So when you're ready,
Close your eyes.
Place your hands on your lap.
And we'll start at the top of the head.
So I want you to focus your awareness at the top of the head and then to the forehead.
And as we go through each body part,
Try and relax.
If you notice any sensations of tension,
Relax them away.
So focus your awareness on your forehead,
On your eyebrows,
On your eyelids,
And relax.
Then moving down to the cheeks and the jaw.
Try and relax any tension that's there.
Moving down to the neck and the shoulders.
Drop your shoulders.
As you're doing this,
If you feel any sensation of pain or you notice any sensation of discomfort,
See if it changes,
See if it moves.
Be curious to the nature of it and observe it with curiosity.
From the shoulders,
We'll move down the arms and as you move your awareness down the arms to your hands,
Relax your biceps,
Your forearms,
Your wrists,
Your fingers,
Letting go of any tension that might be in any of those areas.
Coming to the core of the body,
The chest,
And the stomach,
We often carry a lot of stress and anxiety in our stomach and see if you can let go of anything you're holding onto.
Notice that your stomach will continue to move in and out with your breath,
Which is automatic.
You don't need to think about it,
But any tension that we might hold might restrict that breath,
So let it go.
Moving to the back,
Which is the opposite side of the stomach,
Do the same.
And lastly,
To the legs,
Your thighs,
Your calves,
Your feet,
Ankles,
Toes.
Relax,
Send relaxing energy and just feel the weight of your body,
Feel yourself sinking into your chair.
If there's any body part that I missed,
Or ones that you notice some tension,
Feel free to go back and focus on them yourself.
Remember,
This is a daily practice,
And it's not something that you can do on your own.
It's something that you can do on your own.
Remember,
This is a daily practice,
And so if you don't see any changes today,
Be patient.
The more we do this,
I think you'll start to experience some interesting things happening with your discomfort,
And maybe your relationship with it starts to change,
And it itself starts to change as well.
As I was saying earlier,
It might just start to move,
It might increase in intensity,
Decrease.
But what we're doing here is decoupling our emotional response,
And over time we'll start to see how that improves our well-being.
