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Somatic Body Scan

by Patrick Bellett

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This is a somatic body scan. Exploring the body with curiosity. You will be invited to breathe & feel down into your body to the ground and then to your feet & slowly working up your body all the way to your head. I hope you enjoy this practise.

SomaticBody ScanBreathingAwarenessGroundingAlignmentRelaxationMindfulnessDiaphragmatic BreathingSensory AwarenessSpinal AlignmentEnvironmental AwarenessJaw RelaxationNervous System AwarenessMindful Decision MakingSomatic Exploration

Transcript

The invitation is to take a breath,

So suck it into your belly.

Another deep breath into your belly,

Try not to move your shoulders.

One more and the invitation is to make some sound with your out breath.

Get comfortable.

Notice your connection with the seat underneath you.

All the ground,

If you're laying on the ground.

How does your body connect with the world?

If you're sitting on a chair,

Maybe wiggle to the edge of your seat,

So you can feel the bony parts of your seat,

Your sit's bones.

Hmm.

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Ahhhhhhh.

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Check in with your pelvis,

Have a little wiggle.

Ahhhhhhh.

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And I'd like to invite you to bring your attention to your feet.

What are your feet noticing?

What can your feet feel?

Have a little wiggle.

Intend to take a breath down into your feet.

Ahhhhhhh.

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There's no wrong way to do that.

Ahhhhhhh.

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How can you connect with your feet with your breath?

Ahhhhhhh.

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What do you notice when you let your attention go up to your ankles?

Ahhhhhhh.

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How do your ankles feel different,

Their feet?

Ahhhhhhh.

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Ahhhhhhh.

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What do you notice when you intend to feel for your legs?

Lower legs.

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Knees.

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Upper legs.

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Knees.

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How do the bony parts of your legs feel different to the muscly parts of your legs?

Ahhhhhhh.

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Maybe have a little feel.

Feel for the bones in your shins and in your thighs.

Notice the softness of the muscles.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Intending to feel now into your hips,

Your pelvis,

Your genitals.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Ahhhhhhh.

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Your tailbone.

Maybe even take a moment to sit.

Get your hands underneath your tailbone,

Underneath your sit bones,

Your sacrum if you're laying down.

See if you can just support your weight.

Hold yourself.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Take a breath into that.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Allowing yourself to take an elevator ride up your spine.

From your tailbone.

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Slowly up through your lower back.

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Your upper back.

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And intending to feel for your shoulders.

Collarbone.

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And intending to feel for your arms.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Upper arm.

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Elbow.

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Lower arm.

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Ahhhhhhh.

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Ahhhhhhh.

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Noticing your wrists.

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Hmmmm.

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And intending to feel for your hands.

What can you notice with your hands?

What are your hands touching?

How does your sensation,

Your perception change if you slow your movement down?

Ahhhhhhh.

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Slow down,

Feel more.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Intending to feel for your ribs.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Intending to focus just on your lower two ribs.

Can you move them sideways with your next incoming breath?

Ahhhhhhh.

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Intending to feel for your solar plexus.

Just below your ribs in the middle.

Maybe bring some touch there.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Take a breath into your solar plexus.

Ahhhhhhh.

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It's just an experiment,

You can't get it wrong.

Ahhhhhhh.

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What do you notice in your guts,

In your stomach?

In your womb if you have one.

Ahhhhhhh.

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What do you notice in your intestines?

Ahhhhhhh.

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Intending to bring your awareness up,

Up your spine,

Up your neck.

To the point at the base of your skull,

Where your neck meets your skull.

Have a little wiggle,

Gentle stretch or move,

Make sure you're comfortable.

Intending to feel for your jaw.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Intending to feel for your skull,

The back,

Sides,

Cheeks,

Eyebrows and forehead.

Ahhhhhhh.

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The top of your head.

And just taking a few breaths,

Noticing that this is your body.

Ahhhhhhh.

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This is what it feels like to take a moment out.

Just for the next couple of breaths there's nowhere to be or anything to do.

Just allow your experience to install.

And when you're ready,

Have a little wiggle of your fingers and your toes.

Have a little listen to the closest thing you can hear.

And start to get curious about your environment.

Bring your awareness back into your room.

And decide whether you want to spend some time now in quietness.

Or whether you feel complete and whether you're ready to get up.

Hmmm.

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I'd like to invite you to take a breath with me.

Ahhhhhhh.

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Meet your Teacher

Patrick BellettTauranga, New Zealand

4.7 (390)

Recent Reviews

Shannon

January 11, 2025

This was really helpful for calming down after a hard week. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Gina

January 5, 2025

Soothing. I love the approach of this meditation. Simple, unassuming… “you can’t get it wrong” and “invitations” and “curiosity”.

Christy

September 25, 2024

Absolutely divine✨✨✨

Tessa

January 2, 2024

What a delightful and grounding voice to be guided by. This was lovely. Thank you.

gina

March 12, 2023

Thanks for this nourishing body scan. It was really helpful to quiet a busy mind..🙏🏻

Sia

February 7, 2023

Very relaxing meditation this morning. Namaste with love and gratitude 🙏 Thank you with blessing.

Sarah

December 26, 2022

Playful and super chill. Lovely before bed! I really enjoyed this. Namaste 🙏🏽

Paul

October 21, 2022

Amazing 👌👍🙌

Caitlin

October 9, 2022

Lovely somatic meditation, very peaceful and relaxing. Thank you for bringing us back to this moment 🌹☮️🌻💐💜

Wen

August 9, 2022

Love Oatrick's voice and scan-different amd helpful

Bronya

May 23, 2022

You pelvis meditation is very powerful. I wonder if you could make a longer version of a meditation focusing on the pelvis floor? It has helped my bladder. Do you have a website with other mediations! At first it seemed strange and then I realized how extremely power it is! Thank You! ☮️🙏🌸‼️‼️

Sharmi

March 13, 2022

Thank you.❤️‍🩹

Vanessa

January 11, 2022

My body loves this non-judgemental approach, it’s so kind and soothing. Thank you 😌

Joanna

October 22, 2021

I LOVE this ❤ "let's take the elevator up your spine". Thankyou so much, as pain practice ie dialing it down, it really helps. Kia Ora Patrick 🙏💜

Lynda

March 11, 2021

I am not the biggest fan of body scan meditations, probably because I have chronic pain. But this one was so different. The addition of curiosity really allowed me to relax and truly enjoy this. I eill come back to often. Namaste 🙏

Harmeet

February 12, 2021

Thank you v grounding and relaxing 🙏🏼

Nicole

December 16, 2020

Grounding and peaceful

K

October 15, 2020

Thank you so much Patrick. I would love it if you did a longer version of this.

EmRiver

October 14, 2020

Thank you for this practice, Patrick. I really like the deep, rich, down regulated sound of your voice. 💖

Katie

October 13, 2020

Thank you for your kind guidance. Only about 10 minutes guided then the rest is all silence.

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