This meditation is specifically designed if your body is ailing,
Is not feeling too well and if you feel your immune system can use a boost.
So we are going to start with the deepest inhale you have taken the entire day.
And as you take this inhale just pay attention to your body which are the parts that feel uncomfortable as you try to do as something as natural and simple as a deep inhale.
Does the chest hurt?
The belly ache?
Does the back feel congested?
And while watching all these discomforts and diseases try to be present and kind and take another deep breath as deep as comfortably possible.
Let's try for a few more breaths together.
Exhaling through the mouth if that's possible for you at this point.
Feeling the body,
The lungs as much as possible and exhaling through the mouth.
Allowing the body to relax a little bit more.
And let's start by tuning into the physical body starting from the lowest organ.
So let's first bring our awareness to our little feet.
Tiny toes.
The skin under the foot.
The ankles.
And imagine our fingertips gently massaging the feet from inside.
Allow your mind to imagine as if your fingers were gently massaging your feet.
A lot of kindness and gentleness.
And if you notice a disease or a difficulty tightness in this area,
Gently have the intention in your heart to release.
This could be similar to the feeling of complete relaxation that you have when you're floating on the ocean or when you're lying down on soft grass and watching a blue sky,
Feeling the breeze on your skin.
Remembering a feeling of absolute relaxation and release.
We want to give that same feeling to each square inch of skin that we come into contact with our imaginary hands that are very lovingly and gently massaging our feet.
And little by little move your awareness further up.
Working your way through the calves,
Shins,
Knees,
The kneecap,
The ligaments around it,
The thighs.
All the while massaging each bone,
Each muscle,
Each piece of flesh or part of skin that you notice,
You acknowledge,
Massaging them with kindness and softness with your imaginary fingers.
And having the intention of releasing any discomfort.
One more deep inhale through the mouth if this is possible.
Little by little working your way up the body,
Spending time in the pelvic area,
The sitting bones,
The hip bones,
The belly,
Lower belly and the lower back.
Spending time with each organ,
Each muscle,
Each set of bones.
Gently massaging them internally with the intention of releasing any discomfort.
And if you notice the area that's in pain at this very moment,
Perhaps your chest or your lungs,
Spend a little bit more time as if very gently caressing.
When a little child falls down and bruises her knees,
How you would gently caress the chest and would soothe her in the same way,
Caressing the hurting chest internally.
You can even talk to it very gently.
I know you're hurting,
I know this is painful but I am here for you.
Very gently allowing your imaginary fingertips to massage the lungs,
The chest,
Through the ribcages around the heart.
Spend time if you can locate the exact area of acute pain.
Imagine massaging this part with a lot of love and kindness,
All the while relaxing around it.
So as if that heart of pain is like a crying baby.
So you are not telling the baby to stop crying but you're just holding the baby while the baby cries,
Being soft and kind,
Hugging the baby very gently.
It's the same attitude to this space in your body that's in pain at this moment.
A little by little work your way towards the neck,
Head,
Jaws,
Back of the head,
Earlobes.
Once you've completed the full body massage with the imaginary hands,
Spend a little bit of time exploring the body to look at an area that's in a little bit more pain than the rest of it.
And go back to that space and spend time being soft and kind,
Continuing that massage from within.
Gently caressing all parts of this area and acknowledging the pain and saying I hear you,
I feel you and it's okay for I am here for you.
Spend time in this space and talk with a lot of kindness and love to your own internal body.
Where you place your attention is where your energy goes and right now the attention we are giving is a lot of love and kindness.
And if it is possible,
Gently allow yourself to smile to this organ or this space from inside.
Smiling with my organs from inside.
Now if it's difficult to smile at this hurting space,
You could imagine what it would be like if this organ smiled.
If it's my chest,
What would it feel like if my chest was smiling at me?
What if my lungs were smiling at me?
Spend as much as time you need to be kind and gentle in this space.
You could even bring your palms to rest on this area and give a hug,
Gently holding your body,
Telling this very body I know you are hurting but I am here for you.
Allow yourself to take as deep as possible breaths and allow your body to be soft and relax as much as possible.
And most of all,
Be kind to yourself.
And it's okay that this isn't a perfect practice but having the intention of love and kindness is something your body and every self in you will feel and respond in kind.
So spend as much as time you need,
Allow yourself to fall asleep if that is something possible at this point.
But continue to sit with kindness and softness internally.
I wish you a speedy recovery.
