Welcome.
Wherever you are right now,
Let's take a moment to sit down and gently close the eyes.
If you're having any kind of trouble today to really access that connection within,
To really make your way here now.
Take this moment to place your hands onto your body.
It's a really simple,
Easy doorway to the present moment to just have that connection through the palms of the hands to yourself.
Placing the hands on the belly,
Or on the legs,
Perhaps on your heart.
Then increase that connection a little bit and use the palm of the hand to really ground.
Almost like you're using your hands to say hello to yourself.
Then right away,
Drop into feeling.
Take a deep breath in.
Open the mouth and let it go.
This moment is a coming back to the body.
We're just saying hello to the body right now.
Notice what it feels like to live here in this body.
To experience life from this body.
To be here in this moment,
In this body right now.
Maybe it's been a long time since you took a moment to really connect with your own body.
For many of us,
We spend so much time looking at the body from outside in.
Or maybe staring at ourselves in the reflection of a mirror.
Or looking down at a number on a scale.
Or comparing ourselves with other people.
There's a lot of energy wasted judging the body.
Having these moments to just experience being in the body is really,
Really important.
Thinking about body positivity or self-love or accepting ourselves for the way we are.
It's a really long journey to get there.
With your hands resting on your body,
Just feel what it's like to be here right now.
That's the way towards self-love.
It's these little moments throughout the day where we get to immerse ourselves completely in the here and now.
Where we can just feel.
Where we don't have to think,
We don't have to judge.
Where we no longer compare.
So imagine you're meeting your body right now for the first time all day.
Just saying hi,
Hello.
Saying wow,
You do so much for me every day.
You hold so much for me every day.
You allow me to experience so much from this beautifully safe place.
So how about right now we take a moment to just appreciate the body that we've been blessed with.
From that place of feeling,
Just sensing whatever emotion is present right now.
Noticing what's coming up,
What's surfacing for you.
Your body is this beautiful container for all of this.
This whole experience of life.
Really go deep.
Getting a little closer to truth right now.
Maybe feeling your heart beating inside of your chest.
Sensing the breath in and the breath out.
Just feel the warmth of your body beneath the palms of your hands.
Really feel yourself alive in this moment.
What a blessing to be alive here and now.
Even in moments that are hard.
Even in moments that are challenging.
Even in pain.
And of course in beauty and gratitude and joy.
But even in struggle,
Even in pain.
What a blessing to feel this here now.
So let's take a deep breath in.
A slow breath out.
Imagining you can breathe some space all the way to the very core of your being.
Inhaling.
Open the mouth and sigh it out.
Right now,
If you feel the need to stay here with your body a little longer,
Just to be present.
To not have to hurry to get to the next thing.
To not have to rush anywhere.
But give yourself a few more minutes right now to just sit here with your eyes closed.
Feeling this experience of life.
I thank you so much for practicing with me today.
And I wish you a beautiful rest of the day.
