Namaste.
My name is Priyanka,
And we're going to do a guided meditation of gratitude to thank our bodies for handling the stresses of staying indoors during this tumultuous time.
So take a few seconds to make yourself absolutely comfortable.
You can sit on a chair or a couch.
If you're sitting with a friend,
You can sit back to back so that you can feel each other's back.
Or you can lie down in shavasana,
Corpse pose,
With your palms facing up.
And if you want to cover yourself with a blanket,
Please do.
Lightly closing your eyes.
Bring your awareness to your breath.
Choosing a color.
And we're going to visualize this breath coursing throughout the body,
Engulfing your internal organs.
And now thank the breath for allowing us to exist.
And then moving your awareness from the breath up to the heart.
And then from the heart,
Moving the awareness up to the head.
And we'll take a few seconds to thank the head for taking care of our brains,
For housing it,
And for protecting the brain which allows us to function,
Whether it's in a logical or in a creative manner.
Now bringing the awareness down to the eyes,
Making sure they're relaxed,
Soft.
Closing our eyes for allowing us to see the beauty of the world.
Bringing the awareness now to the ears,
Thanking them for allowing us to hear the beautiful sounds in the world.
And from the ears,
Bringing our awareness down to our nose,
Thanking our nose for allowing us to smell,
Whether it's freshly baked chocolate cake or the smell of the earth after a rain.
And then bringing the awareness down to the mouth and the jaw,
Making sure the jaw is relaxed.
A slight smile on your mouth so that it's soft and it's relaxed,
Thanking our mouth and our jaw for allowing us to eat and speak,
Sing,
Yell,
Or even shout.
And then bringing the awareness down to the tongue,
Thanking our tongue for allowing us to taste such delicious food.
Then resting the awareness on the throat,
Visualizing that that healing breath,
The colorful breath,
Has covered the head,
The nose,
The ears,
The mouth,
And the jaw,
The tongue in this healing,
Peaceful energy.
Now we bring the awareness to the throat,
This healing breath,
Covering the throat,
Thanking the throat for allowing us to swallow.
Neck,
Observing if there's any tightness or tension in the neck,
Thanking the neck for being the connection between the head and the chest or the trunk of the body,
Thanking our shoulders,
For housing our arms,
And thanking our arms for allowing us to lift our loved ones,
Hands and fingers that allow us to feel the earth,
To pick up things,
To get the food into our mouth,
That allow us to be able to wash dishes,
To hold hands with our loved ones.
Then bringing the awareness down to the chest,
Thanking our chest for protecting our heart and the lungs.
Now taking a second to bring the awareness down to the stomach and the internal organs,
Thanking them for digesting the food.
And thank the pancreas,
The intestines,
The liver,
Thank the kidneys.
Take a few seconds to thank any other internal organs that you can think of.
And then bringing our awareness to the hips,
Thanking the hips for connecting our trunk of the body to the legs,
Thanking our legs for allowing us to walk,
To move,
To run,
To jump,
To skip with joy.
And thanking our feet and toes for allowing us to stand on our feet,
For allowing us to feel the beautiful sensation of sand between our toes.
Now we arise from this meditation.
You can wiggle your fingers and your toes,
Bringing the energy and the awareness back to your body.
And then give yourself a lovely stretch.
If you're lying down,
Interlock your fingers behind your head,
Flex your toes,
Tense them,
Flex them a few times,
And then roll over to the right side.
You can stay here for a little longer,
Or you can come to a cross-legged seated position.
And gently rubbing your palms together,
Making them nice and warm,
Just cupping them over your eyes,
So the warmth of your hands permeates into the eyes.
