Breathing Through the Beautiful Ordinary

Right now, in this exact moment, there is something beautiful within reach, not in the future, not once the anxiety settles, but right now, the light in the room, the sound of your own breath, the weight of your body finding red. Today, we are going to learn to breathe our way into the present and find what has always been waiting for us there. Hi there, a very warm welcome to calming anxiety, your daily 10 minute sanctuary. I'm Martin, clinical hypnotherapist, former frontline paramedic.

I spent years running towards crisis. Now I help people like you find the stillness within. Before we begin today though, I want to share something that is genuinely close to my heart. I'm in the very early stages of bringing the anchored app to iOS and Android.

A dedicated space built around everything this show stands for. A place where these sessions, this breath work, this stillness will live on your phone in the most beautiful and intentional way possible. I'm looking to the community to you to help make this happen through a Kickstarter and go fund me campaign. And here's what I want you to know.

Everyone who becomes a founding member and supports the bill will receive lifetime access to the premium content. For free, always. It's my way of saying thank you. You can see the early screenshots and find out more at calminganxiety.org/anchid.

I'd love you to take a look. And if you can help, then there's a link in the show notes to the go fund me page. Thank you. Now.

Let's come back to the breath, find your quiet place, somewhere safe, somewhere comfy where you won't be disturbed, headphones on if you can, and if it's safe to do so, gently, close your eye. Let's begin by resetting the nervous system together. A slow four count breath in through the nose, feel your head, feel your lung, expanding the ribs in your belly. Hold it gently at the top for a counter two and then a long slow out breath through your mouth for a counter six, a soft, audible sigh like the moment at the end of a long day when everything finally lets go.

Follow with me now in two, three, four, hold two and out, two, three, four, five, six, shoulders cropping away from your ears and again in two three four hold to exhale.

One two three four five six and again in two three four hold to release two three four five six let your breathing now find its own gentle rhythm you are already doing you are already here as your breath settles I'd like you to imagine something simple you are sitting somewhere quiet it might be the room you know your bedroom a favorite chair or somewhere but only exists within your imagination the light is soft the air is still there is no pressure here no agenda nothing is asking anything of you at this moment as a paramedic I saw some of the most difficult moments of people's lives and what I carried with me from all of that the thing that stayed was this the people who found their way back were almost always the ones who could find something small to hold on to not something traumatic just something ordinary a hand in theirs the sound of a voice the warmth of sunlight on a window the miracle of the mundane and I want you to try that now with the breath as your guide on your next in breath I want you to simply notice not search not fix just notice what is already here maybe there is a sound at the edge of your awareness third song or distant traffic the hum of a house at rest let it be there without judgment maybe there is a sensation the weight of your body held by whatever surface is beneath you the warmth of the air as it enters through your nose the slight coolness as it leaves these things are always here we simply forget to notice them each breath is a lens and right now that lens is clearing in three or no's and as you breathe in you are pulling the present moment closer out through the mouth and as you breathe out the noise of the past and the future drifts further away stay here just breathe just notice you are breathing that is a miracle you are here that is enough now within the beauty of your mind see these words visualize them and let them settle deep within your soul I am present in this moment and this moment is enough I notice the beauty that already surrounds me my breath connects me to the life I am living right now I choose to find the glimmers in the ordinary and further and further now deeper and deeper into the most wonderful natural trance like state of peace your mind is quiet your body is heavy and held and in this space between waking and resting you are completely and beautifully safe and to carry all of this with you today here are your three daily caring tips one the one breath pulls before any transition today before you open a door start your car or pick up your phone take one conscious single breath just one in through the nose out through the mouth this is not meditation this is present twenty of these in a day rewinds the nervous system more than you know two find your glimmer at some point today before noon if you can find one tiny thing of beauty in your ordinary environment steam rising from a cup light on a wall the sound of a door just name it out loud if possible this is your nervous system being told I am safe I am here this is a good moment and three breath as a bookmark if anxiety does arrive today don't fight it instead breathe into it four in all two six out and use that out breath as a bookmark you are marking the moment you are here you are present and that is always enough now gently begin to bring your awareness back into your fingers and toes a small wiggle a slow stretch if you needed take one last deep nourishing breath in build your lungs with hope and positivity and then as you breathe out carry that feeling with you and when you're ready open your eye thank you genuinely for putting you first today for pressing play for being here if this session helped and you're new to it please do subscribe leave a review and share it with someone else who needs it and then if the anchored app sounds like something that excites you I'd love your support as I said at the beginning there's a link to the go fun me or head over to calminganxiety.org/anchored hopefully I've built it by the time you've seen this the web page take care my friend smile often and then in absolutely everything you do the kind you