2½ Minute Body Scan for Mindful Calm

A short body scan which can take you into the present moment in a calming way by guiding you to pay attention to your body from head to toe. This short body scan is a great way to build a few periods of rest into a busy day. By breaking your chains of stressful or painful thoughts, the body scan can give you a simple way to step back from the day's busyness and preoccupations and into mindfulness. At night, doing this body scan can help you get back to sleep instead of thinking anxious thoughts - you can slow it down by counting two or three breaths between each part of the body.