This meditation helps you to prepare for or recover from surgery or any other procedure by combining mindful breathing with savoring. (15 minutes)
Welcome to mindful breathing before procedure. This brief mindful breathing exercise will allow your body and mind be more receptive to the therapeutic effects of surgery or procedure. It will also allow your body and mind to relax and reduce the experience of the side effects. When you're ready, take it
Deep breath in through your nostrils and breathe out through your mouth. Now you can really begin to notice the sensation of the legs and back that. Making contact with the cushion of the chair or the bed you're laying down. And when we have this word contact, what is it really?
A sensation of warmth or heaviness, martingling, or some other sensations. Just noticing.
However it is, an in the moment when you are ready, becoming aware of the state of the body in this moment. As the body tired, more full of energy. Perst the body tense or relaxed. It doesn't really matter. Just noticing the state of the body in this moment.
I in the moment noticing the state of the mind. At this full of thoughts, a mostly empty of thoughts. Thus moving quickly, more slowly. Again, it really doesn't matter. Just noticing the state of the mind in this moment.
And when you're ready, you can begin to pay attention to the breath. And there's no need to breathe in an special way. Just noticing the natural sensation of the breath. Becoming aware of the sensation of the air moving into the nostrils. Noticing the temperature of that air is warm.
Coolness. You might even notice that you have tiny muscles in the nostrils. The flaxo flare as you breathe in. Just noticing the sensation of the breath in this moment.
That's right. In the moment, soon you may begin to notice that mind begins to wander. To thoughts, feelings, images, memories. And if the mind wonders, that's okay. Because that is what minds do. They wonder. Just noticing where the mind has wondered off to. Acknowledging that thought or feeling and then letting it go. And gently, buffer my returning the focus of the tension back back to the breath.
And with each passing breath, becoming more focused, becoming more aware and soon,
You may begin to notice that the mind wanders again. And if the mind wanders, that's okay. Just noticing where the mind has wandered off to.
Acknowledging and accepting that thought or feeling. You might even say to yourself, in the space of your own mind, it's okay to have this thought or feeling right now. And then you can let it go. And gently, performly. Return the focus of the tension back to the breath.
Again and again.
Each time that you notice that the mind has wondered. You become aware of where the mind has wondered off to. And you acknowledge and accept that thought or feeling.
Turn the focus of your tension back to the breath.
You're strengthening your mindfulness. Each time you return your tension back to the breath. Learning to step back, To step back. To step back from your thoughts and feelings, I end to the clear open space of mindfulness.
And soon, you may begin to notice the sensations thoughts, feelings, images and memories come and go, oh under own. Like clouds passing in a clear blue sky.
drifting. This thoughts come out of nowhere, change shape and then fade into the distance. All on their own. And there's no need to hold on to this thoughts. I'll push them away. You can just let them go.
And the part of the mind is like those thoughts, passing like clouds. But there is a deeper part of the mind. That is more like the space in which the clouds pass. The observing awareness that is open, vast, spalas, and Free, just watching, just observing peacefully.
And you can focus your tension on that part of the mind where you can continue to focus your tension on your breathing.
That's right. And now you can take a few long moments to focus on the best parts of this experience. Appreciating and savoring whatever positive thoughts and feelings have come up in you in this practice. Focusing on this experience now. Or you can continue to focus in your breath. Knowing that you You can return to the state of mindfulness whenever you need to. Simply by bringing your attention back to the breath.
Then very slowly and gently. When you're ready, You may feel a little more comfortable, a little more centered, and a little more hopeful about the future. When you open your eyes, and return your attention to the room.