Enjoy A Sweet Rest For The Mind

In our practice today we will be anchoring awareness to the body and then the breath.

So practice to help us come to the here and now.

Simply releasing pressure and stress from our system.

It's not the stress that happens to us in life,

It's really how we perceive it.

Sometimes we can look at challenges as a way to grow and evolve,

Which is no bad thing.

Using this meditation as a simple tool to soothe yourself,

An opportunity to come out of the head and into the body.

You'll notice the felt sense in five places and then we'll come to the breath towards the end.

There will be some moments of silence in between.

So settling,

Beginning with the feet.

Simply notice the feeling or sensation in your feet and there will be thoughts that try to hijack your focus.

Slowly soften,

Pause and come back to focus in on the feeling in your feet.

Moving your attention now to your knees.

If you're really comfy you might not notice much sensation around the knees so this might require some extra focus and attention.

See if you can let your mind,

Place your mind just into the knees.

Let yourself slow down,

Resting your attention here and noticing the feelings and sensations just in the knees.

Moving your attention slowly,

Gently towards your pelvis.

Be there,

Let your attention just be there.

Anchor yourself in any sensations around the pelvis and the hips.

Tune in to the detail of sensation and feeling,

It's the only thing the mind is interested in just for the next few moments.

Bringing your attention now to your hands,

This can sometimes be the easiest touch point of concentration.

Bring your perception and awareness to the hands,

Noticing if they feel warm or cool.

Notice any pulsing or tingling in the hands,

Not looking for anything in particular but just placing your attention into your hands and for one minute there,

Just noticing what you notice,

The sensation in the hands.

Now we've taken this journey of placing our awareness in different points in the body.

I'm going to anchor our awareness to the breath now,

Our final touch point.

Try not to change the breath but just notice it as it is.

Try not to take control,

Keep yourself calm and present.

Allowing your attention to be just sweetly resting on your natural breath.

A few moments,

Just here,

Just now,

Watching the breath.

A few more moments there.

I hope you notice a sense of feeling and inner settling and a soothing,

Maybe just feeling a little bit more present.

We'll bring our meditation to a close.

Well done.