This is a meditation,
A relaxation for when we want to get out of our thinking patterns and more into our feeling patterns.
We spend so much time in our minds,
In our brains,
In our heads that we can sometimes forget to feel because we're so wrapped up in a story,
A dialogue that's happening for us.
This can be a story of the past,
Of the future and often the present.
And the story may not be accurate to what actually is going on because we can convince our busy minds of anything.
So this is an opportunity to sit back and relax and to become more connected with our bodies.
So I want you to take a comfortable position that can be laying down,
That could be sat in a meditation position such as Lotus or it could be just lying down in your bed before you start the day.
Whatever is comfortable for you,
There is no wrong or right way to just be here with these few moments.
So I want you to begin by taking a deep inhalation and exhalation.
And again,
A big inhale and a lovely relaxing exhale.
Our breath is our simplest tool to come back to feeling,
To come back to a present state of mind.
We can use the breath at any point in the day to feel more connected with our bodies.
As we sit here or lay here,
It's okay if you need to fidget,
It's okay if you need to move.
But try and come back to the breath,
Try and come back to a sense of calm,
A sense of just being,
Which can be really difficult,
I understand.
I want you to try and feel your toes.
You don't need to move the toes to be able to feel them,
But can you feel something in the toes,
Some energy in the toes,
Some energy in the feet?
Can you notice how the feet feel?
Do they feel heavy?
Do they feel light?
Is there any pain?
Is there any sensations that you can notice within your feet?
Noticing your legs,
How do your legs feel today in this moment?
Are they relaxed?
Can you breathe into any tension?
Can you direct your breath to that tension?
Moving up your legs into your upper legs,
Into your thighs.
Noticing any sensations happening in the legs,
In the thighs,
Around the backs of the legs.
Can you feel where your legs are making contact with the ground?
Can you feel a connection with the ground?
Moving up into the hips,
A place where many of us hold tension.
Is there any stiffness here?
Can you breathe into that stiffness?
Can you breathe into any discomfort?
Can you inhale and exhale out any discomfort,
Any feeling that no longer serves you,
It no longer feels like something you want to hold on to anymore?
Moving up to the belly,
A busy place for many of us,
A lot of anxiety can be held in our tummies,
It's usually the first place we feel anxiety.
Can you relax the belly?
We're not holding on to the breath,
We're not trying to force the breath through the belly,
We're just letting the belly relax.
Moving our way up to our chest,
Our lungs,
Our heart.
Can you let any tension go from this area?
Perhaps by focusing more on the exhalation,
The exhalation,
Making that longer,
More pronounced.
Moving up to our neck,
A place where some of us hold tension,
Especially if we're working in a position on a daily basis where the neck can be compromised.
But for now,
For these moments,
We are letting tension fall away.
There's nothing to do,
There's nowhere to be,
There's no story,
We're just feeling.
Moving down the shoulders and into the arms.
Again,
These arms may have contact with the ground,
Can you feel the ground beneath you?
How does that feel?
Do you feel supported by the ground beneath you?
Can you sink into the ground beneath you?
Can you exhale and melt into the earth that supports you?
Now noticing how our face feels,
How our head feels.
Is there any tension across the forehead?
Can you relax the forehead?
Can you relax any of the muscles in the face that may be tighter than is comfortable?
Can you relax the area between the eyebrows,
The third eye,
Our intuition?
Can you relax and let go from that area?
As we lie here or sit here,
Noticing how the entire body feels,
Perhaps we can feel some tingling,
Perhaps we can just feel a greater sense of letting go.
My challenge for you today is to try at any opportunity that feels right,
To tune back into the body that could be walking along the street on your way to wherever you need to go today.
That could be perhaps sitting in your car if you need to drive somewhere.
You can still take the opportunity to tune in and notice how your body is feeling.
When we do that,
We can sometimes distract our busy,
Chattering mind from all that's going on and become better at feeling to quieten the thinking.
I hope you have a beautiful day.
Namaste.
