Begin this practice by sitting or lying down in a comfortable position.
You're welcome to use a wall to prop you upright or pillows and blankets to make you feel more relaxed.
Once you've created your meditation seat or position,
First bring your attention to your breath.
Breathe as you normally would with more attention,
More awareness on the sensations of breath.
Use this breath awareness to anchor you into the present moment.
And bring your attention to the place in your body where you feel pain or sickness.
As you put your attention on this place,
First create the intention to see whatever you see and experience whatever you experience in this place from a perspective of non-judgment.
Just know that whatever you feel or see or experience is absolutely perfect.
With your attention on the part of your body that feels discomfort,
Begin to experience it more fully.
Dive in with curiosity and see what the sensation looks like energetically.
Or the shape,
The size,
The texture,
The color of the discomfort that you feel.
With your attention on this place in your body and now with more detail around what it really looks like and feels like,
Send your breath to that place.
As if you're giving a gift to this part of your body,
Use your inhales and exhales to generate relaxation and softness.
Even if your experience is not of relaxation,
When you send your breath to this part of your body,
Know that that is absolutely perfect.
Continue to send your breath to that place and observe if anything changes about the sensations and the perspective you saw around the discomfort.
In addition to the breath,
Send love to this part of your body.
Repeat quietly to yourself or out loud,
I love you,
To the place where you feel discomfort.
Even though there's discomfort present in your body,
You can still allow yourself to express and experience love for all those sensations.
Continue to repeat breathing and saying I love you to these parts of your body that feel discomfort.
Allow whatever you feel from this exercise to come up and share love to that experience with you.
Express one final message of love to the place where you feel pain and return your attention back to your breath.
If you feel called to repeat this exercise with a different area of your body or to go back to the place that you began working with,
Please feel free to do so.
And when you feel complete,
Place your hands over your heart,
Take a deep breath in,
Surrender to the exhale and carry on about your day.
