TuneIn
This practice turns attention to sensation and energy around and within the body. But where does the energy of the body begin and end?
In this guided meditation, Mindfulness Exercises founder Sean Fargo guides us through an advanced body scan practice. We move our awareness clockwise around the body, above and below, sensing into the energy within and all around us.
Please listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Find a posture that balances comfort with alertness, whether standing, seated, or lying down. May this meditation be of benefit to you in your practice.
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The mindfulness body scan is a foundational practice that stays useful beyond the beginner stage. We can work with the body scan in increasingly subtle ways. In this meditation, we are invited to bring our awareness to the perceived boundary between the body and the space around us.
Even with the eyes closed, shifting attention from what is in front to what is to the right and left, behind us, above and below is a change from our habit of relying on the eyes for information above all else. The novelty of sensing into what is behind us may engage the brain in new ways.
Playing with shifting our awareness in new ways, including sensing into the right and left side at once, or the body as a whole, may also quiet the default mode network (DMN). We looked at related ideas in episode #006, Neuro-Learning and Amplifying Our Meditation Practice with Dr. Rick Hanson.
To further explore advanced body scan practices, visit the following free mindfulness resources:
- Podcast: A Deeper Mindful Body Scan with Sean Fargo
- Blog: Six Ways to Deepen Awareness with Mindfulness Body Scans
- Guided Meditation: Elemental Body Awareness Meditation with Sean Fargo
- Meditation Script: Mindfulness Body Scan for Wisdom
- Meditation Script: Body Scan Meditation Script
About Sean Fargo:
Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk who founded Mindfulness Exercises and leads the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.
