Welcome to my Moving Meditation.
My name is Victoria and you have just clicked play for the Happy Cheeks Moving Meditation.
I'm thrilled that you would like to join me on this calming journey.
We will be creating in this Moving Meditation a rocking motion from one cheek or sits bone to the other while focusing on our breath.
Before we begin,
It's always given me a better experience in my meditations when I know why I'm doing something.
So I figure I'm not the unicorn and perhaps this brief description will help you have a better experience and resonate the same.
There are physical and emotional benefits to this Moving Meditation.
Rocking supports a better quality of sleep.
It improves long-term memory function.
It releases endorphins which help us of course to relax.
It promotes circulation,
Reduces inflammation and encourages core muscles.
All of this helps to release stress and trauma which we carry in the sacral chakra,
Otherwise known as our hips.
Creativity and reproduction is located in this center in addition to the psoas muscle.
If this muscle and its connection to the adrenal gland is tight or overstressed,
It would be easy to understand the adrenal gland is also affected.
The adrenal glands are responsible for the production of hormones that regulate essential functions like our metabolism,
Our immune system and our stress responses.
When these hormones are out of balance due to the tightness in this area because of our fears,
Stress,
Worry,
Emotional or physical trauma,
They send the incorrect chemical responses to our body and our neurology.
When we actively create movements in support of balancing this area,
You might say it is absolutely vital to our happiness physically,
Emotionally and mentally.
Before we continue on,
Let's get comfortable in our seated position.
A chair is best for this because we want to have our spine straight and our shoulders over the hips.
Please come to a comfortable seated position.
Your hands can either be on the armchair,
Ensuring that the shoulders are not moving up towards the ears and compressed.
If they are,
Just relax the hands into the lap as the palms face the sky in an open,
Receiving mudra.
Please make sure that the feet are directly under the knees and you feel comfortable.
Before we continue any further,
Just take a quick glance around your space,
Ensuring and assuring that you feel comfortable and you are safe.
As you find your most comfortable seated position,
Let's move into closing our eyes,
Taking a deep breath in,
And as you exhale,
Let it vibrate with a let-go sigh out of the mouth.
Feel the energetic response in the vocal cords and in the chest as you let go of this breath.
Let's try it a few more times.
Letting each part of your body relax into that let-go sigh.
One more time.
Excellent.
As your body rests into this new space,
Let's just bring a gentle body awareness scan,
Releasing the forehead,
Letting the eyes become gentle in their sockets,
Allowing them to float.
All the little muscles around and surrounding the eyes,
Just letting go and relaxing,
Relaxing the cheeks and the jaw,
Creating a little space between the back teeth and allowing the tongue to let go,
Spread,
And open up from either side of the inner cheek to the roof of the mouth.
As you feel the sensation of the next breath coming in,
Feel as it lifts the chest,
And on your exhale,
Allow that gentle sensation to drift down the throat onto the shoulders,
Allowing the shoulders to gently drop back and relax as gravity takes over.
The torso,
Still erect,
Gently slides into the hips that are waiting to receive it.
As the torso relaxes into the waiting hips,
The hips receive the pressure and spread to accommodate the weight.
As you watch the thighs spread and the pressure release off the bottom parts of the legs and the knees,
The calves,
Feel the sensation of the soles of your feet and your shoes on the ground,
Wherever it is that they have been planted,
To feel the energy of the universe.
With your next deep breath in,
I want you to visualize the breath coming up through your feet as it fills your tummy,
Fills your chest,
And fills the upper cavity just below the throat.
And as you exhale,
Let it gently leave the body through the nose,
Inhaling,
Exhale.
It is at this time that I ask you to bring to mind a sankalpa,
Or an intention,
For your practice today.
It can be short,
Present,
And positive.
I am relaxed.
I am tranquil.
I am calm.
Whatever it is that you have chosen or selected as your intention,
Please say it now three times in your own voice,
Aloud,
Or in your heart.
Inhale,
And as you exhale,
Send your intentions on the breath.
Bring to mind a thought of gratitude.
Let's take a cleansing breath in and out together.
Exhale.
Let's begin our moving meditation,
Inhaling and gently lifting the right cheek and putting pressure on the left cheek as you move to the left.
As you inhale again,
Moving towards the right cheek,
Lifting the left,
And coming back to the other direction.
Let the breath be in time with the movement.
Each time as you come to an upright position,
That's your moment to inhale,
Inhaling,
And off to the other side.
You get the idea?
You can do this practice to match the breath in a relaxed,
Rhythmic,
Tranquil,
Dreamlike state.
As you create your own movement and your own energy,
Relax,
Stay present.
If you discover your mind begins to wander,
Each new inhale is a new opportunity to come back to your breath.
I will let you enjoy this,
Following the breath and the movements,
Creating a harmony and a pattern for yourself,
Letting everything around you just disappear.
On your next few breaths,
Becoming more aware of your surroundings,
Bringing yourself more back into the space of your environment,
And slowing your rocking down to being still,
Just sitting in this energy and experiencing the yoga you have created.
Yoga,
By definition,
Is union between body and breath.
This is exactly what you've created.
Sit in this moment,
Enjoying the sensations,
The calmness,
And the yoga being created in and around you.
As we close out our moving meditation for today,
Let's bring to mind our intention,
Repeating it three times in our heart or aloud,
Bringing to mind our thought of gratitude to carry us through the rest of our day,
Bringing your hands together in heart center,
Pressing the palms firmly but gently,
The elbows are extended.
Thank you for joining me today in my Happy Cheeks moving meditation.
Know that you can always return to this practice if you choose to calm your mind and soothe your heart.
Namaste.
Have a beautiful day.
