Hello,
My name is Tricia and this is a guided Shavasana.
Sometimes it's the yoga pose we need most.
This particular practice will help you regain or reclaim a sense of calm when you need it most.
A sort of clearing away to bring forth just a little bit of peace.
Wherever you're at,
Whether you are on the couch,
Seated in a chair,
Or in the comfort of your yoga mat laying down.
Start to settle into the vastness inside yourself that is always waiting,
Just beyond words.
Let's begin.
Bring attention to the body in a global way.
Allow your body to be however it is.
Begin to tune into the parts of you touching the ground or the surface that you're held by.
And then notice here if you can make yourself just five or ten percent more comfortable.
Notice your skin,
The air temperature around you,
The feel of your clothes.
Allow your body to receive the support of the surface you're connected with.
You don't have to do very much with your body.
You don't have to fix or change anything,
Make anything better.
You're just checking in with however you feel right now.
Notice the body breathing,
The simple rise and fall of the breath.
As you inhale,
Can you notice the body expand or rise?
As you exhale,
Can you notice the body descend and soften?
As you bring attention to your breath,
Maybe you try to control it or see if you can pay attention but without making it into something else.
Really trust that your body already knows how to breathe.
Now begin to notice your thinking mind,
If it's theorizing or storytelling or list-making.
Really notice when you've lost connection to the felt sense of the body and then just come back again and again.
You can do this in every moment.
Just let the practice be fresh,
Every breath.
Gently,
Continually coming back home to the body and the breath that you are in.
Begin to expand your awareness back into the space around you.
Tuning into the body as it is.
Take a scan and notice what feels good and comfortable,
Connected in your skin.
Allow a sense of calm to settle into every cell in your body.
And then take a deliberate inhale.
Pause at the top of that breath,
Linger there a moment,
And then a slow controlled exhalation all the way to the very bottom of your lungs.
Start to bring just a little bit of energy back into the limbs.
Gently wiggle fingers,
Toes.
Wiggle your jaw.
Reaching your arms overhead,
Find a full body stretch from your center out into the ends and edges of your body.
Take a moment there in your own embrace,
Your own awareness.
Allow that awareness to rest at your heart center for as long as possible.
Peace in,
Peace out.
