Settling into a posture for this 10-minute grounding meditation.
It will be useful if you are supported on multiple parts of your body.
If you're lying down,
You can feel the support on the backs of your legs,
Your butt,
Your spine,
Your head.
If you're in a chair,
Feeling the support of the seat of the chair,
The back of the chair,
Your feet on the ground.
So you're sitting on a cushion,
Feeling your feet,
Your knees,
Your butt,
Allowing gravity to help hold you,
And bringing all of your attention into the feet in whatever way they're touching the earth,
The floor,
The mat,
Feeling the touch points,
The sensation of pressure,
The solidity,
Knowing that,
Of course,
Your attention is going to be pulled up into the thinking mind.
And so dropping it back down into the feet without judgment,
Getting curious about your toes,
The ball of the foot,
The arch of the foot,
The heel,
The top of the foot,
The toenails,
The ankle.
Getting into the connection,
The support,
Feeling the earth element of your bones connect with the earth element of the earth.
And as it feels useful,
Beginning to move up your body,
Tracking all of the places in your body where you feel solidity,
Connection,
Support.
Noticing if your calves are touching anything,
Your knees,
Your thighs,
Your hips,
Your knees,
Your knees,
Really feeling your lower body and the parts of the body that are grounded in rudha,
Feeling the earth element in those thigh bones,
Those biggest bones in the body that help to hold us up,
And feeling the support of the whole pelvic girdle,
Feeling your sitz bones rooted and grounded,
Feeling the weight,
The connection.
And as you travel up the body,
Depending on your posture,
Really noticing the spine,
Allowing it to settle without slumping or falling down,
Allowing those vertebrae to stack on top of each other,
Allowing your spine to be rooted in your pelvis,
That pelvis which is resting on your legs,
Which is resting on your feet.
So even as we scan up the body,
We're connected.
We're connected to our feet on the ground.
You have something at your back,
Allowing yourself to feel the pressure,
The points of contact,
The connection.
And as you move up,
Arms and shoulders,
Neck and skull,
Feeling the body resting,
Settling,
Stacking,
Grounding,
Rooting.
Earth element,
Solidity,
Density,
Offering yourself appreciation for meditating and offering the Earth appreciation for holding you.
Thank you so much for practicing with me.
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