How often do we sit and explore our inner world in a way beyond words?
How often do we explain away feelings that are beyond the realm of the cognitive?
How often do we check into the body and its intelligence signals?
This practice will move you through a gentle body scan and open you up to be a curious explorer of your inner world sensations through color.
When you are ready,
I invite you to close down your eyes and get yourself into a position that welcomes comfort.
Once you're settled in,
I'm going to invite you to take a deep breath in through your nose and let it all go through your open mouth.
Repeat these deep breaths three more times and allow your breath to just return to its natural rhythm.
I'm going to invite you to do a little body scan.
We're going to be curious explorers as to the sensations,
Sensations,
Maybe feelings of tightness or pressure or maybe ease and relaxation.
So when you're ready,
Let's start at the top of your head,
Your scalp and your facial muscles.
Just be aware of how they feel.
There's no need to judge or even change anything that you notice.
Move down to your neck and your shoulders.
This is a place where we often hold so much tension.
What's there for you?
Moving down to your chest,
Your belly,
Your abdomen,
All the way down your arms to your hands and fingertips.
Can you notice the sensation of your body contacting a chair or the floor?
Notice your legs,
Your thighs,
Your calves,
Your feet and your your feet and your toes.
And I wonder if you extend your awareness out to your whole body.
Can you pinpoint any particular sensations and maybe just choose one to focus on?
And I wonder if you could choose a color to go with that sensation.
Is it a deep hue or transparent in nature?
A wash of color?
What shape is this color?
Does it have a texture?
Is it a blend of harmonious colors or is it just a single shade?
Just be aware of all the qualities of your inner canvas.
Maybe you're noticing colors of different sensations blending effortlessly together.
What's it like to just notice and be aware,
Not needing to change anything,
Just being curious?
Feel free to take some time to just scan through your whole body,
Noticing the colors for all of the sensations.
When you're ready,
I want you to choose one sensation,
One color that you've noticed in your beautiful vessel.
I want you to choose a symbol that would help you to explain what that sensation is like.
A symbol is a beautiful universal shape.
It's not a word.
What symbol would help you explain the way you're feeling right now?
Maybe you can notice that there are a few symbols.
Maybe there's just one.
Notice what it's like to just be aware,
Be curious,
And just to label something within you beyond words,
Just with colors and an image.
When you're ready,
I invite you to take some deep breaths and you can come back into the room that you're in.
It's been an honor practicing with you today,
And I hope that you felt nourished exploring your inner realm.
