Accepting And Loving Your Body

This guided practice focuses on relaxing the body so that you can be open to receiving powerful acceptance affirmations. Awareness is drawn to the power of our thoughts in influencing our feelings about our bodies. Because our thoughts shape how we feel about ourselves, you can begin to accept your body by quieting your internal critic and listening to these affirmations to create a spark of love and acceptance.

Background music by Chris Collins.

Transcript

Welcome.

We will use guided meditation to help your body become more relaxed and distract your mind from negative thoughts.

As you become more immersed in the meditation,

You will feel more and more relaxed.

From this state of relaxation,

We can begin to perceive the body in a different way so that you may eventually accept your body and yourself just as you are.

This process helps you to become aware of your internal experience in each present moment.

Negative feelings about our bodies are initiated and maintained in the mind.

In this moment,

What do you notice about how you think about your body?

How do your thoughts about your body make you feel?

How do negative thoughts about your body impact your body image?

In this meditation,

We will work on releasing those negative thoughts and feelings so that we can begin to appreciate and accept our bodies and ourselves.

Begin by settling into a comfortable seated position.

Feel your body supported by your chair or bed.

Feel your feet resting on the ground.

I invite you to close your eyes if that's comfortable for you.

Begin by taking a breath in and out.

At first,

Not changing anything about your breath,

Just noticing its natural rhythm.

Then,

Begin to lengthen the breath,

Breathing in 2,

3,

4,

Pausing and out 2,

3,

4,

Pausing again and in 2,

3,

4,

Pausing and out 2,

3,

4,

Pausing and in 2,

3,

4,

Pausing and out 2,

3,

4.

Continue breathing at this pace.

Feel your breath flowing evenly.