Hi,
My name is Dr.
Marpontoine Landry and this is the Baby Body Scan Mindfulness Guided Practice.
This is a mindfulness practice to discover and explore body sensations while holding your baby in skin-to-skin contact or kangaroo care.
I invite you to take a deep breath and then relax into a comfortable posture where you are relaxed but yet alert.
You may want to drop your jaw,
Drop your shoulders.
You may want to close your eyes or leave them open as you prefer.
And now bring your awareness into the body.
Whenever you're ready,
Bring your attention where your body touches your baby.
Allow your attention to detect in your body any physical or emotional sensations.
Maybe you feel the warmth of your baby's body,
Your baby's breathing movements,
Or that your baby is moving against your chest.
Maybe you feel the lightness or the heaviness of your baby in your arms.
Maybe you feel the relaxation in your body while holding your baby or you feel area of discomfort or some tension while holding your baby.
Maybe you feel love,
Tenderness,
Joy,
Pleasure,
Amazement,
Contentment,
Hope.
Maybe you feel worry,
Fear,
Anxiety,
Sadness,
Displeasure,
Guilt,
Agitation,
Or frustration.
Any of that is fine.
Just notice whatever is present in your current experience.
When you have noticed a sensation,
Stay connected to that sensation for a brief instant.
A few seconds or so.
Open up to that sensation and get curious about it.
You may want to discover with your awareness where is the sensation,
How much of it you feel,
Or if the sensation is changing in any ways.
There is no need to describe or answer any of those questions in your mind.
You only need to notice the sensation and those details with your awareness.
Then allow your attention to detect another or the same body sensation and soak into that experience for a few seconds and repeat the cycle a few more times.
At any time,
You may want to bring back your attention where you feel your baby to trigger some physical or emotional sensations in your body.
Now,
We will start exploring the sensations that are present when you bring your attention to different parts of your baby's body that are in contact with you.
I invite you to explore the sensations associated with the contact of your baby's head.
Bring your attention to the area where you are in physical contact with your baby's head.
Get curious about the sensations that you feel around your baby's head.
Stay connected to those sensations for a brief instant.
A few seconds or so.
And then explore other or the same sensation that are triggered by bringing your attention to your baby's head.
Flow.
Great.
Now I invite you to bring your attention to the area where you are in contact with your baby's chest and or back.
Explore and be curious about the sensations that you feel around your baby's torso.
Stay connected to those sensations for a brief instant,
A few seconds or so,
And keep exploring and noticing your sensations.
Remember that the sensations that you feel do not need to be only experienced at the point of contact with your baby.
It could be experienced elsewhere in your body.
But for the moment,
We are only interested in the sensations that are directly related or remotely triggered by being in contact with your baby's chest and or back.
Okay.
.
Great.
Now,
I invite you to bring your attention to the area where you are in contact with your baby's arms and or legs.
Discover the sensations that you feel when in contact with your baby's limbs.
Stay connected to those sensations for a brief instant,
A few seconds or so.
Then,
Explore other or the same sensations that are triggered by bringing your attention to your baby's limbs.
.
.
Great.
Now,
I invite you to bring back your attention to the area where you are in contact with your baby's torso,
Whether it's your baby's chest and or back.
Get curious about the sensations that you feel.
Stay connected to those sensations for a brief instant.
And then,
Explore other or the same sensations.
Remember that the sensations that you feel do not need to be only experienced at the point of contact with your baby's torso.
It could be experienced elsewhere in your body.
But for the moment,
You are only interested in the sensations that are directly related or triggered by being in contact with your baby's chest and or back.
.
Great.
Now,
I invite you to bring your attention to where you feel your baby's head.
Get curious about the sensations that you feel.
Stay connected to those sensations for a brief instant,
A few seconds or so,
And then explore other or the same sensations.
Breathe out more ultimately,
Maybe.
.
Great.
Now bring your attention to your baby as a whole,
Head,
Torso,
And limbs all connected.
Allow your attention to detect any physical or emotional sensations that you may feel in your body.
When you have noticed a sensation,
Stay connected to that sensation for a brief instant.
Open up to that sensation.
Get curious about it.
Then allow your attention to detect another sensation.
And repeat the cycle a few more times.
At any time,
You may want to bring back your attention where you feel your baby to trigger some more physical or emotional sensations in your body.
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.
Okay.
Good work.
Well done.
