GETTING HERE EXERCISE

GETTING HERE EXERCISE

Let’s take a moment to settle in, to get here.  So often we find ourselves rushing to relax.

I invite you to close your eyes if that’s comfortable for you.  Notice that you traveled here to Unity’s Meditation group this evening.  You are sitting in a circle with others.  Notice the chair that is holding you, how your body feels, your feet on the floor.  Hear the sounds in the room.

Bring your gentle awareness to the fact that you are breathing.  On the next inhale and exhale, you may choose to take a deeper, longer breath in and slowing fully exhale.  Notice how the air feels as it enters your nostrils.  You may even give yourself permission to make sound and sigh on the next out breath.  When you ‘sigh’ your shoulders release tension and drop down.  It is impossible for your shoulders to have a relationship with your ears when you sigh.

Noticing again the sounds of the room around you.  Feeling the chair beneath you, your feet on the floor.  Thanking yourself for taking this time just for you.  Allowing your lips to begin to curl up at the corners into a ‘smile’.  Science shows that feel good chemicals are released into the body when we smile… even a phony smile works.

And when you are ready, you can slowly open your eyes and look around making connection with others.