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Riding The Wave Of Arousal Or Urge

Name: Riding The Wave Of Arousal Or Urge
Uploaded: 2020-09-19T19:36:59.000Z
Duration: 5 min 21 s
Channel: Catherine Cook-Cottone
Description: This practice is adapted from my book, "Embodiment and the treatment of eating disorders: The body as a resource in recovery" (Cook-Cottone, WW Norton, 2020). Use the meditation when you are feeling an urge to have symptoms or if you want to watch a big wave of emotion come and go. Imagine yourself as a surfer- riding the wave. Remember, this too shall pass.

by Catherine Cook-Cottone

Rated

4.4

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

676

This practice is adapted from my book, "Embodiment and the treatment of eating disorders: The body as a resource in recovery" (Cook-Cottone, WW Norton, 2020). Use the meditation when you are feeling an urge to have symptoms or if you want to watch a big wave of emotion come and go. Imagine yourself as a surfer- riding the wave. Remember, this too shall pass.

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