Welcome.
This is Faye Lawant,
New Zealand's trusted internal conflict resolution expert,
And I'm really delighted to bring to you this short guided audio recording to help you really check in with yourself,
To help you come into the moment,
To come into yourself,
And to be with all that is there in this present moment.
This regular practice of checking in has multiple benefits.
Firstly it gets you out of the mind and into the present moment.
It's in the present moment that we can experience all the positive states of being that we seek for ourselves and for our life.
Also as we regularly check in with ourselves and notice what's there,
We start to get to know ourselves,
We start to like ourselves,
We start to accept ourselves,
And nothing can be more supportive of mental health and mental and emotional well-being than a good sense of self and a good relationship with yourself.
Also as you do this practice regularly of checking in with yourself and noticing how you are,
You start to unlock wisdom,
Wisdom that comes from deep inside of you.
You start to have access to insights and knowings,
Kind of sense or a feeling or a knowing of how to navigate life and what you need to maybe start doing,
Stop doing,
Or continue doing in areas of your life so that you can continue to move forward in the direction of your intentions and your life goal.
So when you're ready for this check-in,
Just get comfortable and get still wherever you wish to do the practice.
You can do this sitting,
You could do this lying down.
It doesn't matter how you position your body for this short practice.
Please as long as the body is comfortable and energy.
So take some moments to get comfortable and then notice how the body has come to stillness.
Then just allow the arms to rest heavy by the side of the body or the hands resting slightly yet heavily on the lap.
Feel the arms where they're resting.
Feel the body,
How it's resting and where and where and how you've positioned your body.
Become aware.
And notice what is in touch,
What is making contact with the backside of your body.
What is supporting your body in this moment?
Is it a chair?
Is it an address?
Floor?
And as you bring awareness to the supports that are there for the physical body,
You also notice the body as it's being supported.
Notice what it feels like for the body to be supported.
And then from this place of support and comfort,
Physical body,
Just allow the mind to wander through the body,
Just noticing how the body feels.
Now with the nature of the mind the way that it is,
It's very normal and very likely that the mind will first go and latch onto the spots and the parts of the body that might be feeling a little tense or a little stiff or a little yucky.
It's okay.
Just allow the mind to rest on those parts that obviously need some attention and some acknowledgement.
And then notice how it then moves on to other parts and that awareness,
That sense of awareness grows and expands beyond those first initial tense,
Stiff,
Yucky part.
Noticing the body,
Feeling how the body feels,
Checking in with the body and noticing how those sensations in the body,
They just come and go.
Then checking in with your breath,
Just notice breath in the body.
Please do not alter,
Do not adjust,
Do not change the breath in any way.
Just become aware that you are breathing.
Become aware that the body is breathing for you.
Become aware of that act of respiration that gives you light and that keeps you alive.
Just feel and notice the inhalation,
Feel and notice the exhalation.
The body is inhaling,
Body is exhaling and you're simply noticing.
Just noticing the flow of breath coming and going.
Then checking in with how you're feeling,
Your emotional state.
How are you doing?
Please no judgment and you're not trying to make yourself feel any certain way and you're not avoiding feeling any particular way.
You're simply noticing,
You're simply being with whatever emotions are there with you now in this moment in time.
Allowing the,
Allowing whatever is there to just be.
You're just observing and noticing those emotions.
You're not fusing with the emotions,
Just like you're not trying to avoid them and you're not trying to make them happen.
Deep inquiry into how you are,
How you're feeling.
Again notice saying that you're noticing your emotions.
You're notice saying that you're noticing how you feel.
And then moving on to the mind and noticing the mind.
How is the mind doing now in this moment in time?
What thoughts are running through?
What thoughts are floating and fluttering around?
You're not latching on to the thoughts,
You're not trying to shut them out either.
You're not creating or generating any new thoughts.
You're allowing the thoughts to come and go.
You're just noticing,
You're just bringing awareness and attention to the thoughts that are there.
Noticing what it's like to notice the coming and going of thoughts.
And taking a step back and noticing that you are the observer of the comings and goings of sensation in the physical body.
You're the observer,
You're aware of the movement of the breath in the body.
You're present and aware of the emotions,
The thoughts coming and going.
Really notice saying,
What does it feel like to be aware?
What does it feel like to be noticing?
Continue to notice that you are noticing.
Continue to feel and inquire into what it's like to notice,
To be aware.
And really locking in that feeling,
That mind-body feeling of awareness and bringing that back with you when you're ready to return into a more familiar state of awareness,
A more eye-open state of awareness.
Bringing back with you that expansive feeling of awareness,
Sensing and of noticing,
Of observation and of presence.
Keeping that feeling with you as you open your eyes,
As you come back into the body and feel back into the body and as you continue with your day.
Namaste.
