Tapping Into The Felt Sense

This felt sense practice gives you a chance to tap into what's beneath any sensations or emotions in your body. It was created to help you feel compassion and love towards the feelings that you might otherwise villiainize or view negatively. Remember to be gentle with yourself. If you come across something that feels too overwhelming, connect back to your senses and your breath. Listen to any sounds around you, feel any textures, or look around. Honour where you're at in each moment.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to your Felt Sense meditation. Today I'm going to be guiding you through a meditation that brings the different sensations of your body to your awareness and going deeper with some of those sensations and seeing if there's anything beneath it, Any emotions, Any memories. It's a really beautiful way to come more in contact with your body and often some of these emotions that arise, They simply need awareness, They simply want your love, Your compassion. It's extremely useful if you've been feeling off or just a bit meh, It can be very useful for that. So as you're ready you can take a seat or lay down, Whatever feels comfortable for you today. And as well if it feels good you can close down your eyes, Otherwise just let them focus on the point in front of you. As you get settled you can wiggle your hips a little bit, Give in to any of those feelings of needing to move before settling down and letting yourself sink into the floor, The couch or the bed beneath you. Once you're settled I invite you to begin to lengthen your breath, Taking the deepest breaths you've taken today in through the nose, Out through the mouth. Each of these breaths envision yourself just sinking a bit deeper, Dropping a little bit deeper into your body, Releasing the environment around you, Your worries of the day, Your thoughts that are trying to distract you, Just acknowledge them and release them for the moment. If you want to turn our attention inwards, Take a few more deep breaths. With your attention turned inward, Should you begin to feel any sensations that appear for you, However small, However big, You might feel a tingling in your foot, You might feel an itch, You might feel a pulse, You might feel your own heartbeat. Not judging any of these sensations, But just acknowledging them, Just in passing, Just acknowledge what they are, Just see how the inner workings of your body move. You're completely dropped in, Taking note of the natural rhythms of your body. As you scan your body, I'd like you to take note of anything in particular that stands out to you. Maybe you're intuitively drawn to a particular sensation or a particular part of your body, Something that's calling out to you a little bit more. Take your time with this, Don't force it, Just feel what comes up naturally. Maybe it's a heaviness in your chest, Maybe it's an ache in your stomach, There's a pulse in your head, Whatever it is, Whatever it looks like today, You're going to begin to place more awareness on that area. As you find this space, What do you notice? What sensations are with it? Does it feel heavy, Does it feel light? In your mind's eye, Does it have an appearance? This feeling can be good or bad, I try to avoid labeling it anything, Just noticing what it is. Now as you take in that entire sensation, That entire emotion before you, What's beneath that? If you could look underneath it, What would you find? What do you feel, What do you see? For example, If the emotion that you've come in contact with is fear, Maybe it feels heavy, It's dark, It's gloomy, These colors of greys and blacks. Then what's beneath that? If it was fear, Is there shame, Is there a fear of rejection, A failure? Whatever your emotion is you've come in contact with, What's beneath that for you? Don't judge, Just be open-minded, Listening to what it needs to say, Has it got something to say to you? Something that you need to hear, That it wants you to know, Just give it your full attention, We are not trying to villainize it. If any expressions of emotion come up, Feeling the need to cry or punch a pillow or scream, Whatever, Give yourself permission to feel that if you feel safe to do so. Expressing emotions, The way your body wants, The way that you don't compress and crush down, Can be extremely liberating, Can help alleviate these emotions. Reminding yourself that you're allowed to feel, You're allowed to be angry, You're allowed to be happy, You're allowed to be sad, You're allowed to be fearful. Your spectrum of emotions are beautiful and it's what makes you human, They're not meant to be crushed down, They're meant to be expressed in a healthy way. Continue to meet the emotion, The sensation, Full compassion, Full love. You can place your hands on that area if that feels good, You can hold yourself, You can hug a pillow, If you need to take any movements you're more than welcome to, You can move your hips, You can shake, You can flex, Massage, Whatever calls to you to help move this emotion, To move any stagnation, Trust it. No one here is judging you. Continue to breathe deeply, Breathe through it, Breathe into it. If you notice that your breath has become shallow, Take the moment to take a big deep breath, Coming back into your body if you've checked out, If you've been booted out of your body and back into your mind or back into the space around you, Come back into your body, Stay with that emotion if you can, Stay with that sensation, It's uncomfortable, It's messy. But if you're open to working through it, To acknowledging it, There's liberation on the other side, There's growth and depth on the other side of it. Taking final moments with this space, Ask if there's anything else it needs to say, Anything else it needs you to hear. Taking any final movements, Acknowledging how do you feel now, Does this space feel looser, Does it feel tighter, Have you gone into something that's even more uncomfortable? These practices aren't always linear and sometimes what you find on the other side is, Is messier for the moment too, That's part of the journey, There's nothing wrong with that, To detach from the idea that something is a quick fix and sometimes it's not. As you feel ready, Take a moment to embrace yourself, Hold yourself in any way that feels comforting and safe and good to you in this moment, Comforting yourself in the way that you crave. This work is deep but it's profound, The liberation that can come from it is incredible but you do need to sometimes wade through, The ickiness, The scariness. You can stay comforting yourself for as long as you need, Otherwise I will invite you to take any movements, Flex your fingers, Your toes, Your hands, Your body or any textures around you, Feeling the textures and coming back to the space around you, You need to hear any sounds, Any smells, Slowly drawing yourself back to this present moment, Your environment, You can blink open your eyes and have a look around, The deep breath you can carry on your day. Thank you for listening.

Reviews

There were lots of emotions and tears coming to the surface jumbling for attention. I have found your practice helpful and am going to explore more of this in a regular base.
Thank you🌷

Thank you so much, this was so nice🥰. It really helped me flow through something.