Video
In the video below, you’ll find a few additional body-based practices, including chest-openers, touch and massage exercises, and practices for identifying how the body feels when it is calm.
Guided Meditations
This meditation (about 10 minutes) focuses on not resisting gravity and reducing the efforting and tension in the body. You’ll want to be in a lying down position — with blankets or pillows, if needed, so you can be as comfortable as possible. It — hopefully! — is a relaxing practice as you simply give your weight to the ground beneath you.
Often times, stress manifests itself physically in the body as pain and tension. Use this meditation (about 8 minutes) to learn how to work with pain (instead of resisting it or tensing up even more). This session focuses on the practice of “pendulating” between areas of discomfort/pain, and areas of safety in the body.
I really liked the working with pain meditation. I have been unwell all week and still have some residual stiffness in my neck/shoulders. The meditation really helped to shift some of this discomfort, thanks Sarah.
I’m so glad you found it helpful. I’ve done this practice with my daughter (she’s 9) and she says it’s “magic.” 🙂