Welcome back to the Living Musically Podcast.  Today’s episode we are going to be using meditation to heal our bodies.  

The beginning part of this meditation is one that I typically use at the beginning of my meditations and that’s a self check.  We’ll take a close look at each part of our bodies and try to feel and listen to what they’re telling us. Sometimes we can feel pain or tension sometimes we won’t feel anything.  All we are doing is taking note of what we feel at each part. 

As I concentrate on each section I can sometimes feel a tingling sensation as I focus.  Other people might feel different things. There is no right or wrong feeling. As you focus on your body, notice if it’s warm or cold.  You might notice that there is pain. Also notice if there is tension. If there is tension try to relax the tension. What you might find is that your tension in one area might be related to another area of your body.

Let’s begin our meditation:

Get into a comfortable position.  You can sit, stand or lie down. You can close your eyes or not.

Take a deep breath in

Exhale

Take a deep breath in

Exhale

Take a deep breath in

Exhale

Take a deep breath in

Exhale

Take a deep breath in

Exhale

Let your breath return to normal

Bring your attention to your left foot

Focus on your toes to start now, move to your whole foot.  

Now move up to your shin and calf.

Move up to your thigh 

Now take a full inventory of your left leg as a whole

Now move to your right foot and start at your toes.  Now move up to your foot, your shin and calf, your thigh

Now move to your glutes start with your left glute.  And now your right

Now i’m going to ask you to engage the muscles in your lower body and relax.  Each time you relax. I want you to imagine your legs sinking down deeper in to the chair or bed each time you...