Hi,
I'm Lauren and the meditation that I will be guiding you through is a relaxation movement practice.
It's for days when stillness feels really hard and when your nervous system needs movement.
It's a gentle practice where it's allowing your body to lead.
This practice is an invitation for your body to be listened to and for your body to be met exactly as it is.
When you're ready,
Taking a few moments to find a position that feels comfortable and easeful.
As this is a relaxation practice,
You may like to lie down,
Rest on your side or you can even sit in a chair.
Your comfort is what matters here.
So if you'd like to pause the recording to get some cushions and blankets,
Take that moment now to do so.
And permission is here for changing position at any time.
Listening to your body,
Honouring your capacity is part of the practice.
Trusting what feels right in your own timing.
And everything in this meditation practice is an invitation.
And your inner knowing and your body is welcome to be believed.
Now is a time for softening,
Arriving and letting your body be met.
And as you land into your place of comfort,
Beginning to close down your eyes or choosing to have a soft gaze.
And taking a few grounding breaths.
Each exhale inviting you closer to be here.
To be with your body.
And with each out breath,
Begin to sense the body being received by the surface beneath you.
You might also notice light and shadow behind the eyelids.
Or shapes and colours resting softly in your view.
Opening your awareness to the sounds that are arriving.
Washing over you like a gentle current.
Temperature,
Texture,
Fragrances.
Even the subtle taste on your tongue.
All of your senses becoming a doorway into presence.
Coming back to your breath as it moves in and out.
Inhale arriving.
Exhale softening.
A steady rhythm that your body can follow.
You might already notice as your breath is moving.
It might be a natural desire to begin to move your body.
It might be rocking,
Swaying.
A shifting of your fingers.
Just allowing any mindful movements to be here.
Then you're in time.
Inviting connection into the body through relaxation.
Beginning at the crown of your head.
And allowing a wave of ease to move over your scalp.
Across your forehead.
And spreading into the space behind your eyes.
Sensing this wave as it moves over your face.
Letting your jaw loosen.
Your tongue rest.
And your cheeks soften.
As if the lower face is sighing with ease.
And allow this relaxing sensation to drift into your neck.
And throat.
Sensing space arrive here.
Then down over your shoulders.
Letting them melt down and widen.
Down the arms and elbows.
Into your wrists and hands.
Your palms and fingers softening.
Then sensing this gentle presence as it arrives over your chest.
Around the heart space.
Down into your belly.
Letting it be easy and free.
Feeling this relaxing wave move over your hips and pelvis.
Along your thighs.
Your knees.
Your lower legs.
The muscles unwinding and resting here.
And then moving and spreading into your feet and soles.
Your whole body pouring onto the ground.
Allowing it to be met and held here.
And if movement hasn't already begun.
Begin to invite the movement into your body.
Starting in a part of your body that already feels easeful and soft and steady.
And if there isn't a place that feels easeful or soft.
Find a place that's neutral,
A quiet place.
And from there allow your movement to arise.
Instinctively and unplanned.
In a rhythmic way that suits you and your body.
It might be small movements.
It might be repetitive movements.
Allowing these movements to be slow.
So that you can deepen into the sensation.
And as you move this place of ease through your body.
Allow it to expand.
Allow it to move through your body.
A gentle rhythm.
Of movement that's allowing you to stay present.
Engaged.
And relaxed.
Letting your body be the guide.
And as ease begins spreading through your body.
Let it move through your body like warmth.
Travelling slowly.
Like fanning embers of a small fire.
Steady and patient.
Listening for your body's pace.
And when sensation shifts.
Allow your attention and awareness to land on another place.
Of openness.
Letting your body reveal.
Where ease and openness is existing.
And allow movement to arise.
To arise from this place.
Just taking the next few moments.
To let your body lead.
To let your movement be intuitive.
And supportive.
As you explore.
Expanding relaxation.
And openness.
Through your body.
Slowly.
Allowing your movements to become smaller.
More subtle.
And finding a resting position.
A position that feels supportive.
Allowing the breath.
And aliveness within your body.
To continue.
To move gently inside.
Until stillness naturally arrives.
And taking a moment.
To notice your body resting here.
The weight of your body being held by the ground.
Air moving in and out.
Sounds.
Moving over your body.
And the gentle quiet sensations of aliveness.
That remain within.
And if you wish to continue resting.
Remain here.
Allowing your body.
To be at ease.
And if you feel ready.
To end the practice.
Begin to wriggle your toes.
And move your fingers.
Inviting small stretches to your body.
Rolling onto your side.
And just resting here for a moment.
And then eventually.
Pressing up into a seated position.
Eyes still soft.
Opening to and sensing the ease in your body.
And offering a gesture.
A hand to the heart.
A bow or a nod.
A quiet acknowledgement of your body.
And the way it has carried you.
And as you return.
Letting this ease be offered back to the earth beneath you.
The ground receiving.
What you do not need to hold alone.
Thank you for your time.
