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Body Awareness For Grounding & Presence

by Mary Maddux

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This practice gently guides you to focus easily on body sensations as a way to be in the present moment and become more grounded. Instead of a traditional body scan that directs you to different parts of the body, you will allow your attention to go where its naturally drawn. Used regularly, this will increase your mind-body connection.

Body AwarenessGroundingPresenceBody ScanAwarenessMindfulnessNon ResistanceSensory AwarenessMind Body ConnectionGentle AwarenessMind Wandering

Transcript

Welcome to this body awareness meditation.

Begin by finding a comfortable position.

And now close your eyes.

Just naturally when you close your eyes,

You become aware of what's going on within you.

Simply notice what's going on without trying to change anything.

Not resisting thoughts,

Not resisting noise,

Not resisting anything.

And now bring your awareness to your body.

Notice the weight of your body as it's held in place by gravity.

Let yourself sink into that.

Notice the density of your body.

Perhaps some particular part of your body draws your attention.

You may notice various sensations in your body,

Pleasant and unpleasant.

Simply allowing your awareness to be with your body,

To be with the sensations in your body.

At the same time that you're aware of your body,

You'll be experiencing other things as well.

You may be hearing sounds,

Thoughts will be coming and going,

Maybe feeling some emotions.

All sorts of things may be going on,

Just easily favor awareness of your body.

Easy,

Open awareness of your body,

Not resisting anything that's happening.

You can allow your attention to be drawn wherever it naturally goes.

You can also scan your body with your attention,

Bringing your awareness to different parts of your body.

Your feet,

Legs,

Arms,

Head.

Simply being aware of your body,

Experiencing whatever draws your attention,

Or scanning it.

You can even put your whole body in your awareness,

Whatever is easiest for you.

Concentrating,

Not straining to keep your attention on your body,

Just very easy awareness of the body.

You may be experiencing thoughts,

Emotions,

Hearing sounds.

All sorts of things may be going on at the same time as you are aware of your body.

That's fine,

Just easily favoring the experience of your body.

Not resisting anything,

Not trying to make anything happen.

Whenever you become aware that the mind has become absorbed in thought,

Just easily come back to awareness of the body.

Easy,

Open awareness,

Not minding anything,

Not pushing anything out.

Simply aware of what you feel in your body.

Your brain always becomes predetermined.

Now it's time to end the meditation.

Take your time,

Stretch,

Move around a bit,

Just gradually become more active,

And only when you feel ready,

Open your eyes.

Meet your Teacher

Mary MadduxUSA

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Recent Reviews

Leslie

December 2, 2025

I was led on a very calming and peaceful journey with Mary. Thank you 😊

Josh

April 23, 2025

Simple, effective, nice length of silences, thank you πŸ™

Pat

May 3, 2023

Such a calming meditation and soothing voice. Much gratitudeπŸ™

Jemma

April 27, 2023

Love you, Mary. This meditation was short, simple, sweet and much silence to breathe. πŸ™β™₯️

Debra

April 4, 2023

Gentle, soothing and grounding. A great way to start the day πŸ™

Nancy

September 15, 2022

I really liked this. I don't care for body scans, so this more open way of focusing on the body worked well for me. Love Mary's calm, supportive voice. Simple, quiet start to the day.

Gloria

May 28, 2021

Love your soothing voice and gentle guidance, as always. Thank you!

Katpur

July 24, 2020

Deep body awareness

John

June 10, 2020

you really are special in meditations to lead. thank you πŸ™πŸ½ John

Jayne

May 15, 2020

calming way to begin the day.

TG

April 24, 2020

her voice is so soothing. it really helped me calm down. thank you

Frances

December 25, 2019

Lovely thank you πŸ’œ x

Audryn

December 15, 2019

Just what I needed this morning to help start the grounded. Thank you! πŸ™πŸ»

Maleka

December 14, 2019

Love all of Mary’s meditations. This one is great

adie

December 13, 2019

Was a very easy and pleasant meditation to follow. It focused on the body in a unique way that enabled me to actually sense my body and have awareness of my body without ending up frustrated that I couldn’t participate. Will listen to it again and use it as my body scan

Ariel

December 13, 2019

Lovely, easy, calming.

Jerry

December 13, 2019

I appreciate the quiet spaciousness and having an alternative to focusing on the breath.

Lena

December 13, 2019

πŸ™ Good meditation to start the day

Lee

December 13, 2019

Centering and grounding. Spoken with much supportive gentleness. Just what I needed today! Thank you and Blessings! πŸ’–πŸ•ŠπŸŒ²

Ken

December 12, 2019

Another exceptional session. Thank you Mary

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