Clear Intentions

Hi, and welcome to today's meditation. So, recovery is such an important part of movement and exercise. And so, that's what we're gonna focus on today, as well as making sure that your intention is still really clear. So just take a moment to get comfortable. You can sit down and lie down if you prefer, but if you're sitting, make sure that you're sitting with your arms and legs uncrossed, you can sit on the floor, on a chair, whatever you feel is most comfortable. And we're gonna begin with our eyes open, a nice soft focus, just aware of the space around you. So, without moving the eyes, taking in everything around you while she take two or three big deep breaths, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. As you breathe in, focus on the lungs expanding filling with air, as you breathe out just that allowing the muscles in the body to soften. One more time, breathing in through the nose, and as you breathe out this time just gently closing the eyes. And just take a moment to pause before you do anything else at all. Just to enjoy that feeling of having stopped, having paused, allowing the mind to unwind and the body to relax. And as you bring your attention into the body, just start to notice the weight of the body pressing down against the seat on the floor beneath you. Noticing the feet on the ground, the hands and the arms resting on the legs. Don't worry too much about any thoughts in the mind, just that allow those to come and go. But as you sit there and you become more aware of the body, starting to notice how the body's feeling today. Perhaps any soreness, any tightness in the body from training, perhaps noticing any areas that feel particularly relaxed and at ease, just becoming more aware of the different sensations in the body. As you scan down from head to toe, just noticing what feels heavy, what feels light, what feels restless and what feels still. Okay, and just allow thoughts to come and go. And if you just mentally scan down through the body, noticing how the body feels. And as you scan down I was just starting to notice as well the movement of the breath. So is different for all of us, some people feel it in the chest, some people the shoulders, some people the stomach. If you can't feel the movement of the breath, just gently place your hand on the stomach. And just starting to become more aware of that rising and falling sensation. So I have to breathe in any special way, just allowing the body to breathe naturally. And just noticing that movement and sensation. Let me just kinda stay with that. For sure, wow, if at any stage the mind wanders off just noticing that is wondered, acknowledge the thought, let it go and come back...