Welcome,
I'm Dr.
Piper Grant.
In today's practice,
We're going to move slowly and gently in supporting you to reconnect with your body at your own pace.
During this meditation,
You are always in control.
I invite you to open your eyes,
Shift positions,
Or stop at any time.
Sometimes,
After painful or overwhelming experiences,
The body can feel unfamiliar.
You might feel disconnected from it,
Perhaps numb,
Hyper-aware,
Guarded.
This disconnection is not weakness,
It is protection.
And so in this practice today,
We are not seeking to force reconnection,
We want to restore choice and trust within your body.
I invite you to begin this practice just by noticing the surface beneath you.
We're just going to find our support before we even step towards or into anything.
So just noticing if there's a chair,
Perhaps a bed,
Maybe even the floor.
Just find that solid surface.
And can you feel the support?
Can you feel your weight against that surface?
Can you feel that you are secure,
Right here,
Right now?
You don't need to go inside your body yet.
Simply just notice your contact with the outside world.
Noticing your surroundings.
Perhaps you hear things,
Smell things,
Maybe your eyes are still open and you see some things around you.
Just allow yourself to take all of that in.
As a reminder and a knowing to your body that you are here,
You are present.
You are connected to your world.
And we will slowly shift our attention to your breath.
Inhaling through your nose,
If it's comfortable for you.
And exhaling through your mouth.
At whatever pace your body wants to breathe,
Allow you to just find your breath.
Your breath is the slow awareness and welcoming to your body.
And if it feels safe as you stay with your breath,
Allow your attention to move to your hands.
Perhaps you gently press your fingers together,
Or you rub your palms lightly.
Maybe there's a squeeze or a stretch.
Just notice the sensations.
The temperature,
The texture,
The pressure.
You are in control of how much you feel.
You are in control of how much your hands touch each other.
And just right here,
We're going to invite another breath.
A nourishing inhale.
And a really grounding,
Releasing exhale.
And now,
If it feels okay,
I invite you to bring awareness to your feet.
Wherever they are,
Just notice where they touch the surface beneath you.
Again,
There's no need to go deeper than what feels comfortable.
Our bodies are not something to conquer.
In fact,
They're something to approach.
So similar with your hands,
Noticing any sensations,
Textures,
Temperature,
Pressure.
And just take a breath here.
Remembering that if at any point,
Anything feels like too much,
I invite you to open your eyes or narrow your gaze.
And really orient yourself to the room.
You are here.
You are safe in this moment,
In your body,
Right here,
Right now.
And now,
We're going to bring awareness back to our breath.
You do not have to change it.
You do not have to do anything special with it.
Just notice that it's happening.
Your body is already working for you.
It's doing what it has to do.
And you don't need to earn reconnection.
You don't have to force a feeling.
You are allowed to move slowly.
And you can return to reconnection with your body at your own pace.
Permission allows our body to move with ease.
It allows trust to move and rebuild.
And so I encourage you to silently say,
I can return at my own pace.
Just allowing that acknowledgement and validation for your body.
Noticing if that offers a sense of release or ease in itself.
And if you feel ready,
I invite you to take one more slow inhale.
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Allowing your body to be in ease and pace itself.
And a steady exhale.
Grounding and releasing.
And noticing that this reconnection is not an event.
In fact,
It's a gradual rebuilding of trust.
And that in today's practice,
Perhaps there was a little bit more trust that grew as you were in control of pressure,
Of connection,
Of sensation.
If you feel ready,
I invite you to slowly bring yourself back into your current space.
Whether that be gently opening your eyes if they're closed,
Or bringing your gaze up if your eyes are open.
And just reorienting around you.
Noticing objects that are around you.
Sounds.
Smells,
Perhaps.
Any textures that maybe are touching your body that perhaps you had lost awareness of.
But just coming back into this present moment slowly and intentionally.
I hope that as you move through the day today,
That you are able to remind yourself you don't need to feel everything at once.
You only need to know that you have a choice.
And it is in choice where safety begins.
Thank you for joining me in this practice.
Be well.
