Waves of Breath

Meditation

Great 7 minutes of meditation....may not seem like very long, a short 7 turns into a nice 24

Good way to start the day

This one was very simple and calming to my stressed mind. Doing the breathing and just concentrating on that has me feeling much calmer and more confident to start my day.

Good morning

This was a great way to start my day. It really helped me to focus on mindful breathing.

Feeling good

Felt really good to just breathe and take a moment for myself

Waves of breath

I don't like having to concentrate on my breathing. It makes me feel anxious and gives me butterflies and sometimes even palpitations

Breathing

I find this classic approach to relaxing much needed , and especially clear and thoughtful . I personally require reminders on a daily basis.

Breathing

Sometimes I find it physically difficult to breathe in deeply when the breath reaches a threshold, about 75-80%. Not sure if this is a physical thing or a mind thing. It feels as if something's blocking and I have to use my muscles to push past it.

Easy To Get Distracted

It's good to breathe. Fresh good clean oxygen. Love's a strong force. An entirely separate language. Pray. Bless others and be blessed. Do not sin. Penance. Gifts are coming. Just practice breath. I promise to you, miracles are awaiting us --GREG-- 💟💟💟💟

Soften?

It's difficult to soften my neck muscles and those muscles that hurt or sting.

Waves

This meditation made it very easy to focus on the breath. Imagining lying on a beach, listening to the waves coming in and going out. I wasn't aware of any other sounds around me. Just what I needed. 👍❤️🌷

Waves of emotion

From within the breath of life swells up like soft waves into the places in need of cleansing and the rolling of the exhalation carries away burden and worry... reinforcing calm structure

Calm breathing

Calm breathing is important for mindfulness and peace. I will enjoy this very much

This session leader, the first I've been served from him, takes long pauses in his narration.

I felt several times that something had gone wrong with the audio, which pulled me out of the state of introspection I was striving for.

Breathing is more than...

Breathing helps, the right moment and the precise rhythm will allow for that tranquirlity to kick in. Be aware that in the end, only you can provide yourself with that peace and tranquility. The will to do something is all yours, no recording will give you that.

Waves of Breath

I've learned that your inhale should bring in good vibes and positivity, while your exhale should let you all of the negatives and worries.

Waves of Breath

Correct breathing is very important. It allows the muscles to relax and the tension to drain. A good way to relieve stress.

Breath

I noticed how important exhaling fully and then pausing slightly creates an enhanced sense of calm and control.

So strange

It’s so strange to me that such a brief session of controlled breathing can do so much good, as well as relieve so much stress and tension in the body. I wish it came naturally enough so I didn’t need this app, but it doesn’t so I am very grateful this app exists.

Skipping out on meditating doesn't work for me.

I've. Cheated myself for a couple weeks now. Made excuses of why I couldn't make time or didn't need three minutes of mindfulness. I was wrong. Autopilot is reset everyday I wake up. It's up to Me to remember to turn it off. I'm back. It's a beautiful day and I'm am blessed to be alive!

Sounds of Machines

My house is buzzing with noise. So much stuff rattling off; keeping the air cool, connecting to WiFi, cars outside, etc. I forgot about this stuff, but tuning in to my surroundings reminds me of all the ambient noise in my home. It’s sort of amazing, considering I have so many little things keeping me comfortable that I take for granted. So many little things so readily available that I have and need to be thankful for.

Waves of Breath

So effective comparing breathing with the ocean waves coming in and going out. I will use this imaging to relax and mediate again.

Ocean

I love imagining waves washing in and out like breathing in and out. Synchronize with ocean is powerful.

Waves of breath

This was a really soothing meditation. I never thought of my breath as a wave. It took me back to my childhood at the beach watching the waves come in and go out again.

Comfort

Relaxed and at peace. Curled up beside me our cat purrs his appreciation. Love comes in many forms and it’s the little comforts that lighten our burdens.

Calm

I’m happy with the meditation of today, it helped me release a lot of tension and stress. Always take a moment in your day to relax.

Focus

Don’t multitask. Tackle one obstacle one at a time. If you find yourself losing focus, find your drive. What pushes you? What keeps you waking up in the morning? What makes you as an individual happy?

Waves of Breath

Letting the waves of breath wash over my mind, washing it clean- that is great imagery for me. I never thought about just rinsing of my mind and starting fresh. I will try to remember this to try again. Namaste

Singularity

Being in the moment is key and I shouldn’t be distracted by tangible or intangible things.

The waves

Letting the ocean like breaths of waves wash over my mind is so relaxing for me.

Stress

Is something that can be managed and controlled. You choose your next thoughts.

Stress

Is something that can be managed and controlled. You choose your next thoughts.

Stress

Is something that can be managed and controlled. You choose your next thoughts.

Stress

Is something that can be managed and controlled. You choose your next thoughts.

Letting go of the mind “gerbils”.

It takes being so peaceful, if only for a short time, to recognize all the activity going on in the mind. Like gerbils running in a cage! How nice to still them for a while. With practice-who knows how long before they are still for hours!ツ

Breath as waves to cleanse my mind

Breath as waves to cleanse my mind Hadn’t heard that concept before. Like it.

Waves of breath

I learned that it is good to treat breaths like waves in order to feel fresh and new.

Where u want

I over this as a zeppelin towing bulldozers a helicopter a horse drawn bug

Waves

I like that concept, to think of breathing in and out as an ocean’s waves cleaning the body & mind to find the soul!

Waves

I didn’t necessarily learn anything. But, I enjoy the concept of viewing our breathing as waves in the ocean; coming in, then slowly going out.

Breathing did not help!!

I learned I have a long way to go, to be able to use breath to help clear my wandering mind.

Breathing and Contact

Being aware of your rhythm of breath and where you make contact with the surface your on can help you refocus your thoughts.

Waves of Breathing

I learned that are intake we are noticeable of our breath, but when we exhale we don’t really notice. In life it’s a wave, as we see the wave build up it could turn out to be a bad wave to surf. I have learned ultimately that life may seem be built up more than it really is around you. Take one breath of a time to really see what is all around you instead of stressing over one thing that can just be a small thing.

Day 2

I have been stressed lately, and I learned that meditating can help me get through it.

More time to breathe

Just taken more time to breathe is starting my day off off much better. I feel excited to start my morning meditation and feel the stress of work and life just floating away.

waves of breath

in doing this meditation, it helped to pay attention to his words and what was said; the thought of waves or breath washing over your thoughts to help you relax for a minute and not have you feeling stressed or upset eyc.

Day 2

It’s hard to turn my brain off without help. Having someone remind me to focus on my breath helps a lot.

Committing To This

I really need to try to meditate to become more self aware and work through some things

No sleep

Having trouble going and staying asleep. Feeling over tired and stressed.

Waves

I liked the fact that he said us breathing was like waves in the ocean. It was very relaxing thinking about the waves

Breathe

Just breathe. That’s all I want to say about this, but Aura says my reflection is too short, so ignore all of this last part and just remember the top part.

Life is beautiful

We are given too many good things in our lives to focus on anyone else’s.

Respiración

Despues de pensar y sentir una gran cantidad de cosas momentos antes de la sesión, el simple hecho de respirar y poder ventilar un poco mi organismo libera cierta tensión (generada por la experiencia previa), dando como resultado algo mucho más fundamentado y sobre todo, con una gran emoción de saber que, el hecho de poder sentir ese aire entrar al cuerpo, es más que suficiente para poder seguir andando.

Saturday 1-27-18

I could imagine myself as a tiny body of water as I did this meditation and felt the waves as I took a breath in and out. It was awesome. Thank you, Aura! Have a nice day Everyone 😀

access to nature

I realised that what i am missing is access to nature. yesterday i came across this atticle which talks about how 'access to nature' is a right in few of the european countries. nature calms me down. a morning walk, seeing trees, listening to birds chirp and here i am living away from ll of that surrounded by yells, honks and clatter of city life.

Breaking away

Taking the time in beginning part of my day to sit still and breathe calms my mind and is so worth it.. I notice the difference when I do the practice and on days when I get to caught up with the drama (and the good things too) that which distracts me from my personal little rituals..

Waves

Having analogies for breathing like the waves and tide make you feel pure and clean. Making sure every part of your body is relaxed and focusing in on each part of your body is a great way to start a relaxing meditation.

Becoming Mindful is a lifelong practice

I am looking forward to learning more about this practice through this lesson series.

Focus on what’s really important

Wow, focusing on softening the parts of my body and relating my breaths to waves of an ocean helped me to imagine my anxiety being swept away by those waves, in translation, by my breaths.

2/22/18

A nice meditation to help unwind before bed. I wish I did this a little earlier when I wasn’t so tired, but I’m glad I took a few moments to meditate today.

High and Low

Focusing on breathing and taking a few minutes out to concentrate on the natural process is really good to calm your nerves.

Focus is key

I learnt that there will not always be a positive and conductive environment towards meditation or mindfulness, and part of that is learning to focus in on the relaxation and task at hand.

Waves

Breathing is like the waves in the ocean. They move in and out in and out

Muscles

I think it helps to on every few exhales make sure your muscles are relaxed. I noticed I unintentionally had tensed up about halfway through and it felt wonderful to let that go again.

Vacation

Ive been having some trouble connecting on the level that i was before. The intensity of stress, drama, health makes me a bit desperate for relief. Im on vacation to California currently and moving about with happiness and ease. I dont feel the urgency. But ive stayed with the practice and am mindful in the things i plan. I wonder if maybe im trying to infuse some of this into my life? Working on that promise to myself to make this change a long tern one.

Calm

Deep breathing helps calm and focus the body in as little as 3 minutes.

Tense muscles

I never realize how tense my muscles are throughout the day especially my face. I feel like I just need to take a few breaths to relax my body every once in a while

I can take control over the impact stress has on my body

The stress may still be there, out of my control, but I’m still in control of how it affects me. By taking time out for myself and focusing on RELAXING

Death

I love you so much baby love you baby muah muah is the time of my life to be with you so much baby love you muah muah is the time of time you want to me come to see me tomorrow and I’m so sorry I love you so much baby I love you so much baby love you baby muah muah is the time of my life to be with you baby baby muah was my love love you so much babe you baby girl you baby muah baby I love you muah baby love ya love love ya babe baby I love you

Day 1

I learned that I need to take a moment and breathe. This is only day one and I can tell a difference. I’m more relaxed.

Breathing

I love this breathing session!! 😍😍 This really helps me to get my mind off what made me anxious at that moment!

We can always find our breath

We sometimes get caught up in our day and forget to just breathe. We can always just breathe if we need to.

Controlling breathing

I've learned that by focusing and controlling my breathing really loosens the tension in my muscles

I felt that I had gotten more relaxed

I learned that I should be more relaxed and not stressed as I usually am and that I should take time out of my day to just relax

Good

This is my first meditation and I feel better... today I feel kinda stressed-out, but then I feel better

I noticed that placing my hand on my belly really encourages me to breath into my stomach more.

I learned that breathing deep into my stomach feels more complete for me.

Waves of breath

A good exercise of pranayama before meditation. Helps with rhythmic breathing and easy training for focus (dharana) and then pure meditation (dhyana). Thanks.

In and out

Notion of inhaling and exhaling solely exist when both are present

Yesterday, I felt good and relaxed.

I learned that I can be efficient and present. Able to get work done steadily and chill while still aware much to do but can get to in timely fashion w/o stress.

Take your time

I learned that I need to take time to allow my emotions to flow. Breathing in and out at a wave like pace will allow me to arrange my emotions accordingly.

Breath

I learned that I need to be able to have some time to be able to think about myself for a minute and that I can make some time in my day to make sure that I am not to overwhelmed

Breathe

It feels good to take a deep breath in then out. I’m stopping by a Lake Erie beach later today, so I’ll be ready to incorporate the lesson of the waves into today’s intention. Namaste

Brothers

Once we learn the wolves are brothers everything changes. While they battle one another the spring from the same source.

Like waves to the shoreline...

Awareness and focus on the constant underlying motion of life, the waves of breath. Namaste

Mindful

I learned that having these deep feeling that I have is okay but sometimes it get overwhelming. It’s good to just notice them and take a moment to yourself and breathe. It helps with my stress and anxiety

Anxious moment

I’m reminded not to fight with the feelings but just to be aware and become an observer

Relaxing and Reminding.

Today hasn’t been a particularly good day, so it was helpful to be able to put aside everything and take a few minutes just to relax my body and remind myself it’s okay to breathe.

August 1, 2018 | PB day 3

This morning I woke up and my now ex but still my best friend goes to work in the city, so we still text Good morning and Goodnight. He usually sends it first but this morning he didn’t text me at all. I sent him the text and an hour later no reply. So I got really worried and I decided to call him. Apparently he stayed home and just didn’t tell me so I worried for nothing. I decided to go to Aura to help my anxiety...it’s difficult not worrying about someone who matters so much but this meditation helped a lot. It made me relax and realize you don’t have to worry so much it makes your heart race or brain scatter, yet just breathing and staying calm is the way to go.

Boo

Even when you’re really busy you can still take just a couple minutes to rest and love yourself

Body Surfing

Acknowledging the ebb and flow, holding on, and letting go. Namaste

Waves

While I could feel the gentle waves of breath throughout my body. I noticed that today I had a particularly difficult time slowing down my thoughts. With the hustle and bustle of grad school, I am trying to really take a moment to slow down before I start my day.

3rd session

I learned that my deep breaths are starting to deepen and make me feel more relaxed!

Tides

It was nice to be able to just feel the flow of breath and to image myself being the ocean, or the ocean inside me. Recently I’ve been so stressed with APUSH it was nice to just take a second and breathe, thinking that my body was liquid water, flowing and breathing and stretching. I would like to apply this to my mind today. My mind can flow, grow, expand, and then have a break, and contract, be washed away. I would like to apply the growth to APUSH today and think that my brain is flexible and can hold as much as I need it to, but also have a break later when that is needed as well.

1st meditation session

I learned controlling my breathing and relaxing my body helped my stress slowly leave my body. I could feel myself letting go and my chest pain go away.

weekly goals

inspired to set 3 simple goals weekly to improve myself. feeling confident :)

waves of breath

extremely relaxing exercise, concentrating on the breath, best way to be

Relaxing

I love meditations that makes me focus on my breathing, so that was definitely helpful.

Waves

I felt those waves of breath within me and it helped me relax and realize that everything is going to be alright no matter how hard it is at the moment. It’ll get easier with time

Ebb and flow

Deep breath in, breath out and let go. Face the new day fresh, leaving the troubles , worries and regrets of yesterday behind. Namaste

Waves 🌊 of Breath...

... is aptly named. As I focused on each breath, I was able to visualize walking along an empty beach either at dawn or dusk, the sea calm. As the waves 🌊 gently met the wet, firm sand, they so perfectly matched my own waves of breath that I could almost hear them as they slowly flowed back out into the calmness of the peaceful ocean. I loved this! ♥️🦋🙏♥️

......

I noticed it became harder to sleep because the voices lingering in my ears. 😂

feeling

it's okay to feel stressed and mad and sad it's a feeling God gives you to be you and for people to except you for it

relaxing

i got to take time out of my day to lay down and relax and breathe. this helped with how i was feeling

relaxation

this gave me chills and made me think about how im feeling with myself

Feelings

Feelings are just that. They change, ebb & flow. Acknowledging them is neccessary but too much focus on them is distressing to me. But yet I do that. Meditating helps me reduce my focus on them

Science

The biology and chemistry of our breath is fascinating. Our bodies intake the air using our diaphragm to let air in, process it with our bronchii, producing carbon dioxide, and exhaling it back into the atmosphere, all in a matter of seconds, mostly unconsciously. Focusing on breathing definitely helps me notice the way breathing makes me feel.

Relaxing

This mediation was amazing! I’ve never felt so relaxed like this one!!

wow

I really felt, safe, just quiet. nothing but her, voice. beautiful I felt less stressed.

Waves of Breath

I learned how to control my breathing a lot better and be more calm in my exercise

Waves of Breath

This is a wonderful breathing meditation to get you grounded in the present moment. Breath washes in like waves of an ocean, replenishing your body, and then washes out like the tide, letting go of any tension. Your mind is clear and your body is still, calm and relaxed. 🌊

Calm the heart

This one helped me calm the knots i had in my stomach as well as slowing down my heart rate, which really was making me anxious.

Breath

This really made me focus on my breath and become calm. Even though it lasted 3 minutes I felt better after :) I really enjoyed this

day 2

I feel like I can breathe deeper, I still a bit distracted but I will try to improve

Breathing stressfully is the best part of your life

Distracted

Unfortunately my Daughter is sick and my mind was elsewhere during this exercise.

Today

I learned that I can just relax without trying to do as much but to breathe 😌

All it takes is a few deep breaths

It esse nice to take a break from work and relax for 7 mins.

Calming

This was a good one! I have Mostly been doing the 3 minute ones and wanted to try this! Glad I did

Back issues.

I learned that I can’t stop stretching nor doing Yoga and Pilates.

Calm

I realized after this pause and the breathing how much calmer I was after opening my eyes.

This is Groovy !

I learned that no matter what, I am really almost a little bit of endeavor in the fantastic works by Pause Meditation! Will you listen to it too? Thanks ☕️🐝☕️

Relaxing 😌

Laying on my soft cozy bed, I take a deep inhale, pause at that top, and then slowly exhale letting out a sigh to release any tension from the day. After doing this for a couple of times, I can feel my body going from doing mode to just being mode. Then I allow my body to just breathe naturally visualizing my breath like waves of the ocean. My body as well as my mind continues to soften and relax. When it is time to bring my attention back to the room, I take another deep inhale, pause at the top, slowly exhale letting out a sigh and open my eyes to return back to my day. Excellent session to take a break from doing mode to just being mode.

Waves of the Breathe

I recognised the sensations of my body, the life I am in and the life I am living👍

Great meditation for anxiety

I was feeling anxious and this meditation was very soothing and centering. Also helpful for preparing myself for sleep.

Not Focus

This was to be about focus. This meditation was very general. It could have been anything.