Quick Intuitive Body Scan

A quick, intuitive body scan to listen in on your inner voice and see what your intuition is pointing you to.

Use this body scan to practice learning your body's intuitive reactions to external situations and internal thoughts in the moment, and over the long term to build recognition of what is intuition, what is not, and how you can know this somatically.

This meditation was created to accompany the Trust Your Gut and Master the Skills of Intuition course available on Insight Timer, which provides more context and more tools, but works as a standalone practice as well.

The music is "Floating" by James Anthony Walker, also on IT.
The image is from Pezibear on Pixabay.

Transcript

Welcome to the intuitive body scan.

This meditation is designed to accompany the exploring intuition course here on Insight Timer but can be done on its own as well.

So the first thing to do is to get yourself into the right state to perform the scan.

This is slightly different from a mindful body scan although we will be being mindful or from a relaxing body scan.

Your intention here is to be aware of what's going on in your body and to just recognise those parts of your experience which you can't explain.

So before we start just be aware of what you've brought with you today,

Any thoughts or stories,

Any sensations or emotions and if you think that any of those might interfere with the intuitive body scan or simply not be useful in this moment then you can invite them to leave now.

Coming into yourself in the present,

Aware of your body,

Aware of your breathing and we're going now to scan very quickly down the body from head to toe and so what you'll be doing is reaching out for any sensation,

Noticing any emotion and also if you're somebody who works easily with visualization you can imagine your body as a kind of light body so that you actually see what you're experiencing as we scan down the body.

So bringing your attention now and this search for sensation,

Emotion and visual change to the crown of your head,

Scanning down through your head to your neck,

Shoulders,

Arms,

Torso,

Heart space,

Gut,

Hips and pelvic area,

Thighs,

Calves,

Feet and as you scan down your body there,

Was there anywhere which called your attention?

It might be that it felt different in sensation or emotion,

That the quality of the light was different as you visualized your body or maybe just that you got stuck there.

Go to that area now and just notice,

Explore what is happening here and if you've done this scan to try to really understand your reaction to a particular situation,

Bring that situation to mind now or allow yourself to be aware of the situation.

Retaining in your awareness the part of the body which called your attention and again just notice what's happening.

Explore the feedback that you're receiving and if you like you can ask your inner self now if there's any more information it would like to communicate to you.

Just remaining present and you can remain with this for a while longer.

Trying not to assign meaning,

Just noticing what is happening within you,

What your intuitive reaction is and then when you're ready you can let go of that noticing.

Becoming aware once again of your body,

Of your breathing and of anything which you bring with you out of this quick scan.

This ends the intuitive body scan.

Reviews

That was very nice, and very interesting revealing.
Thank you

Thanks, Keziah. I found a place of tightness in my scan. I know that spot can often cause me pain and just gently rested my attention there asking if there was anything I should know: “Guilt. Mother. “

Ok. Just going to let that be for now and let my intuition guide me to what that might be about and if there is anything I am called to do about it.

Great 😊 will try to incorporate this into my everyday life. Thank you.

Wonderful morning meditation - thank you ❣️

This helps me when I’m feeling all out of centre and don’t know why. Lovely, quick scan that gives a space to check-in, see what there is and settle the mind . Thank you 🙏🏻 💕

Quick, simple and effective. To be done regularly!
Thank you

Quick, but very effective. Bookmarked and recommended.

Just discovered you and loved this little meditation technique thank you. Definitely going to listen to more, am so very interested in intuition and developing it (or my ability to trust it!) Namaste 🙏🏼🧡

Thank you for this intuitive body scan.
I will make this a daily ritual 💚.

I was able to identify area needing work. Thanks!

Great short intuitive scan meditation. I would LOVE if it was longer!

Very efficient and helpful! Namaste!

Very helpful to connect the scan with what I was carrying around in my head and learn how my body is reacting to the baggage. Very insightful.

Helped me discover where I was holding some emotional pain. I was totally unaware that I was until I did the body scan. I was able to make the connection as to why it was there, and then was able to sit with it, and release it. Thank you! That was a much needed surprise! Amazing how many emotions get stored in out bodies that we are unaware of!

Nice to feel can reach this insight whenever needed. Thanks so much!

I hope you will be able to upload a version without the abrupt cut off. This is excellent.

Very good scanning tool when you are stumped and have a question your logical brain can’t find the answer to. Very quick as well so perfect for time before work. Thank you!

Great Morning Ritual!!