5Rhythms Bodyparts

A guided 10 minute movement meditation through your bodyparts as a warm up for the 5Rhyhtms Wave; Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical & Stillness.
This is a little journey from the head to the feet to ground yourself in your body and your breath.

Music by Tikki Masala - Ethno Hang

Transcript

Yeah, Start with bringing your attention to your breath, Feeling the inhale, The exhale, The natural flow, Your rhythm, Breathing in, Breathing out. Cycles of receiving and releasing, Deepening, Lengthening, Helping you to arrive, Land, Ground in your body right here and right now. So you naturally start to feel a little bit more. Feel what's going on in your body right now. Checking in with your feet, Your knees, Your hips, Your spine, Your shoulders, Your arms, Your hands, Your head. Can you feel the weight of your head, The heaviness of your skull? And can you release that weight to the space around you? Can you let go of the head a little bit, Letting it drop towards the sides, To the left or to the right, Feeling the stretch in your neck, Letting your head drop forwards or backwards, Feeling the stretch in your throat, Making space in the back of your head, Your crown, Your forehead, Softening your eyes and your jaw, Relaxing all the little muscles around your eyes, Your nose, Your mouth, Your ears, Breath, Helping with releasing and relaxing, Feeling the neck, Connecting the shoulders, Checking in with your left and your right shoulder. Do they feel tight or open, Fluid or rigid, Up or down, Are they pushing or pulling? Holding or letting go, Shoulders, Breath, Movement. And feeling the connection from the shoulders with your elbows, Through your upper arms, The elbows connecting with the lower arms, Your wrists, Your hands, Your fingers, And letting these fingers, These hands explore the space around you. Heavy, Light, Up, Down, Close, Far away, Let them play and stretch. So you feel that stretch in your core, In your spine, In your chest, In your ribcage, In the space between the shoulder blades, The back of your heart. Breath, Guiding you with the movement, Down towards the mid-back, Your solar plexus. Is it tight or soft? Softening with your movement and your breath, Traveling down towards your lower back, Your belly, The lowest part of your spine, The sacrum and the tailbone. Can you receive the breath in your belly? Finding the flow in your hips, Sensing into the pelvis, The back, The sitting bones, The pelvic floor, The front, Your whole creative center, Moving center. Finding, Feeling your breath and finding your flow, Making space for you, For your story. Stored in the hips, Feeling the movement unfolding. Without any effort, Just breathe. Feeling the connection from the hips with your upper legs to your knees, Your left and right knee, The front and also the back of your knees. Are they flexible today or rigid? Do they feel warm or cold? Feel the story in the knees, Right here, Right now. Playfulness, Curiosity, Innocence and the connection with the lower legs, With your ankles, Feeling the movement in your ankles, Maybe fluid, Maybe not. Breath, Can you receive the breath all the way into your feet? Checking in with your toes, Your heels, The soles of your feet, Feeling the flow, Feeling the connection with the earth and your feet, The relationship, The love story. With earth and feet and knees and hips and tailbone, Sacrum, Spine, Neck, Head, Shoulders, Elbows, Hands. Feeling your left and right hand and place them on your heart. Feeling the connection from your hands with your heart, The warmth, The beating of your heart. And with the next inhale, Receive this life force energy deep into your heart and give it back with exhale. Breathing in all the love in the world into your heart. Release with the exhale your love out into the world.