Check-In And Soften

A short mindful pause that you can practice anytime and anywhere, giving you the opportunity to check in with how your body is feeling. Allow your body to relax and soften as much as it can at this moment, use your exhale to release any tension that is being held, and treat your experience with kindness.

Thank you for sitting with me.

Transcript

Hi and welcome to this short check-in practice.

So wherever you are,

Just gently lowering your eyes.

Take a moment to be still and just breathe naturally.

You don't have to be anywhere else,

You don't have to do anything else.

This is your time to check in with how you're feeling,

Whatever might be there.

As you breathe,

Just softening the muscles of the face,

Allowing any tension that's there just to soften each time you exhale.

Allow the shoulders to drop,

Let the arms become heavy,

Soften the hands and the fingers and breathe nice and deeply into a soft belly,

Softening the hips,

The top of the legs,

The lower half of the legs and the feet.

Just breathing nice and deeply into that soft belly and just seeing if you can soften the body just a little bit more.

I'm taking a few nice deep breaths now,

In through the nose,

Exhaling through the mouth and gently blinking open your eyes and welcome back.

Reviews

Kia ora from Kerikeri NZ

That was SO relaxing. Listened to many shorter meditations but your voice was so calming. Thank you.

😊 Happy Valentines for Friday 🌹...been a stressful day taking newly adopted female cat to the vet for the first time. Not to mention the bill!

Oh my goodness! This was just what I needed today! Your voice is so relaxing and this meditation was so calming. I was actually yawning and it’s not even 9 in the morning - I should be wide awake. Thank you so much for this. Definitely bookmarking! 🙏

Lovely way to start the day! Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽

So simple yet so powerful and grounding. This is wonderful for when your fast moving morning needs a a bit of slow down. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Brief, simple and very effective check-in. It brought me an instant sense of calm. Thank you!