Your Body Scan: Use This Ritual When You Need Uplifting Calm and Well
Have you ever experienced the luxury of a body scan? Have you ever heard of a body scan?
This little-known technique releases tension effectively. Use it often. Your muscles, bones, and nerves will thank you!
A body scan helps you release not only tension, but also pain, tightness, or warm areas.
Begin your body scan by finding a quiet place where you can sit or lie in a comfortable position. As you get comfortable, encourage your breath to become deeper and slower. Lengthen your inhales and exhales.
Focus on your toes. What do you feel? If you feel tension, allow your toes and feet to relax. Encourage tension to leave your body with every exhale. See the tension disappear into the air.
Now, repeat this process as you work your way up through the rest of your body. Pay attention to your feet, calves, knees, thighs, hip and pelvic area, back, shoulders, upper arms, elbows, lower arms, hands, neck, jaw, face, eyes, and scalp.
Notice what you find: Stress, tension, stiffness, cold areas, tight muscles.
When you reach your scalp, reverse the process and move your attention back down your body. When you finish, you will be back with your toes.
Now, notice how your feet feel. What about the rest of your body?
Stay with this feeling for a few minutes. Enjoy the relaxation and calm for as long as you want before ending the session. Take as much time as you wish.
When it is time to end the scan, move your body just a little. Shift into the here and now. Let the calm soothe your body – from the toes to the top of your head.
Take a slow, breath and join the here and now at your own pace.
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Third Eye Chakra Meditation
A third eye chakra meditation helps you connect with your 7th chakra to access the wisdom it holds for you.
Go to a place where you feel safe. Get comfortable. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Continue to breathe slowly and deeply.
As you breathe, let each exhale release tensions and tightness. As you continue breathing, feel warm relaxation flowing throughout your body.
Enjoy this feeling of relaxation and comfort. Now, visit your senses on a spiritual level.
For a moment, bring to mind a sunrise, a sunset, a tree shading a meadow beneath it. See your favorite flower.
Listen to the rain on a window. Hear a dog barking in the distance. Hear a car honking.
Smell a freshly baked cookie. Experience a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Freshly mown grass.
Continue now, to choose your own selection of sensory experiences which you rely on to assist you as you experience your world spiritually.
After a few more sensory experiences, you are in a calmer state.
Ask your third eye chakra what it needs now.
While waiting for a response from your chakra, take a few more calming and relaxing breaths.
You may receive your desired feedback now. It may come as a word, a sound, a color, a song, an animal, or a feeling of awareness..
If you receive this feedback now, think about what came to you. How do you feel about this information?
What is a good thing to do to act on this information? (if, indeed, you need to act) It may be that this is simply something for you to know.
If you do not receive feedback now, don’t worry! It will come to you when the time is right.
It is now time to return to your space in an awake, aware state. Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and gently open your eyes.
If you have time, this is a good opportunity to reflect on your experience.
Return to this meditation whenever you feel comfortable doing so.
Drink fresh, cool water to keep yourself hydrated.
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