Body Scan Variations
A “body scan” or “body sweep” is one of the most popular meditation techniques. There are some common default ways to enact this technique, and there are also many possible variations
Two Ways Meditative Skills Can Help With Difficult Conversations
One area where our meditation practice can help us is in difficult conversations that we may have with other people, both in being grounded in our own power by feeling how our body feels, and also in creating empathic understanding of others.
Overview of Body Meditation
Body meditation – bringing attention to and deeply feeling the sensations in the body – is a great place to start a meditation practice, as well as a technique that can provide a lifetime of enlivening and vitality. There are various ways to perform the technique.
Feeling Our Bodies So Fully That Emotional Experiences Leave No Residue
When we feel body sensations – emotional or otherwise – all the way down to their bottom so that they are complete and done with, we may find that their energy has totally moved through, and nothing feels “stuck” or incomplete about them.
Types of Body Sensations
When we bring our attention to our body, we will notice that body sensations can emerge from various different sources.
Sitting Still While Meditating
When we practice meditation, we want to sit as still possible. Generally, the more our body settles down, the more our mind will settle down.
Script For Body Sweep/Body Scan
* Settle in a meditative posture, a posture you can sit as comfortably in for the duration of the meditation This often means body relaxed and hanging off of an upright and extended spine * When you’re ready, attempt to feel the physical sensation at the crown of your head. Make contact with whatever sensations…
Script For Labeling Body Sensation Locations
* Settle in a meditative posture, a posture you can sit as comfortably in for the duration of the meditation This often means body relaxed and hanging off of an upright and extended spine * Attempt to feel the physical sensation wherever in the body first pulls you — Make contact with, encounter, sense, feel,…