WBS Magazine - Issue 4

DELIBERATE
SIMPLICITY =
RADIANTLY
THRIVING
How to take a simple step to emotional
awareness?
You need to get connected to your
body and this means you will need to
have some slow down time. Meditation,
yoga, breathing body scan or going for
a run or walk by yourself. All of these
activities have a common thread of
body awareness, this is key to
beginning to become more emotionally
aware. You feel before you think so
listening to your body is key.
Meditation, yoga or walk/running are a
personal preference to which you
choose. I will walk you through the
breathing body scan practice as this is
simple and can be done virtually
anywhere, by anyone.
• First find a comfortable place to sit
where you will not be disturbed for
about 5 mins. Close your eyes and take
2/3 deeps breathes, you are aiming to
fill your belly right up to your collar
bone. With each breathe you will relax
into your seated or lying position more
deeply.
• Go back to a normal breath, easy and
natural with awareness to focusing on
this during the next step. Following
your natural breath as you move
between areas, you may need to take a
few breaths in one area to obtain more
awareness. There is no right or wrong.
• Being at your toes, focus how they
are feeling, just noticing, this is not for
you to judge or find a story that relates
to why the area of your body is feeling
this way. Simply noticing, being
present with how the area is feeling.
• Then move to your ankles, calves,
knees, thighs…
• At your hips please take a deep
breath, slowly in and out
• Then move up to your stomach, lower
back, ribs, mid back, chest, shoulders,
biceps, forearms, wrists, fingers, back
to neck, now your face and forehead.
• Lastly take a final take 2/3 full
breaths in, slowly open your eyes and
take a few moments to think about
what you noticed. Did some areas feel
tighter than others? Remember this is
not about judgement, just more
awareness.
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