My Daily Body Prayer

This is a short embodied prayer that I use to get myself oriented. It reflects on our head, eyes, ears, mouth, heart, arms, legs, gut, and feet to submit ourselves to God's plan for our day. It asks the listener to follow along for a whole body meditation. Music by Chris Collins. Photo by Ryan Seidlitz

Transcript

Welcome to my morning body prayer.

Follow along as I instruct some movements for this embodied prayer.

First,

Put your hands on your head.

Be with my mind today.

Let me think thoughts of freedom,

Goodness.

Put your hands on your eyes.

God,

Be with what I see today.

Open my eyes to see your presence and to see the world as you do.

And put your hands on your ears.

God,

May I listen with more than my ears.

May I listen with my heart.

For the voices that speak to me in ways that I'm not listening.

And place your hands over your mouth.

May I speak only words of life and truth and health and goodness to those around me that I love and that I meet.

And place your hands on your heart.

God,

Be with my heart.

Keep my intentions pure.

And now look at your hands.

God,

Be with these hands.

May everything they touch be reflective of your goodness and beauty.

Help me to make goodness and beauty around me with these hands.

Put your hands on your stomach.

God,

Help me to trust my gut today.

Help me to trust my intuition,

The good sense that you've given me.

Help me listen to my instincts in order to follow you and your ways.

And put your hands on your legs.

God,

Take these legs to the places you want them to go today.

May I follow your plans and where you want to take me.

Place your hands on your feet.

God,

I am grounded in this place that you have placed me.

Allow me to bloom in this place that you've planted me.

I will be my best self right here,

Right now.

Reviews

Thank you Jess. Such a beautiful way to start the day with Jesus. I usually start with a quick prayer of thanks and start my list of things to do. This meditation reminds me all I do and am is with Him and in Him every day ❤️

Thank you Jess for bringing me peace and grounding this morning 🙏🏼 I was feeling very agitated and anxious and this beautiful piece has brought me comfort 💜

Beautiful! I was actually looking for something exactly like this the other day. I will use this often, thank you!

I love this. It’s simplicity is beautiful. Thank you.

I love this short meditation, kept me alert and engaged with the deep words. Thank you Jess 🙏🏻💕🕊️

Beautiful prayer 🙏 Thank you May this guide me everyday