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Releasing Tension

by Eryl McCaffrey

Rated
4.8
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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Release physical tension and mental stress with this guided body scan. Tap into your natural ability to let go, surrender and find ease by mindfully checking-in with tension in your body and intentionally letting it go with breath.

TensionStressBody ScanBreathingRelaxationMindfulnessDeep BreathingMuscle RelaxationPresent Moment Awareness

Transcript

Welcome,

Sweet one.

This is your guided meditation for relaxation.

Take a seat or lie down.

Make sure your spine is long and your shoulders are relaxed.

Close your eyes.

You are here now.

You have nowhere else to be and nothing else to do for the next five minutes.

Let's take a few deep,

Mindful breaths together.

Inhale through your nose.

Open your mouth and exhale.

Let it go.

Again,

Inhale.

Hold your breath just for a moment.

Open your mouth,

Exhale.

Keep breathing nice and slow and deep as I help you to relax from head to toe with some simple cues.

All you need to do is listen and soften.

Start by softening the space between your eyebrows.

Relax all the small muscles around your eyes.

Unclench your jaw.

And the muscles of your neck,

The front,

Sides,

And back of your neck.

Feel your shoulders melting away from your ears.

If your mind has wandered out of the present moment,

Just come back to your breath.

Let your shoulder blades melt down your back.

Release any tension in your arms and your fingers.

Relax your belly.

Let it fully expand as you inhale and soften as you exhale.

Soften your hips.

Relax your glutes and your thighs.

And letting go of any tension in your calf muscles.

Relaxing your toes.

Take a nice deep breath.

And then empty your lungs.

Let it go.

Thank you for practicing with me today.

I see you.

I honor you.

Namaste.

Meet your Teacher

Eryl McCaffreyToronto, ON, Canada

4.8 (1 080)

Recent Reviews

Shell

June 6, 2023

This was the perfect way to begin my day feeling more relaxed. Thank you!! 🦋✨🤍

Daniella

May 25, 2023

So grateful I found this beautiful practice!! Thank you for sharing your work with me 💜

Stephanie

October 31, 2022

This was absolutely relaxing!!

Anders

October 10, 2022

Perfect micro pause! Nice and smoothe guiding, not too loud background music. 🙏

Lisa

October 6, 2022

Perfect quick tension release to start your morning….

Tricia

September 16, 2022

Very nice!

Michael

August 26, 2022

Perfect!

Sasha

August 10, 2022

A great quick body scan to start your day.

Katie

August 10, 2022

Fantastic! And her voice keeps me calm rather than annoying me.

Tommy

July 26, 2022

Short, but lovely. Thank you.

Gabriel

April 11, 2022

amazing thank you! 👌

Kylie

March 5, 2022

I liked it

Paul

January 30, 2022

Absolutely wonderful and very relaxing. Thank you!

Donna

December 31, 2021

Excellent, relaxation in 5

Rahul

December 16, 2021

Thank you, this was really beautiful and effective 🥰

Nick

May 26, 2021

Very relaxing after a long work day. Thank you! Namaste!

Nick

April 5, 2021

Eryl this was just what I needed. Did your first one this morning, and this tension release to reset before I finish the day. Lovely.

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