Yoga seed – space

by lynnromeo

Welcome to this precious moment.

And this will only take a moment.

You might like to gently scan your body,

Notice what it is telling you and then 

Make any adjustments so you feel comfortable.

If you can scrunch your toes and then spread them apart

You might notice some space between your toes.

Now clench your fists, squeeze them tight and

Let them go, allowing your fingers to gently curl.

With your palms face up, feel the warm space in your hands. 

As you tuck your tail under a little and

Lift through the crown of your head

You create cushiony space between the vertebra of your spine.

Dropping your shoulders back and down

Brings an openness to the chest

Which allows the breath to flow freely and 

Creates nurturing space in which the lungs can expand.

Follow the next breath in, through your nostrils,

Feel the expansion in your lungs and

The release with the next breath out.

Follow your breath –

In … and … out … and … in … and … out …

Now perhaps you can focus on the space between the breaths –

After the breath leaves your body, can you

Sense the pause, however fleeting, before the next breath begins to flow in?

Then after the next inhalation,

Can you notice the moment of full expansion,

The space before the exhalation.  

Observing the spaces in your body and your breath,

Creates space in your life,

Affirms the space you have to allow your true self shine through.