Opening Meditation & Thoughts to Begin Class
Close the eyes & begin to draw inward. Let the breath guide you there. The breath flows in like a wave and out like a wave. Slowly & Smoothly. (pause) You find your center of calm – the place where you feel grounded and centered. Before movement we will come to center.
Cue Words Related to the Theme
- Before movement come to center.
- Find stillness and connect to the calm within you.
- Use your breath to dissolve any busyness. Let that go with your exhale, and as you center, find your balance.
- As you find focus through the breath, move into your pose.
- Find your dristi, soften the gaze. As the mind centers, the body finds balance. Let that focus take you into the pose.
Meditation for Shavasana
Allow your body to settle. Begin to tune into your breath. Following the rise and fall of the belly with each breath. Allow the full weight of your body to sink into your mat as every muscle in your body softens, your bones become heavy.
Observe where you feel yourself breathing. Maybe it’s in movement of air in and out of the nose. Maybe it’s the rise and fall of the chest or the belly.
Maybe you want to allow awareness to move between the spaces you feel the breath. Or perhaps you want to focus on one area where you feel the breath most. There is no right or wrong, just exploration of the breath. Rest & restore in the centering of your breath.