From the course: Mindful Meditations for Work and Life

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Body scan practice

Body scan practice

- [Instructor] I invite you to find a comfortable but alert position. (soft waves crashing) Go ahead, and allow your eyes to comfortably close, and just start to let your breath extend, relaxing your belly, softening your mind, and feel the support beneath you, and let it take your weight. Start to become aware of the sounds around you. Just let them be there. Notice the light, and the shade, the air touching the surface of your body. Sense the sky above, and the horizons stretching all the way around you, the earth below supporting you. Allow your mind to empty what it no longer needs to hold onto, and let it go. Let it flow out and away. Allow your body to release what no longer needs to hold onto and let it go, flow out and away, and allow yourself to arrive in this moment, in the present, and bring your energy, your attention to your center, and ground yourself in this moment right here. Begin to sense the space around you. Become aware of the rise, and the fall of your breath…

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