For this practice,
Find a sustainable position either sitting or standing.
Begin by sensing into your foundation where your body meets support.
Get a sense for where you are starting,
How you feel in your body,
Whether grounded or otherwise,
How your body is breathing,
Where it's breathing,
Bringing a kind and curious attention to this process of noticing.
And from here,
Sense into the front and the back of your body.
Without changing anything,
Getting a feel for whether you are inhabiting your body more in the front or the back.
This could be on the physical level,
A sense of leaning a little bit forward or back.
It could also be through the experience of breath,
If breath is moving with more ease in one direction or the other.
It could also be on an energetic level,
If it feels as though there's more presence in one area more so than another.
And when you have a sense of this,
Whether you're inhabiting more of the front or the back of the body,
Exploring making the smallest shift to bring you a little bit closer to center or what might feel like center right now.
And again,
This could be a physical shift or a shift in the breath or an energy.
And similarly,
Now bring your awareness to the right and the left sides of your body.
And sensing whether you feel like you are inhabiting one side more or less than the other.
And again,
Exploring the smallest shift possible to bring you a bit closer to what feels like center.
And now,
Curiously noticing the upper and the lower portions of your body,
Sensing into which area it feels like you are inhabiting more.
And again,
Making the smallest shift possible to bring you closer to whatever feels like center.
And from here,
Sensing into where center feels in your body in this moment.
Inviting your awareness to inhabit this space.
If it feels supportive,
You might explore placing a hand or both hands on this area of the body.
And notice as you make contact with this space,
How is your breath?
How do you feel in your body?
Has anything shifted even subtle?
And staying with this place of center,
You might inquire,
Who am I in this place?
What is possible from this place?
And notice as you make contact with this space,
How is your breath?
How do you feel?
And as you are ready,
Taking your time to open your eyes.
You
