Jala Mudra Practice

Welcome, and thank you for joining me for this short visualization breathing practice. And some writing prompts to kind of tune into this quality of water, of fluidity, and igniting that flow state. So let's start with a Mudra and a visualization. So bring your thumb and your pinky finger together to touch. So there's a circle happening there. And then bringing the back of your hands to the top of your knees for Jala Mudra palms face up.

You can extend the other fingers, but without tension, soften the hands, the palms of your hands. Maybe close your eyes. And then just checking in with where you might soften just a little bit more on the shoulders, your eyes, cheekbones, low back. Where might you be holding a little stuck energy or tension? Are there habitual places in your body that you might just invite to release a little bit. Begin to notice the rhythm of your breath.

The fluid quality of the inhale. The fluid quality of the exhale. Tracking the breath. Couple more rounds. And then bring to mind this visual of cool water flowing freely the form of a river, stream, spring that water to mind, that river, And then once you have that visual of this river, start to tune into your senses.

So if you were to hear the river, what would it sound like? Any smells that might Aries. Sensations. What are you feeling? It tastes.

It's the quality of the river. Let's take a moment here to notice the senses and this fluidity this moving water, this coolness. Any sensations arise in the body, noticing allowing the breath to travel to those places with curiosity, kindness, gentle ease, And you could stay here as long as you like tapping into this fluid quality of water, sensation, senses. If you'd like to write to this sensation, you might Take out a journal, pen, and the prompt for this practice is Where is it that you lose track of time and space? What are you doing? Maybe you're thinking back to when you were a kid.

That's normally where I go. What was I doing when I have no sense of time? I have no sense of space. The day is just flowing by. I'm in the moment. I'm in that flow state.

Where are you? What are you doing? Are you dancing? Are you moving? You working with your hands, an art project, it's kind of right to that. Take your pen to paper. Don't think too much about it.

Let it flow like that river and see what comes up for you. Thank you.