The bodyscan builds the foundations of mindfulness meditation – awareness of feelings in the body. These feelings are the glue of our relationships and without them we are disconnected from each other. Many of us have learnt to spend so much of our lives in our heads that we have become disconnected from our feelings. This is why we need to practice the bodyscan. When you get the idea of how it goes, practice it for longer periods without the recording. In time you will find feelings returning to your body, like colour returning to your emotional life. People also find the bodyscan helps them go to sleep.