I am so excited to share this new series with you! Inner Body aims to explore how moving from the inner experience of the body can stimulate and facilitate wellbeing and self-awareness. To provide you with embodied mindfulness and dance movement therapy practices to support you in increasing your own awareness of your body, learn…
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Coming Home to the Body – 3 minute meditation “Your body is your first home. Breathing in, I arrive in my body. Breathing out, I am home.” – Thich Nhat Hanh The Buddhist understanding of compassion means offering patience, kindness, and nonjudgmental understanding to others as well as oneself. Here is a short meditation to…
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Today I wanted to share with you some important discoveries I’ve made along my own healing journey and what I’ve noticed in supporting clients through their’s. I hopes that these reflections help you as you walk along your own healing path. Steps of the Healing Journey (In no particular order) Set boundaries and limits that feel…
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If you have forgotten the sacredness of your life take time to: Slow down. Be present. Breathe deeply. Act from your heart. Be in touch with your feelings. Be kind to yourself. Remember that you are part of a larger cosmic plan.
Things to Say to Your Body:
-You are enough
-It’s ok to take up space
-You are worth loving
-I accept you as you are right now
-Thank you for the things you do
-My relationship with you is important
-Today, I choose to love you as you are
What is a body-affirming statements do you say to yourself?
Please know that no matter how long you’ve ignored your body’s wisdom or silenced your intuition, it’s still there, waiting for you to return and listen.
Here is a 2 minute practice to get you started:
Begin by putting your hand over your heart
Notice how your heart beats under your palm, and how your chest rises and falls with each breath you take.
Take 3 more breaths in this way.
Now, tune into your body and in a gentle voice, ask yourself “how am I feeling right now?”
The responses that arise might be sensations, feelings, visual, or words.
Notice what you are feeling
I feel______? Relaxed? Tired? Hungry? Thirsty? Jittery? Upset, Anxious, Happy etc
Take a moment to listen.
Then ask “What do I need right now?”.
Your body might respond with something like this:
I need a snack. I need to drink some water. I need to dance for 5 minutes and shake out my frustration from my morning commute.
Or it might provide you with deeper insights like: I’m actually upset, and need to have a conversation with ___about ___ I said yes too quickly because I felt like I had to, I actually need to say no instead of yes.
If we can create space for listening, we gain more awareness about what is true for us.
What does spiritual connection feel like in your body? Take a moment to pause and think back to a time/moment that you felt spiritually supported and connected? As you reflect back how did this connection FEEL like in your body? Now I invite you to bring the memory of those feelings into the present moment. …
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Loving Kindness Practice:
Each morning, when you wake up bring your hands to your heart ❤️ and ask
How can I be kind to myself today?
Throughout your day check-in with yourself and ask:
How can I be kind/compassionate/loving to myself in this moment?
This is such a simple yet powerful practice that can bring instant feelings of support.
Do you see your body as a temple? In yoga and many other spiritual traditions the body is considered the temple of the soul. Yet many of us can’t begin to imagine our bodies as safe, let alone sacred. Our internal worlds might not feel safe, there might be pain, grief, and we would not…
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Guided embodied awareness meditation to check in with how your body feels now. This meditation/exploration is also designed to support you in developing internal awareness skills. After listening to the meditation take time to write or draw in your journal. Here are some reflection questions: What did you notice in your internal landscape? What where…
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