This week's pause comes in the form of a meditation. Being here in this vulnerable form of a human body, we are subject to constant physical change. From before we even come into the world we are growing and changing and it never stops. Even after we take our last breath, our physical form changes. I wish I could say this was an easy process to flow with, but for most it involves some struggle. Our body changes shape, loses muscle, gains muscle, grows things in places we don't want, sheds things we want to keep, gets sick. Sometimes there is physical pain and sometimes it causes emotional pain. Unfortunately, when we are suffering around our body, we tend to feel separate from our body, as if it is failing us, or feel as if our body should be different than it is. But, this amazing body is what allows us to experience this life. It was made for us and, when we criticize it, we cause more suffering.
Feeling my own ups and downs as my body naturally changes with age, I realized that a specific meditation geared for anyone wanting to shift away from berating one's physical self to strengthening the ability to honor, care for, and appreciate this body, would be worth making and sharing. When we shift our perception to one that is loving and grateful toward ourselves, life feels very different. I hope this meditation is helpful. Whenever you find yourself in a struggle with your body -- fighting with how you look, how you move, how you are aging, and whenever you are facing ill health and need healing, I hope this practice is useful in switching the song in your mind from one that is critical or fearful to one that is caring, tender, and loving. We all need to be reminded.
To listen to the meditation click here.
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Jean
P.S. If this speaks to you and you haven't taken the Strengthening Self-Kindness workshop with me, please sign up for the one on July 15th! 6 spaces left.
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