Awareness is a great way to connect with our body. We often forget how our body feels most
of the time until it screams out as pain.
Or, we don’t even want to face any sensations, especially if unpleasant
(will post about facing pain). However,
noticing any tension, discomfort, and ease that may go unnoticed in our daily
life is important to deal with
stress before it is out of hand.
One of the benefits of massage is that you can easily notice
how your body feels by touch; feeling good, sore, tight, warm, tingling,
stinging, pain, or unexplainable sensation. Massage is a great to
way to learn to stay where the EASE is found.
If you need audio instructions, you can play the Track 6 “Body
Scan for Meditation” (seated - 2 min.) by Mindful
Meditations by UCLA or Body Scan
(lying down – 5 min.) that I talked about in the post “Calm Your Anxiety with Breathing Exercises.”
I use Body Scan before going to bed every day, and it puts
me to sleep right away!