Shaila Catherine leads a guided meditation that emphasizes mindfulness of the body. She offers the body as a resource for bringing our attention to the present moment.
A note from Sean
The body scan used to be my least favorite practice. It felt so formulaic and dry that I could guess what the teacher would say next. Then I started playing with it. As long as you’re sensing the body with openness or curiosity, and without judging, moving around is fine. It became my favorite.
Try this today. Take two minutes. Choose any part of your body, in any order: your left hand, your jaw, your belly. Sense it with curiosity. Warmth, tingling, pressure, nothing at all. Then move to another spot you feel like visiting. There’s no need to relax anything.
Keep going: Six Ways to Deepen Awareness with Mindfulness Body Scans and body scan meditation script.
This suits anyone who finds the body a hard place to be, or a dull one. If you carry pain, illness or trauma in the body, go gently. Start with a part that feels neutral, and stop when you need to.
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