Find your comfortable seat,
Your comfortable place lying down.
Spend a moment with your eyes still open to move your body and stretch a little bit.
And if you are kind of right away finding muscles that are tense,
See if you can contract them,
Like squeeze them,
And then release them a few times.
I'm doing that with my upper traps.
Taking deep breaths,
Breathing in and out.
Slowly.
Finding an exhale that's about the same length as your inhale.
Becoming more and more aware of your breath,
Aware of your body.
Breathing down,
Letting go of whatever happened in your day before now and taking this time to be present.
Closing your eyes if that feels like the right thing to do.
Breathing into your breath.
And feeling your breath move in your body.
Noticing if your chest moves as you breathe,
Your belly moves.
And feeling your shoulders move.
And feeling your chest move as you breathe.
And feeling your chest move as you breathe.
And feeling the feeling that's happening in the present moment.
And that it's something that we can meditate on and work to accept moving away from fighting it.
Maybe it's your uterus or your ovaries or your belly that is causing you pain or discomfort.
Maybe it's your lower ribs or lower back,
Your shoulders,
Your jaw.
Finding one point of pain or discomfort that you're going to focus on now.
Taking deep inhales and imagining sending the breath into that area.
So you can visualize the breath as energy moving to that area.
And you notice what color you're visualizing that as,
Where it's going and how it settles there.
And then you notice that as that area of pain or discomfort fills with light and color and energy,
You notice where that energy is needed the most.
Where it's needed a little less.
And that's not needed at all.
So you're kind of discovering as you visualize the borders of your pain or discomfort.
And then you can take a deep breath in through your nose.
And then you accept that this pain or discomfort is trying to send you a message.
That it actually serves a purpose.
That its function is telling you that this area needs to be healed or strengthened or stretched,
Removed,
Paid attention to in some way.
And honoring that by giving it the attention right now.
Meditating on it,
Letting it be what it is,
Without fighting against it,
Without resisting it,
Without wishing that it wasn't there.
And then you're going to be accepting this current iteration of pain or discomfort,
Knowing that as it is right now is temporary.
And you're able to handle it because it won't be exactly like this forever.
The intensity will change.
The location will change.
Breathing and accepting this present moment for what it's offering you.
Breathing in and out.
And then letting that area go.
Finding an area in your body that is not in pain.
That is totally at ease.
No muscle tension.
No messages calling out to you for attention.
Bringing your concentration to this area.
What does it feel like to be comfortable?
What's the temperature of this area?
Can you feel any textures?
Maybe clothing or your body's touching?
You can feel the air on your skin in that particular area.
And then allowing yourself to be comfortable as you bring your full awareness to this area in your body that feels comfort.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Just as we did before.
You can send some energy,
Some light to this area.
And then you can feel the energy in your whole body.
Your whole body filling with light and energy,
Visualizing it,
Whatever color makes sense to you.
And your thighs and your bum and your whole pelvis.
Your belly and your back.
Your ribcage.
All filling up your arms and your hands and your neck and your head.
Accepting your whole body as it is right now in this moment.
And remembering that you're deserving of receiving energy and light and love.
Take a few deep breaths together through the nose.
And just like we did at the beginning,
Squeezing any muscles that are feeling some tension.
And releasing them.
And taking a moment to think yourself for meditating today.
Thank you for taking the time to think yourself.
