Becoming Present

Today your invitation is to:

1. Float your awareness back to a time when you felt overwhelmed, disconnected, or alone and breathe the flow of connection to yourself at that time. Remember that the inhale is an invitation to receive nourishment, vitality, support and on the exhale we allow and let go of expectation.

 2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Today your invitation is to:

1. Notice how it feels to bring conscious choice and gratitude to what you are doing in the moment. For instance if you are washing dishes acknowledge to yourself, "in this moment I am choosing to wash dishes", and you may want to add in why you are choosing to do so. Consider using the words get or got to rather than have or had to. "In this moment I am choosing to wash the dishes because I got to eat my lunch on them and now I get to clean them so they are ready for me next time" vs "In this moment I am choosing to wash the dishes because I had to eat my lunch on them and now I have to clean them so they are ready for me next time". 

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Today your invitation is to:

1. Remember that you belong and contribute to a vast system of life and that within you is a vast system of life. As you breathe in long deep breaths feel vitality and love flowing into you, nourishing, connecting, and activating your cells and pathways. As you exhale feel that flow of life moving back into the larger system. Smile.

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Today your invitation is to:

1. Notice where you're holding tight - like a closed fist - and invite your body to open - even just a teensy bit. What does it feel like to let go, a tiny bit, even just for one breath? Explore and experiment.

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

This weekend you are invited to schedule 2-3 times a day to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Today your invitation is to:

1. Explore what it feels like to have enough. What does it feel like to be fully nourished? to feel satisfied? peaceful? Imagine you did feel that way, breathe it in, and expand the feeling through your body. 

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Your challenge/mission for today is:

1. To notice your jaw and mouth. Are you clenching? Breathe and invite your jaw and mouth to relax, even invite your tongue to relax. Observe how you feel afterwards.

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Your homework for today is to schedule 2-3 times to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths. If 2-3 times is already natural for you, then add in a few more times. Every hour? Each time you look at your phone? The more often we practice re-connecting the better.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

This weekend your challenge/mission is to:

1. Embrace the exhale. Experiment with letting go and surrendering. Observe where in your life you are holding on or gripping to something and practice breathing in and letting go on the exhale. How does it feel? Remember: you can always choose to re-grip. So just play with it and observe.

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.

Today you are invited to:

1. Observe the animals, plants, clouds, soil etc as friends. Breathe in gratitude and on your exhale offer it to them. Recognize that they are part of the same life system as you and try to view them as a good friend.

2. Schedule 2-3 times today to pause, observe your breath, and choose long, deep, connected breaths.

Reminder: You are invited to practice with us live via Zoom Monday-Friday at 9:30am EST. Visit www.chantalgarneau.com/daily-practice to receive daily email reminders.