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    Tranquil Body Scan Meditation

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    Sean FargoPublished June 19, 2017 · Updated October 22, 2026 · 1 min read

    Body scan

    Settle into an intermediate body-awareness practice.

    A longer pass through the body for practitioners past the basics, with shorter and deeper scans to move toward when you're ready.

    Guided Script

    Body Scan Intermediate

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    Sean Fargo leads a guided meditation Tranquil Body Scan. This improves calmness and awareness with your body. It also energizes your body in the process.

    A note from Sean

    A body scan is one practice with hundreds of forms. The principle is to move gentle awareness through the body without judging what you find as good or bad, right or wrong. As long as you do that, you can scan in almost any order, and you can be playful with it.

    Try this today. Scan just three places today: your hands, your jaw, and your feet, in any order. Spend a few breaths at each one. Notice temperature, pressure, tingling, or nothing at all. If a judgment shows up, note it, then come back to the sensation.

    Keep going: Compassionate Body Scan and the Short Body Scan Meditation Script.

    This suits beginners and long-time practitioners. If a part of your body holds pain or a hard memory, skip it and go gently. Stop when you need to.

    From the podcast

    A Heartful Body Scan Meditation, with Sean Fargo

    23:00 · with Sean Fargo

    A body scan meditation can be deeply relaxing, but relaxation is not the goal of mindfulness.

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