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Today's practice is for balancing the connection of mind and body,
For us to feel how one affects the other,
The mind causing tension in the body and how we can observe the body to give us clues of the tensions of the mind.
We'll start in a seated position and that can be seated on the floor,
In a chair or maybe even leaning up against a wall,
Which is sometimes my favorite.
And as you sit,
You can decide if you would like to take a one-pointed gaze with the eyes open,
Or if you would like to close the eyes.
With whichever one you choose,
We're looking to release the tension of the forehead,
Allowing us to release any tension of the scalp.
And as we sink into the body,
We take three deep breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Allow that exhale to be a releasing of the jaw and maybe even a little sigh.
You may continue these deep breaths until you find that release,
You feel that dropping down.
And once you do,
Just study into a regular consistent ease of breath.
Just noticing how do you physically feel your breath?
How do you know that you're breathing?
Is your sensation more of the nose?
Is it more of the lungs expanding?
How is it you physically know or physically feel that you are breathing?
Does that expansion of breath create tension anywhere within the body?
Is it a side-to-side movement,
A lateral movement?
Is it a front-to-back movement?
Or is it just one little spot that you feel movement?
Just observing without judging,
Notice your breath.
And we begin to notice our connection with our seat.
Notice if it's an upward pull as if you're resisting,
Or is it a downward pull,
Maybe even feeling a slight lack of strength.
Are we resisting or are we giving in too much?
Maybe you have found a balance and you notice and observe that.
Whichever you observe,
We just continue to observe without judging,
Just noticing,
Becoming the detective,
The detective of our posture,
And just becoming keenly aware of either resistance to gravity or giving in to gravity.
We can begin to scan the body and feel throughout the body the right and left sides.
Maybe the right side functions differently with gravity.
Then notice the left side.
Do you have a tendency to push or pull more to one side than the other?
And as we come into balance with this,
Notice if you can allow your lower half from the waist down to welcome gravity.
Not to give in to it,
Not to resist it,
Just to be with gravity.
Maybe you'd like to imagine if you were seated at the beach and you were covered in sand,
Just this gentle softness where you could easily get up at any point,
But you allow yourself to sink into the wonderful sensation of just being comforted.
Notice your core right around the belly button or the solar plexus,
Finding our confidence,
Our strength,
Our ability to set boundaries.
Allow that to hold you,
The center point,
The anchor.
And above that,
We start to not resist so much gravity in the point that we fight it,
But to not allow ourselves to be consumed by it.
We allow the top of the head to reach towards the sky while we almost create a water-like buoyancy of support,
Comfort,
And ease.
Allowing ourselves to find ease in our posture so that all the muscles simultaneously are working together to create a synergistic system of ease and support.
We allow ourselves to float within the air around us,
Weighted down just enough by the gravity,
Allowing us to feel both strength and support within our posture.
As you arrive,
Allow yourself to come back to that breath.
And again,
Notice where do you feel your breath the most?
At some point,
The mind will wander again,
And we can begin to notice more and more each time as the observer,
As the detective.
Are we tensing?
Are we resisting?
Are we allowing ourselves to give in?
Staying with your breath and trying to create that ease,
The balance,
The synergy.
Using the right and left sides.
Resistance to move up or resistance to pull down.
Notice this in the face,
The jaw,
The chest,
Along the spine,
Into the hips,
Through the legs,
And again coming back to breath.
Noticing if only one part or certain areas of the body are coming into tension,
Becoming aware,
Becoming intelligent about what that tension really is.
Allow that awareness to come to you and to come to you now.
Is the tension thoughts?
Is the tension fear?
Is it worry?
Is it regret?
Is it fear of letting go?
Is it fear of the future?
Allow that wisdom from the wisdom body to come to you.
Is thereDeath from the mind?
How would your body feel if all worries,
All concerns were non-existent?
Just for a moment,
If you were able to release them if they didn't exist,
How would the body be able to settle into this moment?
Just resting,
Just floating,
A balance of support and ease.
Your body is so intelligent and you are your body.
You are the cellular makeup and you make the cellular makeup.
You command it,
You control it.
The mind is just a tool.
The mind is our ability to explore and observe.
You are not your thoughts.
Your thoughts are just a product of your experiences.
And at this moment,
We're allowing the body to teach us as we observe.
Body can show us the deep subconscious thoughts or patterns.
We just have to take the time to observe.
We can set an intention or a commitment to our body to spend more time listening to its wisdom,
Allowing ourselves to use our mind as the tool.
And I can give a moment of gratitude to the wisdom.
We'll begin to take three deep breaths.
Again that in through the nose,
Out through the mouth,
Big exhale,
Jaw release.
Letting it go.
Releasing it.
We can wiggle the fingers and toes,
Start to invite movement back into the body.
As we gently begin to open our eyes,
Starting by looking down and then fluttering the eyes open.
I encourage you to take a moment and journal about your experience.
Notice what you sensed.
Be the observer,
Be the detective,
And most importantly,
Develop your self-connection.
Thank you for joining me in this meditation practice today.
I am Izzy and you can join me for more at PolishYourMind.
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