Welcome to this meditation practice.
This practice is designed to connect you back to your deepest embodied sense of self.
This is your experience of your physical being,
Not your mental emotional being.
So helping you to connect back to the sensations that arise in your body in order to be able to use them as pointers and communication tools,
Rather than allowing yourself to become overpowered,
As we usually often are by the mental constructs of the thinking mind.
For this practice,
I invite you to settle yourself into a comfortable position.
This could be a seated posture.
Or you could be lying down.
As long as you know you're not going to fall asleep.
Take a moment to settle into your chosen position.
Taking a nice full breath in,
In any way that you choose.
And as you exhale,
Feeling a sense of release through your body.
And with it,
A gentle sense of softening into this moment.
Take a moment now to see what you can connect to in the space surrounding you.
What sounds can you hear?
And these are the sounds that are perhaps coming from within your space as well as sounds that are outside of your space.
Is there any scent in the air?
What is the temperature of your skin?
Can you connect to the sensation of your clothing on your skin?
How are you holding your body in this moment?
How are you breathing?
Are there any areas of tightness or restriction?
Is the breath high and short,
Shallow?
Or deep and full?
There's no right or wrong here.
We're simply exploring the body to get a feel of what is happening on a sensation level.
Allowing your focus to delve further into the physical body.
Observing any sensation that may be arising.
And this could be sensation either that you're experiencing in a quite tangible form or maybe very,
Very subtle.
So I invite you to tune in to really listen deeply.
The invitation here is that to try and label what you feel as physical sensation rather than emotional.
So if there are any emotions present for you today,
Notice what they are.
But then see if you can explore them within the body.
So,
For example,
If there is tiredness,
How does tiredness feel in your body?
How do you do tiredness?
If there is joy,
How do you do joy in your body?
If there is anxiety or stress,
How do you do these things in your physical body?
What we're learning here is to remove ourselves from the emotion,
From labeling these sensations as emotion,
Which have their roots in a story and a narrative.
And simply learning how to be present with the physical body.
Holding those sensations in pure awareness.
And if the mind begins to wander off completely,
You can come back to the body.
Come back to the sensation of your body as you sit or as you rest where you are.
Finding your breath.
Finding the beat of your heart.
Holding the sensation.
You may wish to hold these sensations in an isolated form,
Such as I can feel something in my left knee or I can feel a tightness in my chest.
Or you can become aware of the whole body.
The whole body.
Feeling into your unique and precious body as a whole.
Dropping the story.
Dropping the emotions.
And just sitting with your body.
Feeling your body.
Breathing your body.
Being fully present with your body.
Holding whatever it is that arises for you in this moment.
And doing so with a loving and compassionate inquiry.
All along with a honest mic open.
When you're ready finding your way either back to your breath or allowing yourself to remain here for as long as feels comfortable.
Setting an intention as you move forwards with the rest of your day or your evening to come back to your body.
To be fully present with your body.
To give yourself the gift of being in your body.
