Don’t Just Do Something, Just Sit - Self Massage - 5 - Soft Hands, Soft Eyes
Don’t Just Do Something, Just Sit - Self Massage - 5 - Soft Hands, Soft Eyes
Be the quiet in the roil
Based on “Easy Seeing” from “Seeing Clearly” series by David Webber
“There is no situation in which paying careful kind attention would not be the most helpful response.”
Another trance session. This one uses a background, personal groove, soft hands and breath to induce your senses to relax.
David Webber incorporated Buddhist practices into his Seeing Clearly system, the source for this lesson. He uses “box breathing” to your own personal grrove to bring attention to the transitional stages of breathing. David says: “Many of us have never paid attention to the gaps between the in and the out breath. And there is a lot of muscular holding and habit that we are not conscious of because the transitions are not available to our awareness. This (lesson) gives us a chance to release deeply within our system.”
Some of the lesson is written for prone: being on the belly. If that’s available to you, aim for the experience of feeling the inhaling ribs press into the floor and the shoulder blades freed for certain movements. Not doing prone today? Fine. Just remember to rotate your palms to the ceiling to get the same chest and shoulder configuration. That part is important. Also, the initial and final scans are written for standing - have support for getting up and down if helpful.
If you fall asleep after a sleepless night, all the better. I’ll wake you up at the end of the lesson.
“Milton Erickson say the conscious mind is almost entirely housed in the muscles of the eyes. We are beginning to feel our conscious mind through the mediation of our hands and eyes.”
Science Nerd Candy Bowl: (nothing new this week, but last week’s vagus nerve information is always useful)
Meet Your Vagus Nerve - Gil Hedley (5:14) An engaging, simple whiteboard explanation of the vagus nerve anatomy and physiology
Vagus Nerve - Neuroanatomy and Functions, Animation Alila Medical Media (4:09) Follow the vagus nerve through the body in this simple tutorial
What Is The Vagus Nerve? | Vagus Nerve Explained | Brain, Mind Body Connect - The Art of Living (4:43) - cheerful overview of vagus nerve functions - anatomical and spiritual/emotional
Set Up for Supine and Prone:
Lie on floor with support for head and legs as needed. You may want some extra padding for the short, prone (on your belly) part of the lesson
Sit on a firm, stable chair
For the standing opening and closing scan, you might want some support for getting down to and up to the floor or chair
How you might feel after this lesson: Quieted, Relaxed; Breathing easily; Hands soft and relaxed; Eyes soft and relaxed; Ribs open and breath full; Spine flexible and relaxed; Neck and jaw soft and relaxed; Entranced enough to selectively manage the day’s data.
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