Embodied Meditation

Finding it hard to shift from fragmented and scattered to focused? Today's Embodied Meditation, a short 7-min Reset, draws on simple, classic yogic techniques to help you get out of your head and into your body—and gather and settle your attention. You might be surprised at how just a few minutes of movement and breath can help you step out of the frenzy.

Especially during these early months of Spring, our body's joints can feel in need of a good thawing out and loosening up. Today's Embodied Meditation, perfect for first thing in the morning, invites hydration, movement, and space into your joints, clearing anything stuck or blocked, so you can move on to your day—or the whole season ahead—feeling renewed.

There can be a feeling of deep belonging in responding to the natural rhythms and cycles of the seasons—maybe doing so reminds us that we're a part of the natural order of things. Today's Embodied Meditation is a celebration of the Spring Equinox. It's a practice full of calm, uplifting movement, breathing and stillness, perfect for anytime during this early spring season. Think of it as an invitation to begin to unclench any hunched-in holding Winter has asked of you and gently, gradually unfurl toward the expanding light of Spring.

Do your hips feel on lock-down from too much sitting? This 6-minute, office-friendly practice gets you up out of your chair and moving your hips in all directions. You'll be ready to head into what's next feeling a little less tension and a lot more freedom and ease.

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This 10-minute Embodied Meditation is a body-scan relaxation you can do right in bed as you move toward sleep, or in any comfortable position anytime. It leads you on a soothing journey from your head down to your toes, relaxing everything as you go. As you finish, you can rest into the full-body knowledge that your whole—in a relaxed and present state—is so much greater than the sum of your parts.

The beloved poet Mary Oliver said: My work is loving the world. We'll take that as our mantra today, and let this short practice of simple movement and meditation be a love letter – a Valentine – to the world. We'll start by stimulating the space around your physical heart, freeing any congestion or tightness in your chest, shoulders, and upper back. Then we'll allow the resulting openness and ease to settle into your body with some quiet meditation, letting the feeling extend, ripple by ripple, out into the world.

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Many of us spend our workdays hunched forward and rounded in. This leaves the muscles in our backs—from our necks all the way down—over-stretched, over-stressed, weak, tired, and sore. Today's Embodied Meditation is a 5-minute break you can take anytime, anywhere to open up that compressed shape and find strength, length, and space.

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New year. New day. Or maybe a new project, adventure, or challenge. Whatever you're on the cusp of, today's Embodied Meditation is a luxurious, mindful, full-body practice to help you usher in new beginnings. We'll move, breathe, and call in your capacity for openness, curiosity, and awareness.

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Winter Solstice. The still point when the natural world sinks into quiet hibernation and deep rest. Today's Embodied Meditation honors this time with a practice of slow, calming movement, following the energy down and in, and finishing with a candle-gazing meditation to tune into the ancient ritual of tending a gentle light during this darkest time of year.

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Today's Embodied Meditation is meant to help you turn in — whether you're using it as a seasonal ritual to move toward the quiet of deep winter or as a way to mark the shift in your day from outward focus to sleep. We'll start with gentle, seated movement, transitioning from outer stimulation to inner resources. Then we'll finish with a short, guided relaxation, with the option of lying down, so you can simply drift off to sleep, if you like.

Want to be added to my mailing list, discuss a private yoga session, or offer suggestions for future Embodied Meditation recordings? I'd love to hear from you. Please visit my website: paigegilchristyoga.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.