Season 1 Episode 7 Breath Sound Body Meditation

Airtime with Pat is a podcast that aims to help us listen deeply to the divine. Starting April 2nd, 2024, it will only be available on the Patreon platform. The host guides listeners through a breath, sound, and body meditation, focusing on the breath as an anchor. Attention is then directed to sounds and body sensations, without getting caught up in stories about them. The meditation concludes with a return to the breath and a reflection on peace and well-being. The host encourages listeners to engage with the Airtime community on Patreon. Welcome to Airtime with Pat, part of the Airtime community as well as a podcast intended to help each of us listen more deeply to the divine always around us, within us, within others, and throughout creation. Beginning April 2nd, 2024, Airtime with Pat will only be found on the Patreon platform. You can easily download this through Apple or the Google Play Store and then search for Pat Sigler, Airtime with Pat, or Airtime Community. You can join for free. There's also tiered membership levels with more opportunities to engage with the Airtime community. I hope to see you there. Today we're engaging in a breath, sound, body meditation. Start with a few deep breaths. Get yourself into your meditation posture, sitting in a way that's neither too tight nor too relaxed, but comfortable and upright. Great. You're doing perfect. Now notice your body from the inside, noticing the shape and the weight and the touch, and areas you make contact with the floor or the chair. When you get distracted, that's okay. Just come back to your breath. Focus on your breathing. So again, feeling your breath in the area of either your abdomen, your chest, your nostrils. Feel the gentle rising and falling of your abdomen or chest, or the coolness and the in and out at your nostrils. So the breath is our anchor. The breath is where we establish our awareness. Your breath helps us have something to always return to. The simple act of breathing. Now you might notice that other things pull your attention away from the breath. And that might be sound. So right now, just for a moment, bring your attention to the sounds. The sounds inside the room. Or the sounds outside the room. Simply listening. They might be pleasant sounds or unpleasant sounds. Whichever they are, listen to them with curiosity and interest. Noticing them coming and going. Without getting caught up in a story about what that sound is or why it's there. Simply listening. And you also notice the sound of the silence. And now letting go of this hearing, this listening. Bring your attention into your body. And notice if there are body sensations to be aware of. There might be a pressure or a tightness or movement or vibration. There could be heat or cold or tingling. Notice which sensations call out to you. And let your attention go to them. It might be a very strong and obvious sensation. There might be a soft or subtle sensation. You might notice yourself jumping from sensation to sensation. Or there may be one that grabs your attention and holds it. Particularly if it's unpleasant. You might notice it growing or shrinking. Moving. Does it pulse or throb? Might it ache? Just notice with curiosity. Similarly, not making up a whole story about the experience. Just being directly with the sensations in your body. So now return to your breathing. Finding your breath. And as you continue on in this meditation, you'll stay with your breath. One breath at a time. If you notice yourself lost in thoughts, you can say thinking or wandering. And then redirect your attention. Returning back to your breathing. Now if you find a sound or a body sensation that becomes so obvious and strong that you can't any longer stay with the breath because it pulls your attention away, then let yourself let go of the breath and focus on the body sensation or the sound. Listen to it or feel it until it no longer holds your attention or it has stopped. At this point, go back to your breathing. Returning to the simplicity of your anchor, your breath. We'll try this in silence for a moment. Now, once again, notice your whole body sitting here. Tuning into the shape, the posture, the movement. Let yourself relax. And you can wish yourself well. May I be happy and at ease. May I be free from stress and anxiety. May I be peaceful. And let yourself consider the possibility of finding peace and ease and well-being. Thanks for working on breath and sound and body work with me today. If you're already a member on Patreon, that's great. Reach out, post a chat, question, or whatever you'd like so we can start building this Airtime Community together.