The Body Scan

Feeling tense or distracted? Looking to feel more connected to your body and/or more present in the current moment? Carve out a few minutes to reset with our guided body scan from our Mindful Sex course.

In under ten minutes, you should be on your way to feeling more relaxed and more open to all types of connection (and pleasure).

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Rough Transcript:

This is a computer-generated rough transcript, so please excuse any typos. This podcast is an informational conversation and is not a substitute for medical, health or other professional advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the services of an appropriate professional should you have individual questions or concerns.

The Body Scan

00:00:05 - 00:05:06

You're listening to the sax with dr jess podcast sacks and relationship advice you can use tonight. Hey it's just here. And i am flying solo this week because we are doing something a little differently this because been a little bit of a stressful week and one thing i've noticed. Is that my tolerance for stress seems to be lower than usual and i've been chatting with friends who are basically saying the same thing and i i guess i don't know so much has changed. I think a lot of us are feeling like our patients is thinner than usual. And i know for me. It can be tied to anxiety for other people. It can be tied to depression or hyper vigilance. Or the unknown and other issues as well. What i'm finding is that it's hard to nail it down like i find myself snapping over the smallest little things earlier today. The the closet door wasn't opening properly. the carpet was in the way and in the moment i was so pissed like it was the end of the world at the carpet was blocking me from. I don't remember if i was open. Air closing the door and those types of experiences like being irritated with those little things. They're really new to me. I've just never felt this way kind of at any point in my life. And i don't think i ever really let little stressors get to me. And even big stressors have always felt manageable. In fact i actually think. I enjoy stress which i know. Some people can't believe but that's that's a whole other conversation about you know dopamine and thriving and disruption and i know my therapist would say it's a function of adhd. And that. i. I need things to raw me up to create dopamine and i guess my i'm talking a lot about myself here about my life has always been full of those things that are a little bit stressful but positive with my work and of course a lot of them are on hold the pandemic and then so the negative stressors they start to rally up in a nice way but they don't have the same effect right. You get a little riled up which i need but you know unlike running late for a flight or being nervous about getting on stage which can be exciting. The stuff that i'm dealing with so some families staff somehow staff These stressors obviously don't get my dopamine going us or gives me that tees of the feeling in my body but not the excitement an...