Welcome to Day 7 of Radiance.
We have been at it for a whole week now,
And I hope you're enjoying these practices.
And today we're going to move into our hips,
Our legs and our feet.
After that,
We will have moved through and connected with our entire body.
And then next week,
We go deeper.
So today's practice,
I want you to start again,
Lying down on your back on the floor.
And so go ahead and come into a comfortable position.
Once you're on your back,
You're welcome to close your eyes.
And I'd like you to draw your knees in towards your chest,
And you don't have to do this aggressively.
It can be very gentle,
You don't have to even use your hands or your arms,
Just simply lift your feet off the floor and let your knees rock in towards your belly.
From here,
Take a deep breath in.
And out.
Feeling the back of your body starting to sink down into the floor a little bit Letting your shoulders relax back and down.
And noticing how you're feeling today.
Feel the breath moving deep into the space of your belly.
And if it feels okay for you i want you to let your arms stretch overhead And then just rest them down on the floor.
And then let your legs Stretch up towards the sky,
Soles of the feet towards the sky.
If you need to keep your knees bent,
That's totally fine,
Just do the best you can This can be a movement that you come in and out of.
Maybe as you breathe in,
You stretch one leg or both legs as straight as possible without straining.
And then as you breathe out,
Can bend one or both legs.
At the knees.
And then just repeat that a couple more times,
Just starting to.
Engage those legs.
The hips and maybe even the feet.
So when your legs stretch out straight,
You can point the toes and then flex the toes.
And then circle out your ankles.
Then again you might bend your knees and let the knees drop in towards the belly towards the chest.
Maybe crossing the ankles and seeing if you can find a somewhat easeful way of resting in this shape.
And if you need your hands and your arms,
Just simply bring them back forward towards your legs and hold on to the back of your thighs or to your shin bones,
Whatever works for you.
And then just rock your legs a little side to side.
Not a full twist.
You're just rocking the legs a little side to side.
Forward and back the knees can be bent or you can explore this with your legs stretching back out straight we're just kind of intuitively moving the body moving specifically the lower half of the body and starting to connect to this part of us.
And then the next thing I want you to explore here is a little shaking in the legs.
So you may want to extend them Again,
Up in the air,
As straight as possible.
And then you're just going to let the legs begin to shake like you're shaking drops of water off of the legs.
Breathing deeply as you do this and the shaking can be really fast.
Or it can be more of a slow little shake.
You can do one leg at a time,
Or both legs together.
The legs spend so much time holding the weight of the rest of your body.
Spend a lot of time on our feet walking around or we might be sitting with a lot of weight coming down through the lower half of the body and it can be really freeing for the legs and the feet to get a chance to be light and to not have to bear the weight of the rest of the body and then to shake off any stagnant energy anything they'd been holding on to.
Simply because it can be hard to let go when there's so much weight and pressure coming down through the body,
Through the legs and the feet.
So this is your chance to just lighten the load a little bit for those legs.
And to liberate them.
Keep shaking the legs just a little bit more.
Shaking off any heaviness,
Density,
Stagnant energy,
Stuck energy in your legs so that you can feel more alive in your legs,
More empowered in your legs,
More radiant in your legs.
Just a couple more breaths here.
You can begin to stop shaking.
The legs and do any last little movements that feel good that could just be hugging the knees back into the chest or stretching the legs in some other way.
Take a deep breath in.
And out.
And then I want you to roll off onto one side and just bring yourself slowly upright into a seated position.
And once you're sitting upright,
Use your hands and massage your legs.
As you massage your legs,
Honor them.
They hold you up.
They let you move about this earth and get to all the places you need to get to.
So honor these legs of yours.
Working from the hips all the way down to your feet,
Make sure you touch and massage gently each foot.
When that feels complete,
Come into stillness.
Spread your awareness out to your whole body.
Feel your legs integrating with the rest of your body.
And feel your wholeness.
Your whole body,
And your wholeness.
Knowing that your radiance is shining out through your body,
Through your whole body.
And just by acknowledging it,
Just by focusing on it,
We increase our vitality.
We activate the intelligence of our body.
And its healing potential.
Our bodies are resilient.
Take one more deep breath in here,
Filling up your whole body with fresh oxygen.
Breathing out any stagnation,
Any old energy,
Anything bringing you down.
And then create a little quiet intention.
For yourself and for the rest of your day.
Just something simple,
That will let you carry forth your wholeness into whatever is next.
Thanks for showing up today,
And I look forward to tomorrow's session.
Have a beautiful rest of your day.
