A warm welcome.
I've created this practice for those of you who want to explore the world beyond your rational mind.
But love and light style meditations have never resonated with you.
During this practice,
We will connect with your body,
Not only physically,
But energetically too.
So beginning now by scanning your eyes around the room you're in.
And noticing elements of your environment that afford you a feeling of physical safety.
Perhaps noticing the door.
The roof over your head.
A window,
And taking a deep breath into this feeling of safety.
Allowing it to soften your body just a little.
Continuing to hold your awareness in the space you're in.
But this time noticing elements in your environment that make you feel emotionally safe,
Warm or at home.
Perhaps pictures in frames,
Blankets,
Books,
A rug on the floor.
The memory of people who've been in this room,
Your partner,
Children,
Or pets.
And again taking a nice deep breath into this feeling of safety,
Of being at home.
And now from this place of physical and emotional safety.
Inviting you to close down your eyes.
And placing your awareness on your breath.
The breath as an entry point into our physical and energetic bodies.
And into our inner world.
No need to manipulate your breath in any way.
It's enough to simply notice.
Noticing the rise and fall of your chest.
The gentle expansion and contraction of your belly.
Noticing the breath's feel as it enters your body.
As it leaves your body too.
And perhaps through this simple act of noticing.
Your breath has changed.
As it's settled into a new rhythm.
And now together we're going to trace our awareness around the outside of our physical body.
Don't worry about getting this exactly right.
If you get distracted or lose your place,
Just come back to my voice and gentle instruction.
Beginning by becoming aware of your right little toe.
Awareness moving now to the outside of your right foot.
Awareness moving to your right outside ankle bone.
All the way up the outside of your right hand calf.
Awareness landing on the outside of your right knee.
Moving all the way up the outside of your right thigh.
Attention now arriving at your right hip.
Right hand side waist.
Ribs.
Underarm.
All the way up the right hand side of your neck.
Gentle attention now landing on your right hand little finger.
Tracing all the way up the outside of your right hand.
Continuing up the outside of your right arm.
Across your shoulder.
Up your neck.
And now taking a deep breath as you allow your awareness to move from the top of your neck into your skull.
Amazing.
Awareness zooming out now as you sense the right hand side of your body.
From Little Toe.
To the top of your neck.
Noticing sensation.
Tingling.
Warm.
A sense of aliveness that gets awakened simply through our attention.
This is energy.
This is our fundamental nature.
Now let's direct our attention to the left side of our bodies.
Beginning by becoming aware of your left little toe.
Awareness moving now to the outside of your left foot.
Awareness moving to your left outside ankle bone.
All the way up the outside of your left-hand car.
Awareness landing on the outside of the left knee.
Up the outside of your left thigh.
Left hip.
Left hand side waist.
Ribs.
Underarm.
All the way up the left-hand side of your neck.
Gentle attention now landing on your left hand,
Little finger.
Tracing all the way up the outside of your left hand.
Outside of the left arm.
Across shoulder.
Up your neck.
And now taking a deep breath as you allow your awareness to move from the top of your neck into your skull once more.
Focus zooming out now as you sense into the left hand side of your body from little toe to top of neck.
Again becoming aware of any sensation or expression of energy.
Pulsing.
Won't.
And aliveness.
Now seeing if you can perceive your body as a whole.
Connecting with this sense of aliveness.
The truth that your body is made up of energy.
What else do you notice?
Maybe there's some wisdom here for you in your energetic body.
And in our final moments together opening to the possibility that this same energy that moves through you moves through family,
Friends,
Strangers,
Animals,
Mountains,
Rivers,
Seas,
The earth and the sky.
How does that make you feel?
Feeling your feet supported by the floor beneath you.
Becoming more aware of your room.
The sounds near and far.
Opening your eyes when you're ready.
Thanks for being open to this practice and the possibility that with the power of your attention,
You can drop deeper into the truth of your body.
