 minutes in a day and we can find at least three minutes in those to practice. Thank you so much for letting me share that with you.