Welcome to this standing practice.
My name is Chrissy and during this practice we'll be focusing on the body and the breath.
And so to begin we'll just come on to stand and once you're here let the feet be just a little bit wider than your hips and bring a little bit of a bend into those knees just so that we're not locking the joint.
The arms can just hang by your sides and some of us like to close the eyes and others of us we might just take our gaze downward let the eyelids be a little heavy.
This practice is just a way to help us connect to our body to connect to the strength that's inside of our legs and inside of this body.
It helps us to become a little more grounded a little more centered and balanced.
So initially just take a nice breath in and an easy exhale out and bringing that awareness down to your feet.
Feeling the toes,
Feeling the ball of each foot and then moving to that outside edge of both feet right back to the heel.
If you're barefoot you might notice that absence of pressure at the arch and if you're wearing shoes you might notice you might have a little support but just feeling both feet right on the ground.
The pressure,
The feedback and now just take a gentle shift on over to that right leg.
Maybe you notice the contraction that happens in the calf and in your thighs maybe even into your behind.
The strength of that right leg.
You might notice how light the left leg is now.
So let's shift on through center and then head all the way on over into that left leg now feeling those muscles contract.
I'm feeling the lightness now in that right leg and I come on back to center equally distributing the weight between one foot and the other one leg and the other finding an easy stance.
Feeling both legs and maybe you start to take that awareness into your backside.
The behind,
The spine,
Up the neck to the head and even down the arms on the front side of your body.
Noticing the sensations that you may have.
You may just feel the pressure of the body being grounded.
You might have other sensations tingling,
Pulsing and I'll take a moment just to notice the breath.
Don't have to change anything.
Just notice and then just have the mind rest either with the breath or maybe down to your feet,
These legs,
Any sensation within the body.
Now noticing where the mind is.
It may have drifted and that's just fine or maybe it's still resting with the body,
With the breath.
Just bringing it back to this anchor of what's happening at this very moment.
Nice.
And if your eyes are closed,
You can go ahead and flicker those eyes open and maybe start to bring a little bit of movement to the body.
Maybe it's a little sway side to side or wiggle your fingers.
This practice can be done anywhere.
It can be done for 10 seconds,
For five minutes,
For 10.
It's just that practice of bringing your awareness to your body,
Noticing the strength of the legs,
Helping you to become a little more grounded,
A little more balanced.
Thanks again for joining me.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
