1 00:00:09,060 --> 00:00:12,060 [GONG CHIME] 2 00:00:18,890 --> 00:00:23,730 - MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE IN YOUR CHAIR. 3 00:00:23,730 --> 00:00:27,990 LET YOUR FEET REST ON THE FLOOR. 4 00:00:27,990 --> 00:00:30,930 AND LET YOUR ARMS AND HANDS RELAX. 5 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,190 ALLOW YOUR BREATHING TO DEEPEN. 6 00:00:43,890 --> 00:00:49,190 IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, CLOSE YOUR EYES. 7 00:00:49,190 --> 00:00:51,690 THIS REMOVES OUTSIDE DISTRACTION, 8 00:00:51,690 --> 00:00:54,860 AND ALLOWS YOU TO RELAX MORE DEEPLY. 9 00:01:01,090 --> 00:01:04,160 NOW BEGIN TO BREATHE IN THROUGH YOUR NOSE 10 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,630 AND OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. 11 00:01:07,630 --> 00:01:12,160 THIS IS A VERY RELAXING KIND OF BREATH. 12 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,090 IT MAY BE A LITTLE UNFAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU. 13 00:01:16,090 --> 00:01:17,690 YOU'LL GET USED TO IT. 14 00:01:22,530 --> 00:01:25,160 SO, BREATHING IN THROUGH YOUR NOSE 15 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,790 AND OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. 16 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:36,430 IN THROUGH YOUR NOSE AND OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. 17 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,230 LET THE BREATHING GO DEEPER. 18 00:01:46,460 --> 00:01:49,890 AND LET YOUR BELLY BE SOFT AS YOU BREATHE. 19 00:01:52,490 --> 00:01:55,530 IF THE BELLY IS SOFT, 20 00:01:55,530 --> 00:01:59,930 THE BREATH AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LUNGS, 21 00:01:59,930 --> 00:02:04,490 WHERE OXYGEN EXCHANGE IS BETTER. 22 00:02:04,490 --> 00:02:08,930 IF THE BELLY IS SOFT, THE VAGUS NERVE, 23 00:02:08,930 --> 00:02:12,860 WHICH PROMOTES RELAXATION, IS ACTIVATED. 24 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,230 IF THE BELLY IS SOFT, 25 00:02:20,230 --> 00:02:24,530 AND ALL THE MUSCLES IN THE BELLY ARE RELAXING, 26 00:02:24,530 --> 00:02:27,430 THEN ALL THE OTHER MUSCLES IN THE BODY BEGIN 27 00:02:27,430 --> 00:02:29,730 TO RELAX AS WELL. 28 00:02:46,130 --> 00:02:49,560 TO ENCOURAGE THIS PROCESS, 29 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:55,930 YOU CAN SAY YOU TO YOURSELF "SOFT" AS YOU BREATHE IN 30 00:02:55,930 --> 00:02:58,960 AND "BELLY" AS YOU BREATHE OUT. 31 00:03:36,830 --> 00:03:40,290 IF THOUGHTS COME, 32 00:03:40,290 --> 00:03:43,930 LET THEM COME AND LET THEM GO. 33 00:03:47,730 --> 00:03:50,990 GENTLY BRING YOUR MIND 34 00:03:50,990 --> 00:03:56,830 BACK TO "SOFT...BELLY..." 35 00:04:49,190 --> 00:04:52,760 [GONG CHIME]