The Space Between

The spaces between.

It is the space within the cup that holds the liquid.

It is the spaces between us that hold the freedom.

Please take a moment and get comfortable either in a seated position or reclining.

If you're reclining,

Make sure there is enough space in the way you're holding your head for an easy breath.

Close your eyes or soften your gaze to avoid distractions.

Take a moment to start to feel the spaces around you,

The spaces within you,

Both physically and mentally.

Let your jaw soften,

Let your brow become smooth.

Take a moment to start feeling the spaces,

The spaces between the tips of your toes.

Feel them one by one,

Starting with one foot in between each of the toes,

One by one.

And then the second foot,

The spaces between each of the toes,

One by one.

Feel the air,

Experience breathing into these spaces.

Try if you can to feel the spaces between each of the toenails and the flesh of the toes themselves.

Starting with one foot,

One by one,

Each of those toes.

Next,

To the second foot,

One by one,

The spaces between the toes,

The fleshy parts,

And the toenails.

Starting across each of the toes,

Feeling the freedom of air and breath.

Take a moment and feel the space between the wrinkly parts of the bottom of your feet,

The spaces between the rise and fall of different parts of the bottom of your foot's skin.

The first foot,

Experiencing all those spaces,

And the second foot.

Feel the space around the calves,

The shins of your lower legs.

The space rising between the feet and the ankles.

The space rising around the joints,

Ligaments,

Tendons of the ankles.

Space rising in connecting those ankles to the shins in the front,

To the calves in the back of your lower legs.

There's room for space between follicles of hair on those lower legs.

There's room for space inside of your calves,

Inside of your shins,

Between the flesh and the bones,

Between the flesh and the muscles and the tendons,

The ligaments.

So much space.

Space that allows movement and circulation of blood.

Space within the blood.

So much space that allows for the experience of life in your legs.

Feel the space between your lower legs and the strong connections of your knees,

The connective tissues,

The menisci,

Muscles,

Flesh,

The spaces that allow the knees to be the major joints in our body,

How they allow for movement,

For sitting,

For standing.

The spaces are what allow the mechanics to work.

Feel the spaces between the knees and the upper legs,

The space around these heavier parts of our lower body,

The spaces around flesh,

Around hair follicles,

The spaces within,

The experience of the bones in the thighs,

The femoral neck that connects with the hips,

The spaces within the blood,

The spaces within the flesh,

The gravity that pulls the spaces downward.

Feel the spaces between the upper legs and the hip bones,

The pelvic area,

The bottom of the tailbone,

The whole area within the gluteus.

So much space around and within,

Allowing for many precious functions.

Breathing into all these spaces from the sitting area throughout the legs down to the feet and out.

Feel the spaces between the bottom sitting area and the midpoint of your torso.

Feel the spaces within your belly,

The area where there's room for breath,

For digestion,

For comfort.

Feel all there is to feel circling around the lower abdomen.

Notice how your rib cage is sitting above this area.

So many spaces within the rib cage.

So many functions of this cartilage of the bone in protecting the back,

In protecting the front,

The facade,

Protecting the lungs,

Protecting the heart.

So many spaces the rib cage allows for and protects.

Feel the spaces between the vertebrae moving up the spinal column from the tippy bottom moving up,

One stacked upon the next,

Riding up with spaces between from your tip of your tailbone all the way up to the base of the skull.

Feeling the movements gliding upwards upon itself with spaces within which to breathe.

Notice the spaces connecting your lower back to your mid back,

The connections of the mid back to the front rib cage,

The connections moving to your upper back,

To your shoulders,

Your shoulder blades.

Feeling the shoulder blades melt into a place within a space within that are like pockets.

Experiencing the relaxation of the shoulder blades into a space for each of them that they can rest.

Notice the connection of the shoulder blades into the upper arms,

The space that connects it,

The space that attaches these very important structures of the beautiful body that is our container.

Feel the tops of the shoulders,

Feel the spaces between each of the bones,

The muscles,

The ligaments,

The fascia,

Feel the connection between the upper arms and the tops of the shoulders.

As we breathe into the most upper parts of our arms,

Feeling the largest area of our muscles,

Connective tissues,

The skin covering each different openings in the skin,

Allowing us to breathe.

Down to the elbows,

The connective joints of the arms,

Feeling all the different spaces that allow for movement and flexibility,

Connecting to the lower arms or forearms,

Experiencing the oneness between the spaces of the biceps,

The triceps,

The whole connection in the length of our arms,

Breathing through all the spaces.

Feel the connections between the arms and the wrists,

The wrists being the connective joints between our arms and our hands,

Giving us dexterity,

Giving us fine motor coordination.

Feel the spaces in between the workings of all the joints in our elbows,

In our wrists,

In our knees,

In our ankles,

In our hip bones.

Breathe through the breath is a lubricant that helps everything to work smoothly.

Feel the spaces in each of the hands between each of the fingers with the first hand between the pinky and the ring finger,

Between the ring finger and the middle finger,

Between the middle finger and the pointer finger,

Between the pointer finger and the thumb,

And the spaces all around in crevices that form the hands print,

The spaces in the fingerprints,

And to the second hand,

Starting with the thumb and the spaces between the thumb and the pointer finger,

Between the pointer finger and the middle finger,

Between the middle finger and the ring finger,

Between the ring finger and the pinky,

Breathing through those spaces and the miniature spaces within the lines in your hands,

All around the hands,

The spaces between the flesh and each of the fingernails,

One by one,

Feeling yourself having air and breath in all these crevices.

Feel the spaces within your chest,

Surrounding your lungs,

Allowing movement,

Feeling the spaces within your lungs as the breath exhales and inhales,

Expands and contracts the lungs.

Feel the spaces that go from the depth of your stomach,

All the way through your chest,

Up to your neck,

And into your brain.

Feel that connection between heart and head,

The spaces around your heart as it beats,

The movements,

The experience of blood pumping into your lungs,

Spaces around your heart as it beats,

The movements,

The experience of blood pumping in and out of the heart,

The space between the blood,

The space within the heart.

Feel that space between your neck or within your neck,

Areas of swallowing,

Areas of breath,

As you experience so many spaces within your head and face,

Spaces within your mouth,

Spaces within your mouth,

Space between each of your teeth,

The upper teeth,

The lower teeth,

The spaces within the jaw,

The space around your tongue.

The space within your nostrils,

As you again get that great breath going,

Inhaling and exhaling,

The space holding your eyeballs within the eye sockets,

The spaces within the neurons of the eyes that connect to the brain and help you to see,

The space between your eyelids and your eyes,

The space between each of the many eyelashes,

On the top and the bottom of your eyelids,

The space between your eyes and your eyebrows,

The space between each of the hairs that make up your eyebrows,

The space between your eyebrows and the scalp on your head,

The creases within your forehead and the spaces within them,

The space within your ears,

The ear canals the place for the vibrations to enable you to hear these sounds,

The hair and the space holding the hair follicles above your ears and throughout your scalp,

The space connecting your scalp,

Your hair,

And different layers of flesh above your skull,

The spaces between the bones in your skull,

The cartilage,

The protection of the skull around the brain and the mind,

The space around the mind that lets it rest,

Breathe through all these breathe through all these many,

Many spaces that are part of our beautiful vessels,

Containers that are our being,

Feel the space around you,

Between you and the room or outdoor area you are in,

Notice the space in your heart that connects you to your loved one,

To your loved ones,

Notice the space between my words,

The space between what you hear,

Notice the space between your thoughts,

Notice the space between your feelings,

Notice the space between your sensations,

You can take more space even when this stream is over and make more space,

For this exploration,

Allow yourself to luxuriate in the space as much as you would like and can throughout your day,

Thank you for experiencing the space between with me.