Mindful Wellbeing Week 1: Resting In Body Touchpoints

This practice allows you to rest in the stability of your body. Three touchpoints are offered; the feet, the lower torso and the back. Using these supports provides focus and grounding for your mindful awareness. There is also a gentle acceptance of the body cultivated, where any sensation is welcomed.

Transcript

So this is one of our core foundational routes of practice to establish this connection with our body as a touch point. To begin just noticing the quality of your body at this moment, There might be a specific area that's really calling to you or an overall feeling of tension or relaxation. Try your best not to put any judgment on it. Just kind of notice what might be there. And then to also bring your awareness to whatever surface you might be resting upon, Whether that's the bed or sofa or chair or floor. Allowing yourself to maybe settle five percent more into that surface. So that might mean letting gravity work on your body and give you that sense of weight, Heaviness, Maybe pulling down. Really just connecting with this feeling of being supported. Beneath whatever you're resting on, The earth is also there. Instilling this feeling of I've got you. And so we're going to begin with our feet, Just bringing our attention to our feet. If they are resting on the ground, Just letting them settle further into the ground. Allowing our feet to feel whatever they want to feel right now and letting them rest in the support beneath them. And then your lower torso, Especially if it's sitting on something, Just connecting with that weight. The lower torso just kind of pulling it down, Knowing that you don't have to do anything right now. Just allow yourself to let go a little bit. Maybe it's in the legs or the bottom, The whole bottom half of your body. And then your back. What is supporting your back right now? Touching in on that. Letting it be there for you, Whether it's holding you upright or allowing you to lay down. Just touch in on that support. And then letting go of these touch points of feet, Bottom torso and back. And allowing your body to be whatever it wants to be right now, Whether it's resting or anxious or neutral. There's nowhere to go. There's nothing to do. And just remembering that you can use these touch points at any time and expand them further to other things, Perhaps things that your hands are touching, Feeling of your fingers resting on your lap. Or if there's something supporting your head, All of these can be great things to focus on during your practice.