A Healing Meditation To Get Back Into Your Body

This is healing meditation can be used to reduce stress, calm anxiety, reduce pain and muscle tension, and get back into your body.

An ideal time to do this meditation is after the health preservation exercises, like qi gong, tai qi, and yin yoga. You can also do this in the morning, after lunch, or in the evening.

Find a comfortable position. It can be sitting, lying down, or standing.

1.If sitting, sit either cross-legged on a cushion with the back straight or upright in a chair with feet flat on the floor

2.If lying down, lie on your back with your arms at your sides.

3.If standing, stand with the feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent, and the head erect. Breathe quietly, using natural abdominal breathing. Relax the body, beginning at the head and going downward to the feet.

Mentally tell each body part to relax, and then as you exhale, feel that part of the body relax. Let tension drain downward to the feet as you do this. As you approach the feet, imagine all the tension, pain, and negative feelings and emotions drain out through the soles of the feet into the ground. Now start at the head again and feel the pure, clear light of the sun/sky wash down through your body, cleansing it of pain and negativity, recharging your tissues and your whole being. Let the light move downward from the head to the feet, pausing if you wish to spend more time at problem areas. When you have reached the feet, feel the whole body bathed in this pure, clear light for several moments, then open your eyes and stretch and move. Some areas are harder to relax than others. Take your time, and don’t worry if you cannot completely relax. This will become easier with daily practice.

I encourage you to try it 3-4 times in a week. If you are really ambitious, pick a week and try it once every day and observe, without judgement, how you feel at the end of the week. Let me know how it goes!

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. -GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS