Front Back Body Breath Awareness

We may notice we only relate to our body through the front- and primarily focus on the breath when it feels fast or uncomfortable. This meditation invites you to attend to the multidimensional aspects of your body and your breath. Please enjoy!

Transcript

Well first I invite you to take any movement that would help your body be more comfortable so if it helps to shrug your shoulders up to your ears And then roll them back and then drop them down.

Feel free to do that a time or two Letting yourself release the breath with an exhale Letting yourself sit back As you relax into the breath bringing your mind to familiar places where you may hold tension And as you bring awareness to different parts of the body you can even work with a visual of imagining your breath pouring into that space The way that water would fill up a vase And that when you breathe into a part of your body things start to change And that when you breathe into a part of your body things soften Let's work with the back part of the body As you breathe letting your awareness travel down your backside Upper back Middle back Lower back Where might it be possible to send your breath For something else to let go Just let yourself experience it You might mentally have an answer And let that awareness travel down continuing down the back of the legs Perhaps down the back of the arms Or else is there somewhere you can let go And now shifting your awareness to the front of the body The area around your collarbone Upper part of the chest And what happens when you bring your awareness there And traveling lower down following the line of the sternum Where else can you let go?

What else can relax?

And the belly When you bring your awareness there can you let it flow freely And letting that awareness continue to travel down down the front of the legs now Down the front of the arms And the mind might keep going to different places get distracted that's okay Pick a new place in your body and imagine filling it with your breath Taking a few more complete breaths to round out the practice And then bringing your awareness back