A mindful body shake.
So this mindful body shake can be helpful if you're feeling nervous or excited.
You can shake out and release some of that excess energy but before we start please make sure you have enough space around you to be able to move freely without bumping into anything.
A mindful body shake.
So let's get our mindful bodies on,
Standing upright this time with your feet slightly apart and just let your body be comfortable and loose and I invite you now to draw your attention all the way down to your feet and begin to shift your body weight all the way over to your left side so all your weight is going through your left leg and begin to use your balance to gently start to raise your right foot off the floor and starting with your right toes we're going to give them a little wiggle and a shake and begin to bring the shake further up your right side and into your right ankle.
Shaking your right ankle and moving the shake up your lower right leg including your right knee and all the way up your right thigh and into your hip joint giving your whole right leg a good shake.
Shaking that right leg around keeping your balance.
It's okay if you unbalance and have to hold on to a wall or pop your right foot on the floor temporarily.
Giving that right leg a really good shake and now I invite you to gently bring your right foot back onto the ground and we're going to swap legs so we're going to shift all our body weight over onto our right leg this time and slowly bring our left foot off the floor.
Begin to wriggle and shake your left toes and then start to bring that shake up through your left ankle,
Your left lower leg,
Your left knee,
Your left thigh and into your left hip joint giving your whole left leg a good shake.
Shaking your left leg around shake,
Shake,
Shake and I invite you to gently return your left foot to the ground and just take a moment and notice how your feet now that they're both back on the floor feel.
How do your feet feel and keeping your attention in your feet let's begin to draw our shake up through both our legs this time but with our feet on the floor.
So we're shaking into our calves,
Our knees,
Our thighs,
Our hips.
You might like to have your feet a little wide to help you keep your balance.
Start to shake up into your lower tummy,
Your upper tummy,
Your chest and now start to get your fingers involved starting to wriggle both your fingers,
All your fingers both sides of the body into your hands.
Begin to shake your wrists and your lower arms all the way up to your elbows,
Your upper arms,
Shaking into your shoulders.
It's getting warm we're shake,
Shake,
Shake,
Shake,
Shaking.
Start to shake the shoulders and up into your neck a little bit and a very soft shake through the head not too much we don't want to shake our precious brains.
We're shaking our whole body shake,
Shake,
Shake,
Shake,
Shake and I invite you now to gently start to slow the shaking down.
Slowly start to settle your body down into stillness slowly softening the body.
The shake has stilled,
Our whole body is still.
You might like to gently close your eyes for a few moments and just notice how your body feels right now and how did your body feel when you were shaking it and when you're ready you can open your eyes and go on your way knowing that you can use this body shake anytime you feel a bit nervous or excited can help release some of that excess energy.
Thank you.
