Awareness Of The Body

This is a gentle 15 minute guided meditation on awareness of the body, as it is in this present moment. To create inclusive and accessible guided meditations, I would like to offer as much information as possible so you know what to expect before you begin. This guided track does not mention or draw attention to: specific body parts; specific postures or position; the ability to hear or see; the breath.

Thank you for practising with me today.

Transcript

This will be a 10 to 15 minute meditation on awareness of the body as it is being used as it is right now.

So to begin let's arrive in this moment,

Whatever that means for you.

See if you can allow yourself to just be.

Is that anything to do or think about?

You're just here right now.

And then see if you can notice the parts of your body that are in contact with the surface.

And see if you can notice these things not by thinking about them with your mind but by feeling them through your body.

See if there are some parts that you're more drawn to than others.

And let your awareness settle there.

See if you feel able to relax those parts that are in contact with something.

See if you can lean into the support of that surface.

Can you allow yourself,

Allow those parts of your body to be held?

And then noticing too if you don't feel safe or comfortable to relax and know that it's all okay.

This is your experience.

Nothing needs to change.

We're simply cultivating some curiosity and power.

What is going on right now?

What do we feel in our bodies in this moment?

Now moving our awareness.

To those parts of the body that we can feel that aren't in contact with the sex.

How do those parts feel different to those that are in contact with the surface?

And again seeing if we can answer that question not with our minds but by feeling with the body.

If you feel drawn to you can compare and contrast.

How does this part of my body that's against the surface feel different to this part that's not?

Play around and see what you're curious about.

In here.

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When you notice that your mind has wandered,

And it will,

And it's completely normal,

See if you can notice where it went,

Without getting pulled into a line of thought or caught up in a daydream or a memory.

And then gently and kindly drawing your attention back to the body,

And those parts that you can feel that are in contact with the surface.

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And let's use our minds wandering off as an opportunity to be curious.

Has your body changed in response to the thoughts that came up,

Or the distraction that pulled your awareness away?

Has it leant further into the support of the surface,

Or has it begun holding itself more?

Maybe there's been no change.

There is no right or wrong here.

This is your experience.

And this is your practice.

Noticing your body as it is right now.

Those parts that are in contact with a surface,

And those are not.

And how that feels.

And we can draw our awareness back to it as many times as we need.

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And as we draw to the end of this meditation practice,

Noticing how it feels to have spent some time with your body today.

I invite you,

If you feel able,

To offer gratitude to that part of yourself that brought you to practice today.

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Thank you so much for practicing with me today.

Reviews

Thank you. I found the sound quality a bit difficult (had to replay the bit several times about where I should be allowing my attention to settle), but overall this was really helpful, and some new insights and compassion for myself. My body is entire, but I do have difficulties with standard formats for breathing/body awareness that can leave me feeling “I must just TRY harder” - which of course doesn’t always help. I feel a bit changed by this meditation, and looking forward to how that plays out today. Thank you again.