Out Of Head, Into Body Movement Practice

Let's move! You don't need any props for this - just yourself, Let's get out of our heads and into our bodies through playful and balancing movement that the nervous system LOVES.
Make sure you have space to move safely, barefoot is best if possible.

Transcript

Hello, Welcome back. We're gonna move. And I'm going to invite you to start standing. This is a tiny little practice created to get out of our heads and into our bodies. Maybe you practice this because you've been sitting for quite some time. Maybe you've been just in your head a lot. So this is really nice to kind of go back into the body through accessible, But slightly powerful movement. So we are going to bring in a bit of energy. You can practice this anytime. I even like doing this like right next to my bed. So come and start standing. You can have your feet about pelvis width apart or even a tiny bit wider. And then let's first bring the hands to the body. We have a breath in through the nose. And let's sigh that breath all the way out. We'll do that twice more, Breathing in through the nose. And then letting it all go. And one final time, Maybe even a little louder inhaling. And letting it all go. Good, Now with the next inhale, We're gonna lift the arms up. We'll come up onto the toes and with the exhale, We'll land back on flat feet and we'll swing the arms back. So the inhale will rise, Will lift, Allow yourself to wobble. With the exhale, We'll swish this down. We'll do this a couple more times. Inhaling and exhaling. In healing. And excellent. Okay, And one final time like that. Exhaling, Now come and rise up as you breathe in onto the toes and then staying onto the toes while you lower the arms down. Good, Twice more like that, Onto the toes. And swing it down. Inhale, Right leg. And exhale onto the toes. Good stuff, Now you felt the lift. Exhale, Releasing the hands down. Good, You can let the breath flow from here. Walk the feet a little bit wider and then come and sway. Just swaying the arms side to side. The feet can just be on the floor. They can move. Maybe you lift a heel and then the opposite heel. And maybe the arms stay away from the body or maybe they actually go and land on your body. I really love letting the backs of my hand land on my bum. Maybe you even start to lift the arms a bit. Good. Last few breath cycles here. Good. And then we'll come back to center. You can walk the feet back underneath the pelvis. You can bring your hands on your body. And then bringing our awareness to the soles of the feet. Feeling the whole soles of your feet on the floor. Of this mid-practice jacket. You can also start to then roll over to the toe. And roll over to the heel. Maybe you'll do that a couple more times, Rolling from toes. To heal. You can then also go to the sides of the feet. Go draw a circle. Your hands can also let go of the body if that feels more balancing for you. They can go to the side of your pelvis, Whatever feels right for you. See if you can keep. . . Lots of awareness into the soles of the feet. The nervous system really loves these points of connection can give really. A sense of safety, Come change direction to see how that feels. Maybe that feels more wobbly. That's okay. Wonderful. And then we're going to take that kind of grounding sensation that we have now established in the body to play a little bit with balance. And the nice thing about playing with balance is that it goes right out of head into body. So what I'm going to invite you to do is you'll start with your first foot or first leg, Whatever is your first leg today. And you're going to balance on that. Maybe unlock the knee a little bit. So bend the knee a bit. And let the opposite leg move into whatever shape it wants to move. So no need to go into these typical yoga shapes like a warrior queen. You can just go and play. Maybe you move forward, Maybe you move sidewards, Sideways, Maybe you lose your balance. That's perfect, That's fine. If it feels silly, That's great. It's gonna make you smile. Good. Play a little bit more on this side. Good. And then start to come over to your opposite side so then your second foot lands on the floor and we get into play I have the wall very close, But. It's actually nice to be without a wall, So that you don't go and use the wall, That you can play. And maybe go all the way towards the floor. Really allowing yourself to Let me take a better look. You can lose your balance, Your body finds its way back. There's the floor underneath you and you could always go back with both feet on the floor, Right? Good, Last few moments here. Wonderful. Good stuff. And then we'll come back with both the feet back on the floor. Good. Now, Where we go from here is we're slowly going to lower all the way down. Come to a seat. It could be any seat. It can be cross-legged. It can be on your knees. What we'll do to close or to come to the end of the practice is that we'll take a breath in, Open the arms out real wide, Maybe a slight arch of the spine. And then with your exhale, You're going to hug the arms around you, Maybe rounding the spine a bit. The NL to open. And then exhale, Hugging with the opposite arm on top. And doing that just once more, Inhale to open. Exhale to hug. Staying in the hug, Let the breath flow. If I feel safe to close the eyes, You can close the eyes and then gently rock to swaying yourself. Few final breaths here, Maybe inhale through the nose, Exhale out of the mouth. You can slowly come to stillness, Letting your hands slide back down to wherever they'd like to rest. And let's do one more breath together, Breathing in through the nose. And sighing it all. Welcome back home to your body. Welcome back home to yourself. Thank you for practicing.