Hello,
My name is Brian Hyman.
Welcome to the Daily Insight.
Today's meditation is healing the body.
Let's begin.
Find a comfortable position and settle in.
Perhaps sitting cross-legged on a pillow or cushion,
Sitting in a chair or on a couch.
You can also lie down.
Whatever is most comfortable for you,
Find a position and close the eyes.
Let's take a deep inhale together and exhale,
Let it go.
Again deep inhale,
Fill the body with breath and exhale,
Release the breath.
One last time,
Deep inhale and exhale,
Let it go.
As you settle into your posture,
Continue to breathe consciously,
Deeply,
Focusing on the in-breath and focusing on the out-breath.
Allow awareness of breath to anchor the mind and body in the present moment.
Now bring your awareness to the shoulders.
In the shoulders we carry the weight of the world,
All of our burdens and responsibilities.
And not just ours,
Many of us also take on extra responsibility.
We take on the problems and issues and circumstances of people we know and care about.
With our awareness at the shoulders,
Let's take an inhale.
And with the exhale,
Relax the shoulders.
Again with awareness at the shoulders,
Take an inhale.
And with the exhale,
See if you can let something go,
Just for now.
Last time,
Deep inhale,
Awareness at the shoulders.
And exhale,
Relaxing the shoulders.
Continue to breathe with awareness.
Continue to anchor the mind and body in the present moment.
Now bring your awareness to the heart space,
The chest.
In this area we carry sadness,
Loss,
Grief,
Depression.
With our awareness at the heart space,
Take a deep inhale,
Fill this area with breath.
And with the exhale,
Relax this area,
Soften this area.
Again awareness at the heart space,
Take an inhale.
And exhale,
Let something go.
One last time,
With awareness at the heart,
Take a deep inhale.
And exhale,
Release the breath.
Continue to breathe with awareness.
Continue to anchor the mind and body in the present moment.
Let's bring our awareness to the belly.
In this area we store control issues,
Fears.
We can literally make ourselves sick when we're holding on to things in this area.
Especially things we cannot control or things that scare us.
With awareness at the belly,
Take a deep inhale,
Cleansing breath.
And exhale,
Release the breath.
Notice the rise and fall of the abdomen,
Again awareness at the belly,
Take an inhale.
And exhale,
Let something go.
One last time,
Awareness at the belly,
Deep inhale,
Fill the belly with breath.
And exhale,
Release the breath.
Continue to breathe with awareness.
Continue to anchor the mind and body in the present moment.
Now bring awareness to the hips.
In this area we store abandonment issues,
Rejection,
Betrayal.
Notice what comes up for you when you bring your awareness to the hips.
Maybe there's something you'd like to let go of,
Maybe we can do it together.
With awareness at the hips,
Take a deep inhale.
And exhale,
Let it go.
Let go of the breath,
Maybe let go of something else.
Again deep inhale,
Awareness at the hips.
And exhale,
Let the breath go.
One last time,
Relaxing the hips,
Deep inhale,
Opening,
Healing,
Harmonizing the body.
And exhale,
Release the breath.
Continue to breathe with awareness.
Continue to anchor the mind and body in the present moment.
Now bring the awareness to the lower back.
In this area we store things like anger,
Resentments,
The things we can't seem to forgive are grudges and grievances.
Notice what comes to mind for you,
And see what you're willing to let go of.
With awareness at the lower back,
Take a deep inhale.
And exhale,
Let the breath go,
Maybe let something else go too.
Again deep inhale.
And exhale,
Release the breath.
One last time,
Breathing with awareness at the lower back.
Again deep inhale.
And exhale,
Release the breath.
Continue to breathe with awareness.
Continue to anchor the mind and body in the present moment.
Now bring the awareness to the forehead.
See if you can relax this area.
And relax all the tiny muscles around the eyes.
With your awareness,
Notice if the jaw is tight or clenched.
See if you can relax the jaw.
Bring your awareness to the hands,
Notice if you're gripping.
Can you relax the fingers?
Do the same thing with the feet.
Relax the toes.
The next few moments,
The body now hopefully a little more relaxed.
Continue to focus on the breath in silence.
Allow the body to soften.
Continue to explore the healing that's happening right here,
Right now.
Continue to focus on the breath.
Continue to focus on the breath.
Let's take a deep inhale together.
And exhale,
Let it go.
Bring your awareness back to the physical body,
To where you are now.
Start to move the body gently.
Maybe shrug the shoulders.
Open the hands.
Maybe move the jaw from side to side.
Come back home to the body.
The body stores many of our emotions and feelings.
I hope this meditation was helpful in learning where the body stores emotions and feelings.
And I hope you feel a little more relaxed.
And when you're ready,
Gently blink the eyes open.
Thank you for meditating with me.
Have a beautiful day.
