Body Awareness

This meditation will use a body scan and will open your awareness to lay the foundation for feeling the emotions in the body and responding with compassion. Learn to love your body as you work with loving kindness.

Transcript

Body awareness find a comfortable meditation posture you can lie down during this practice but if you find yourself growing tired or falling asleep sit up straight while meditating notice where in the body you can feel the breath pick one spot where the sensation of breath is strongest and collect the mind onto this part of the body you may try using a simple mantra of in out for the first minute or so give the mind some space to settle into practice so expand that awareness to the whole body from head to toe acknowledge whenever something grabs your attention you don't need to seek anything special wait patiently for the breath for a feeling in the body to emerge when something comes forward observe what you feel this it may help to use a one-word label discerning where in the body the sensation is occurring for example note knee when you feel a pain in the knee or chest when you notice the sensation of breath in the chest don't label what the feeling is label where it is if you have consistent pain or discomfort in the body it may continue to call for your attention no matter how many times you try to shift your awareness you are drawn back to this one place of pain when that happens listen maybe this area needs some loving attention label where it is try to look at the pain with beginner's mind switch to a phrase of self-compassion for your body even something simple like it's okay so so tend to your sensations for a few breaths return to the spot in the body where you are focusing on the breath continue to observe the breath until another sensation pops up then label where it is and continue to breathe maintain this practice of alternating between the breath and other sensations in the body each time your attention is drawn elsewhere in the body stay with it for a few moments before returning to the breath get to know your body and explore its experiences with curiosity this is a practice that you can come back to at any time in your day when you're feeling overwhelmed or discomfort in your body body awareness will help you get grounded end your practice by gently opening your eyes and taking in the surroundings around you resume your day with a feeling of peace and comfort in your body so so so so