MINDFULNESS MONDAY:
As we find ourselves in the middle of the holidays, life can be very busy and even overwhelming.
Moving through life, there are often situations that can feel overwhelming. This meditation will help you go into a simultaneous experience of feeling grounded, yet weightless.
A suggestion for the week:
• Come to a comfortable seated position, allowing your back to be erect with your hands open in your lap, palms up.
• Set a timer for at least 5 minutes and bring your awareness to your breath.
• Notice the thoughts that pass through your mind.
• Allow yourself to soften and relax, feeling held in place by gravity.
• Let go of any tension held anywhere in the body, each exhale bringing a wave of decompression through every muscle group.
• Observe the experience of heaviness that holds the body to the floor with the exhale.
• Allow every inhale to bring a sense of expansion, breathing in deeply, expanding the lungs in all directions.
• Observe the experience of lightness with the inhale.
• Allow the body to be very still, if possible, allowing the only movement in the body to be the breath and the heartbeat.
• When your timer sounds, spend a few more breaths observing what you are thinking and feeling.
Have a wonderful week!