Somatic Series: Body, I Am Listening

Welcome to this Mini Somatic Series exploring the language the body uses.
When we shift our attention from the stories in our mind to the sensations in our body, we begin to hear a different kind of wisdom. Every sensation, whether it's tension, warmth, heaviness, ease or fluttering, is part of the body's way of communicating what it has noticed, experienced or needs. Rather than trying to change or analyse these signals, we can simply become curious about them. The more we learn to listen to the language of the body, the more connected, regulated and responsive we become.
As you complete this final micro-moment, remember that presence is always available to you. Please return to this practice whenever you notice yourself becoming caught up in the past, worrying about the future or feeling disconnected from your body and allow this simple moment of awareness to help you come home to yourself, reconnect with the present and simply... be here now.

Transcript

As you settle in to this rested or lying down position. I'll invite you to either settle your gaze or close down your eyes. As we imagine drawing the attention all the way down the body. Into the feet. Sensing and feeling. How your feet are. In this very moment. Trusting that you don't have to fix, You don't have to change anything that arises. As you witness your feat. Curious of the length? The wit? And the heaviness that you could perhaps feel in your feet. Any fabrics in contact with your skin. Any temperature you notice there. And now begin to scan your attention from the tips of your toes. All the way up your legs into your hip joints. And then from your hip joints all the way back down the legs and to the feet. So you're scanning up and down. Up and down. Notice what you can feel. What you might sense or imagine within this space. And now letting your legs go and arriving at your hands. Notice what you can sense. What you might feel or imagine around your hands. Notice the length. The width. And the natural weight of your hands. And then beginning to scan your attention from the tips of your fingers. All the way up along your arms. Until you reach the tops of your shoulders. And then scanning from your shoulders all the way down your arms. Ending your palms and your fingers. Scanning up and down your arms. Noticing. Witnessing. Sensing. Now bringing your attention to the base of your spine. And begin to move your attention. Up across your back. All the way up. To the very top of your head. And then begin to scan your attention from the top of your head. All the way down your body, Down your back, Down your spine. Ending at the tailbone. Every time you scan up. And scan down, Notice what you can feel. What you can sense or imagine. Within this space. And now as you bring a hand to rest somewhere on your body. Trust wherever it goes. Might you promise yourself? Promise your body. That today you are going to listen. Body. I'm listening.