Finding Nourishment

This is a guided meditation using a body scan to tune you deeply into the current state of your physical body in order to direct nourishment deep down to a cellular level. Practice seated or reclined for a deeply relaxing experience.

Transcript

I invite you to find a position of comfort and really take your time with this,

Exploring smaller and smaller adjustments until you find that sweet spot,

That place where you can start to really settle.

The idea is that you find this place where there are no physical distractions,

Coming to a place of comfort is important to keep softness and keep clear attention on the process of settling the mind.

So take any further adjustments you need and then start to scan the body gently.

We'll move the awareness through the body,

Starting at the feet,

Bringing attention and awareness to the feet and just allowing them to be.

Maybe that means inviting a little more softness,

Inviting maybe a little more heaviness.

And then moving from the feet up the legs,

Noticing the legs first of all and allowing again a little bit more softness.

And then noticing the hips,

The pelvis,

This region in the centre,

This region that's all about stability.

And inviting the awareness of this hip and pelvis region.

And then gently bringing the awareness up the spine,

Noticing the low back,

Noticing the mid-back,

Noticing the upper back,

Feeling a sense of space and freedom throughout the spine.

And then bringing some awareness to the shoulders and the arms,

Settling into a comfortable place through the shoulders to allow the arms to be.

And then drawing attention down to the hands and the fingers.

And moving your awareness now back to the spine and the top of the spine,

The neck and the base of the skull and really taking the time to feel a sense of the skull fully supported by the spine.

And then awareness of the face,

The muscles of the face and the jaw,

Finding some softness.

You might use the awareness of the heaviness of the tongue in the mouth to allow the jaw and the cheekbones to be soft,

Softening through the skin of the forehead,

Softening the eyes.

And then bring some awareness and attention to the surface of the body,

Feeling the skin and the sensations on and around the surface of the skin,

Inviting that level of comfort and warmth.

And then focusing the attention deeper inwards for a moment,

Noticing the content of the mind,

Noticing maybe any of the thoughts that are moving through the mind space and inviting the act of witnessing,

Simply sitting back,

Being aware of what is happening,

Working towards this place of non-attachment,

This place of allowing the thoughts to be.

Now inviting in the intention of nourishment,

What nourishes you?

Bring to mind experiences and aspects of your life that bring you nourishment.

Where do you experience nourishment in your body?

What does that feel like and where do you notice it?

Maybe you bring to mind situations that make you feel content,

That fill you up,

That you feel just that little bit lighter,

Clearer and more aware.

And with those things in mind,

On the place of allowing the release of the sensation throughout the body.

The idea,

The sensation,

The intention of nourishment throughout the body,

That feeling of nourishment,

Permeate yourselves,

Bringing a new level of aliveness,

Creating a level of freedom,

Creating space for you to enjoy the act of self-love,

The act of giving nourishment to your body.

Once again becoming aware of the body,

Noticing the surface of the body,

The skin,

The energy moving in and around the surface of the body.

Can you sense the energy in the space around you?

Can you allow the energy in the space around you to nourish your body from the skin and through the muscles,

Deep into the bones,

Permeating throughout the body,

Allowing this nourishment to flow and to radiate.

And from this place of nourishment radiating through the body,

Become aware of the feet once again,

Feeling the feet being deeply nourished.

Once again,

Noticing the legs,

Skin of the legs,

And deeper in towards the bone,

Feeling the entire leg being nourished by the energy.

It's permeating,

Feeling the energy radiating through into the space of the hips and the pelvis,

The nourishment getting at the base of the spine,

Gently moving upwards from the low back,

Nourishing the vertebrae one by one,

Moving up through the mid-back,

Nourishing the vertebrae one by one,

Into the upper back,

Feeling that nourishment radiating out from the upper back,

Into the shoulders,

And as it permeates from the spine upwards and outwards through the shoulders,

Feel that nourishment coming in through the skin from the energy that surrounds the body,

Feeling that deep nourishment coming into the hands and the fingers,

And feeling that deep nourishment coming up the top of the spine,

Radiating out through the skull,

Feeling the energy drawing itself up and out and around the entire body,

Creating this level of flow,

This level of ease,

Gently bring a little attention to the soft and natural rhythmical flow of your breath,

Just simply noticing the inhale,

Noticing the exhale,

And then gently inviting just a light increase in the depth of your inhale,

And a smoothing,

Settling,

Easeful release of the exhale,

Effortless.

Allowing the sense of nourishment to come in from the gentle and deep inhale,

And soft ease for exhale.

Again,

Looking for this sense of nourishment,

Nourishment from the breath,

And nourishment through the skin,

Nourishment on the inside out,

And this nourishment on the outside in,

Allowing the release to happen,

The release of toxins,

The release of any excess to happen on the exhale breath.

We're using a slightly deeper inhale once again to fill up just a little more,

You might even sigh,

Exhale,

Releasing deeply,

Again gently lifting with the inhale filling up,

Or the exhale releasing,

And then gently becoming aware of the body,

Noticing fingertips,

Noticing the toes,

Inviting a gentle,

Gentle amount of movement through the fingers and toes,

And again inviting a level of depth to the breath that starts to bring a little more energy into the body,

Reconnecting the awareness of the space around you,

The place where you are right now,

This moment in time,

In this location,

Regrounding yourself in the here and now,

To gently bring yourself back to awareness,

And when you feel ready,

When you feel settled,

You might like to open the eyes,

Bring this meditation practice to a close,

Closing by physically or mentally,

Holding yourself,

The beautiful,

Unique being that you are.

You

Reviews

Such a beautiful meditation. So nurturing. Thank you 🙏