Hello and welcome.
I am so honored to have this time with you.
I am here to share with you some very practical ways that we can bring our minds and our bodies to the same place at the same time more often.
I don't know about you but I struggle sometimes to really stay in the present moment and to keep my mind and my body in the same place and when we can do that more consistently we can show up for ourselves.
We can show up for those we love and show up for those we serve and those we interact with every single day differently.
So one of the ways that we might do that is by starting to look around your space and you might notice any colors or sights that you see but without creating the story.
So letting go of any story or even labeling and just noticing what you see.
You might bring in any sounds that you hear and just allowing those sounds to be here to be part of this experience.
Knowing that sounds will ebb and flow.
They will change and shift just like our thoughts,
Just like our physical sensations.
You might even start to notice any textures that you feel.
Again without labeling but just noticing those textures.
And then now that our mind and body are a little bit more here in the present,
I will invite you to welcome some gratitude into your awareness,
Into your mind.
You might even ask yourself what or who uplifts me?
What or who gives me strength?
What or who helps me through?
Or what or who helps me smile or even laugh?
And as you bring that to mind,
Just allowing your awareness to now come back to the present moment by noticing your physical body.
You might notice how your body is being supported.
Might even check in with your breathing or your heart rate or any places that feel a little bit more comfortable or neutral after thinking about your gratitude.
And as you start to check in with your breathing,
Might start to create a little bit of a relationship and awareness with your breath.
Just simply noticing your inhale and your exhale.
You might notice your inhale.
Awareness is such an incredible way for us to create any sort of change or agency that we might need.
So knowing that just by observing and noticing your breath,
You're creating a little bit of a relationship with it.
You're starting to notice how it's showing up.
You might notice the physical sensation of your breath.
You might notice the sound of your breath.
You might even notice the subtlety of your breath.
You might even notice the steadiness of your breath.
Once again,
You might check in with your body or even a part of your body that's being supported in this moment.
Really anchoring back to this present moment.
And I'd love to invite you to make any little movements with your body that you might want to make or any stretches or ways that your body might want to move.
Knowing this can look like anything or be like anything that you want it to be.
Once again,
Creating this compassionate awareness toward how your body might be taking as much time here as you need or want.
One last practice that I'll offer for this practice is a way of noticing your breath as well as noticing the texture.
So you might place your hand on a hard surface or even on your leg and thinking about a circle here.
So with one finger,
Maybe your pointer finger,
You might start to create a little bit of a circle.
A half circle here as you notice your inhale and then the other half of the circle noticing your exhale.
So as you continue to make this circle,
You might notice your inhale and your exhale.
You might even notice the texture as you make your circle.
Knowing that you can decide whether you want to lengthen your circle or make it bigger or if you just want to continue to notice your breath or even the texture.
Knowing this can be a way you can very subtly integrate this into your life to create that awareness with the present moment of how the texture feels as well as a noticing of your breath.
So welcoming your inhale and your exhale.
As you start to bring this practice to a close,
You're welcome to to check in.
To check in with your mind,
With your body and notice do they feel a little bit more in the same place at the same time or not.
Taking a moment to just check in to notice if there's been any shifts in a more pleasant or neutral way.
And just allowing yourself to sit with that and notice that for as long as you'd like.
I want to thank you so much for joining me and for practicing with me as I also practice these daily and being able to help our minds,
Our bodies be more at the same place at the same time as often as possible so that we can show up differently.
That we can show up for ourselves,
Those we love and those we work with and serve and interact with daily in a more grounded,
Connected and empowered way.
May you be well.
May you take good care of yourself and those around you.
