Have a good day.
This is Breanne from Zenful Mindings.
And when I'm recording this,
It is a winter solstice and a lovely and delightful morning.
I am simultaneously staring out my window at this fairy tale snow that is fluffy and wonderful.
And on this day,
As we start a new season,
I felt it was appropriate to bring us a little container to find some deeper connection and perhaps an invitation to find a deeper rest within our bodies.
So if you have a few minutes,
I welcome you to join me in a comfortable seat or laying down.
And we're just going to check in with our body.
If you're doing this on any other day,
Feel free to also do this after some movement or perhaps after a long work day right before bed.
Maybe first thing when you wake up in the morning to connect with your body.
And we'll take any movement that we need to settle in and whatever shape our body feels supported in.
Making sure that we have any props available should we want those.
And if you haven't already,
We'll start to close our eyes or soften our gaze.
Just take a moment to breathe in and out without trying to fuss over it or change it in any way.
And then I'd like to invite you just to notice the shape of your body in your mind's eye.
Perhaps for you that's tracing the shape or sensing in to the way that your limbs are laying or resting.
And then when you're ready,
We'll turn our attention back to our breath.
Notice if it's any different than when we first started a few moments ago.
Maybe it is or maybe it isn't.
And however it is,
Let's just acknowledge that our breath is there to support us.
We don't need to actively try to change it.
But notice where it's moving your body,
Where it maybe stops between inhalations and exhalations.
And we'll take one more full round in and out through our nose.
And as you're ready,
We'll just guide our attention with a gentle nudge towards our toes.
Notice what they feel like,
Whether it's easy to connect with them or not.
And then we'll start to just softly guide our attention down through the soles of our feet,
Through the joints and the arches,
All the way to our heels.
Noticing the tops of our feet and ankles,
Up through our shins and calves to our knees,
Checking in with our joints,
And up through our upper thighs to our hips and pelvis.
Our glute muscles and across our lower back.
Notice your belly,
The space right under your ribcage,
The sides of your torso and heart center as you breathe in.
Between your shoulder blades as you breathe out.
Shift your awareness between your collarbones and wide left to right across your shoulders,
Down into your arms and elbows.
Your lower arms and wrists.
And allowing it to immerse down into your palms and through all of your fingers and fingerprints.
Guiding it back up across your upper back,
Up through throat center and the sides of the nose.
The sides of your neck.
The sides of your jaw and around your ears.
Where your neck meets the base of your skull.
Around your eyes,
Between your eyebrows,
The middle of your forehead.
And all the way to the crown of your head.
I'd like to invite you to imagine breathing as if you're drawing breath up from your feet from where we started.
Through your whole body,
Undivided,
One whole being breathing in up to the crown of your head.
And exhaling,
Allowing that to pour down through your feet.
And taking two more rounds of breath just like that in your own time and at your own pace.
After that last breath,
Just observing how you feel inside your body.
Know that there's no good or bad with that,
Just neutral acknowledgement of how you're feeling.
And when you're ready,
If you'd like to wiggle your fingers and toes and just welcome some movement back into your body if you'd like.
Or keep your eyes closed if you need to.
If you'd like to find some extended rest.
I'd like you to come back to this practice any time that you would like to spend a few minutes just grounding and reconnecting inside of your body.
It has been my honor to share this with you.
