2024 - Week 2 - Breathing Practice🥰

Why Struggle? Podcast w Barbara J. Faison

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(2024) - Week 2 - Breathing Practice

It’s winter y’all and I really get into nerd mode at this time of the year. I enjoy reading and learning and resting. Right now I’m listening to the audio program, Unlock Your Wise and Mindful Brain on the Insight Timer app. As a premium member you get access to thousands of courses, including mine and I love learning, so there you have it.

In the audio course, Dr. Karolien Notebaert, shares scientific proof that mindfulness is beneficial and essential for our well-being. In fact, she says as a scientist she really didn’t believe mindfulness meditation was beneficial until she tried it. And now it is one of the things she highly recommends to manage stress and to help with brain function.

Did you know that mindfulness can be practiced for 5 to 10 minutes a day to help you relax, increase your self-awareness, and calm your nervous system.

I’m coming up on a birthday on the 22nd and giving myself permission to rest during the winter months even more than before. I mean, after all, that’s what the winter is for. Deep rest. I mean before you know it, it’ll be spring and I’ll be out and about. Lol.

Fun fact, I’m dictating the first draft of this newsletter into my phone while lying in bed, listening to the rain.

The excerpt from my excerpt from my book/eBook/audiobook, Why Struggle? Life is too short to wear tight shoe is the breathing practice.

For this practice, you may be seated or lie down, and it’ll only take two or three minutes.

Feel free to pause this until you’re ready to start.

Let’s begin.

Breathing Practice

Sit comfortably with your back straight if possible.
Close your eyes and begin to become aware of your
breath.
Simply breathe in and breathe out.
Pay attention to your breath as you breathe in and out.

Just breathe in and breathe out.

Breathe in and breathe out.
Feel the air moving through your nose and through your chest.

Just breathe in and breathe out.
Continue breathing and being aware of your breath and use this breathing technique throughout your day.
Try this practice for 5 minutes a day.

End of excerpt.

How do you feel? if you'd like to practice you can check out this three minute breathing practice on my YouTube channel and on online platforms like Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon and more. Just search for Barbara J. Faison as the artist and you will find me. I'd love for you to follow me, put me on your monthly playlist and choose the notification bell to learn when I have posted new meditations.

If you’re interested in checking out, mindfulness meditation live, I offer live sessions on Wednesday, 1/10 and 1/17, you can find all the links here or linktr.ee/barbarafaison to register. No experience needed, just your willingness to be there.

That’s it for now. if you’d like to share your thoughts - barbarafaison [e-mail] is the best way to reach me. And if social media is better for you, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, our best.

Considering breathwork or meditation as a tool for living life better? Here are a few resources that can support you:

• On the 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 8 - 9 pm eastern I host my Breathe with Barbara LIVE session that includes gentle movement, breathwork, meditation and silence. These gatherings are intimate, about 6-8 people, and only $15 a session. You can find the link to register at barbarafaison.com/store.
• If you prefer having a teacher for instruction, I offer one on one sessions as well as group sessions (min of 3 people). Send me an email or a message through the contact form on my website if you are interested.

• You can also find upcoming events and where you can meditate with me. All the links are on linktr.ee/barbarafaison.

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