Gil Fronsdal talks about Being and Trusting in the Body, and about the risk of trying to solve our lives with thoughts alone.
A note from Sean
Mindfulness is not headfulness. For a lot of us, the center of awareness sits in the head, and we try to look at the rest of the body from there. The mind includes our whole sensory apparatus, our whole body. To feel more embodied, we can bring awareness into the hands, feet, hips and belly.
Try this today. Three times today, stop and feel your hands. Warmth, weight, tingling. Then your feet, then your hips. Notice whether your attention sits up behind your eyes or has settled a little lower. If it has, let it stay there for a few breaths.
Keep going: Get Back in Your Body and Full Body Awareness worksheet.
This talk suits people who think their way through everything. If the body feels unsafe or painful to feel, go gently. Start with your hands or feet, and stop when you need to.
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