5-Minute Resource Practice

A five-minute meditation and resource practice. Resources are positive or neutral grounding devices that can help us find a sense of calm and safety.

You will be gently guided through breathing, relaxation, resource finding, and settling into feelings of goodness and pleasure. This meditation is for those who might need a quick grounding meditation anytime during their day or night.

Transcript

This is a five-minute resource practice. As a reminder, Resource is something that feels good or even just neutral inside your body. It could also be something external, A sight or sound that you find pleasant or neutral. It could also be a word or image that you create in your mind as a resource. Let's begin by settling into a posture that's comfortable for you. This could be standing, Sitting, Or lying down. Go ahead and take a few nice, Long, Slow, Deep breaths, Breathing deep into your lower body and allowing your exhale to come from the mouth nice and slow. Breathing in deep and exhaling slow, Maybe even allowing yourself to sigh or release some sound on the exhales. Great. Now take a moment to scan through your body and invite relaxation from your head to your toes. If you run into any areas that aren't able to relax right now, That is totally okay. Just go ahead and relax around those areas of tension, Offering acceptance and even kindness to any areas that are tight or uncomfortable in any way. Now go ahead and start to feel into the body and see if there's a place that is a resource for you, Ideally a spot that feels good, That feels pleasurable. If there's nothing like that, It could just be a spot that feels neutral. And, Of course, You can always shift to an external resource or a resource in the mind if there's not a resource available in your body. Once you land on that resource, Allow your attention to soak into it, Getting so curious and really enjoying whatever's enjoyable about the resource. So if you're focusing on something that feels good in your body, Really enjoy that good feeling. Anytime you get pulled away into your mind or into something uncomfortable or painful or challenging, Gently, Without any judgment, Bring your attention back to resource, Training yourself to be able to go to something that feels good, That feels safe, To go to something that's not activated, That isn't challenging. Keep coming back to that resource, Returning again and again to what feels good. And now taking a nice, Deep, Slow breath, And bringing a little bit of movement into your fingers and your toes or any other part of your body that might feel good to move around a little bit. And as you're ready, We'll come to the end of this practice, Knowing that you are welcome to continue on if you'd like to.