A Short Meditation On Closeness With Others

In my experience, it takes effort to get in close. To see people in all of their distress and wholeness, sorrow and joy, grief and celebration. It takes effort but it’s effort that’s worthy. Join me in this short meditation on closeness with others.

Transcript

So finding a comfortable posture that supports your practice, Supports you in this moment, Taking a few intentional breaths just to ground yourself. Maybe today we'll do a body scan, So just bringing the attention to the whole body first, Sitting or standing or lying down or walking if you're walking. And then being intentional with the attention and bringing the attention to the top of the head and to the forehead, To the eyes, Letting the eyes relax back into their sockets, Cheeks, Nose, Mouth, Tongue, Letting the tongue fall back into a relaxed position inside the mouth, Back of the head, Front of the neck, The throat, Back of the neck, Shoulders, Upper arms, Elbows, Forearms, Wrists, Top of the hands or back of the hands, Palms, Thumbs, Index fingers, Middle fingers, Ring fingers, Pinky fingers, And then inviting the attention to flow back up the arms to the front of the chest, Maybe noticing the rising and falling of the chest as you're breathing, And the upper back, Belly, Lower back, Pelvis, Sit bones, The way the sit bones are connecting with the chair or the cushion if you're sitting, Or the way the back of the body is connecting with the floor or the couch or the bed if you're lying down, Tops of the legs, Knees, Lower legs, The shins, And the calves, Heels, Arches of the feet, Front pads of the feet, Tops of the feet, Big toes, First toes, Middle toes, Fourth toes, Pinky toes, Whole feet, Whole legs and feet, Feet, Legs, Torso, Arms, Feet, Legs, Torso, Arms, Hands, Neck, And head, Sensing into the whole body, Whole body breathing, And a couple of intentional cleansing breaths.