You should consider giving yourself one of the greatest gifts you can: the gift of stillness. Instead of gifting yourself an expensive item or a wild adventure doing something somewhere foreign and exotic, this gift requires you to sit still. Believe it or not, there is an art to sitting still, and many people struggle with the practice. If you can learn to master something so effortless and peaceful as sitting still, then a world of somatic experience and embodiment will open for you. All of this through this simple form of meditation.
Somatics and embodiment are all about getting you to feel more of what your body is feeling and learning how to have a greater awareness of the messages it is trying to communicate to you. When it is said that you should be more embodied in your body, it means to be awake to attend to your feelings and sensations.
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It is so simple, when we are frantically active, when there are so many things all competing for our time and attention, and we are running quickly through things on our priority list, that we regularly lose all sense of ourselves. We heap pressure on ourselves to get as many things done in a day and on time because that is what we need to do, or so we tell ourselves anyway. We are forever working, churning, and processing. We are always moving, always doing something.
Perhaps, every now and then, we might consider coming at this from a different angle. Instead of doing, how about gifting ourselves some small bits of stillness. They say the simplest form of meditation is being present in the moment, stepping out of time, and slowing the world down.
So, instead of rushing, doing, or being busy, simply sit. That's right, sit still.
Healing Through Mindfulness and Movement: Awakening Body Awareness
Take a seat somewhere comfortable and quiet.
Close your eyes.
Pay attention to how your body feels in relation to the environment around you.
Feel your feet that are on the floor. Feel the sensation under your soles. Imagine tree roots springing from your feet and extending into the ground, anchoring and stabilizing you.
Draw your attention to your breathing. Follow the air as it comes into your lungs and out again. Slow this process down, let the air spill in gently, and float out again with a soft sigh.
Scan your body and find where the tension is. It doesn't have to be major, simply any spot or area that feels stiff, tight, or tender in your body. If you can, place an open palm over this area and focus your attention on this one spot.
Give your hands a little shake. Imagine letting all your concerns and fears trickle out of your fingertips as you shake them away, even if it's just for a minute.
Make a connection with your emotional self. What feelings do you have right now? Pay attention to your body. What are you experiencing now that you are in this wonderful body of yours?
Witness your sense of who you are and what is going on for you right now, in this moment, with compassion.
Enjoy your time in this silence. Allow your entire being to stay still, including your mind, body, and essence.
Don't do anything at all. Simply exist and breathe.
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