Simple Meditations in May – 4

Here is the fourth meditation for May.  This time we are laying on the floor!  But it is still easy and enjoyable.

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Once I have managed to get my big stiff body onto the floor and eventually straighten myself as flat as its going go  – I quite enjoy laying there. It is almost as if my body says “thank you, I needed that”. 

I find that once I am down on the floor its best to make the most of it. So I might do one or two simple stretches and then, as a treat, follow a meditation.  Here is one.

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Conscious

I’m going to lie on my bedroom floor maybe using a mat or towel. I enjoy laying on a hard floor for a while and I will stretch a little. 

Relaxing, I will become conscious of my body. I begin with my toes, then feet and working up my legs, torso, shoulders etc. 

Traveling up my body slowly I will give each part a little wiggle or a squeeze or a gentle rub. I will also remember how each part contributes to my functioning.  Those bits of me which are painful and those bits I won’t be getting out in public will get an extra squeeze or rub.

Afterward each part of my body is rubbed I will say “thank you” and bless that part of me, even the strange shaped bits and the bits I don’t like much.