This mindfulness of body practice invites you to intentionally investigate the direct experience of the body just as it is, with gentleness, kindness, and presence.  You’ll be guided to approach the body in a trauma-sensitive way and to begin, pause, or end your day in a more relaxed state.

With gratitude -- Music by Fell Creek.

Mindfulness of Body Guided Meditation

Questa pratica guidata di scansione corporea, della durata di circa 14 minuti, ti accompagna nell’esplorazione graduale e consapevole del corpo, partendo dai piedi fino alla sommità del capo. L’invito è quello di osservare le sensazioni fisiche così come sono, senza giudizio: tensioni muscolari, temperatura, contatto con gli abiti o con l’ambiente, siano esse piacevoli, spiacevoli o neutre. Ogni distrazione mentale viene accolta con gentilezza, per poi riportare l’attenzione al corpo. La pratica termina con una riconnessione all’insieme delle sensazioni corporee. È adatta sia a chi si avvicina per la prima volta alla mindfulness, sia a chi desidera coltivare una presenza più stabile e accogliente. Voce guida: Dott. Alberto Chiesa.

Scansione Corporea Breve Alberto Chiesa

21min Practicing Presence, a Body Scan

This is the October Drop for the Meditation Library. Self Love with a Body Scan.

SelfLoveBodyScanMeditation

Welcome to Day 2 of the October Mindfulness Challenge! 

Today, we’re guided by Nieta through a gentle and grounding body scan — one of the foundational practices in mindfulness.
This practice invites you to bring awareness to each part of your body, from your toes to the crown of your head, helping you reconnect with physical sensations and cultivate presence. Whether you’re seated at your desk or lying down, this scan can be a standalone practice or a calming lead-in to deeper mindfulness.
🧘‍♀️ What you’ll experience today:

A slow, guided journey through your body
Techniques to notice subtle sensations without judgment
A moment to appreciate the miracle of simply being in your body

Take a few minutes to pause, breathe, and come home to yourself.

October Challenge 25 - Day 2 – Grounded in the Body: A Mindful Body Scan

As soon as I heard her voice, I knew I had to record it. I met Rainbow at a wellness convention at the Tsz Shan Monastery in Hong Kong 2024. She guided an hour-long sound performance meditation with other HK sound practitioners. 6 months later, we were on a beach in Cheng Chau Island recording her first meditation. 

Rainbow guides us through a 'Body Scan Meditation' where the listener follows her guidance to connect with different parts of the body. It made me realize that I usually thought of my body as one balanced object. I took for granted that each part was a part of a whole, and paid attention only to what was out of balance. For the first time, I focused on each part testing the extents of the perception of my own body. 

Our spot was on the beach opposite from the ferry port with a view of the towers of Pok Fu Lam across the water. The mono track emphasized her voice over the turbulent ocean waves which helped to contain my attention and eliminate all thought.

Image by Michael James

SBS on IT

Sound Bath Sessions 179: Rainbow Kwok

Guided meditation for stress release. Private use only.

BrotherlyACT 3-Min Body Scan Meditation

Yoga Nidra, or "yogic sleep," is a meditation practice that feels like a warm hug. Play this recording whenever you need to slip into deep ease and relaxation. Gather plenty of blankets and pillows to create your practice nest and support your joints. This helps to evoke a delicious sense of weightlessness.

25min Tension Release Comfort Meditation

A clinically-informed guided rest practice designed to ground the nervous system and counter the cold, mobile qualities of Vata dosha. This protocol uses extended stillness, weighted containment, and systematic body awareness to anchor scattered energy and dissolve the characteristic Vata patterns of anxiety, racing thoughts, and restless exhaustion.
Unlike traditional yoga nidra, this practice addresses Vata's specific constitutional needs through:

Longer rest duration to allow the nervous system to truly settle. Grounding cues that emphasize heaviness, warmth, and downward movement. Minimal rotation or complexity in attention—staying with simple, repetitive anchors. Focus on containment and boundary rather than expansion. Strategic use of breath awareness to regulate without stimulating

Ideal for those experiencing: insomnia, anxiety, creative burnout, difficulty landing after travel, overwhelm from too many inputs, scattered attention, or the wired-but-tired state that comes from prolonged Vata imbalance.

Props recommended: Weighted blanket, extra layers for warmth, eye cover, support under knees.

Vata Doshic Deep Rest

A clinically-informed guided rest practice designed to stimulate circulation and counter the heavy, stagnant, inert qualities of Kapha dosha. This protocol uses activating awareness, warming breath, and strategic movement of attention to dissolve the characteristic Kapha patterns of lethargy, emotional heaviness, oversleeping, and resistant inertia.

Unlike traditional yoga nidra, this practice addresses Kapha's specific constitutional needs through:

-Shorter duration to prevent deepening of stagnation
-Warming and energizing cues that counter heaviness without demanding action
-Dynamic rotation of attention to prevent settling into dullness
-Light, upward-moving awareness rather than grounding anchors
-Strategic activation of breath and circulation without leaving rest state

Ideal for those experiencing: depression or low mood, oversleeping without feeling rested, difficulty initiating change, emotional stagnation or attachment, spring allergies or congestion, metabolic sluggishness, or the stuck-in-molasses state that comes from prolonged Kapha imbalance.

Props recommended: Minimal props, warm but not heavy covering, slight incline with head elevated, well-ventilated space.

Kapha Doshic Deep Rest

Immersive sound. Authentic connection. Inspired by Asia.

Sound Bath Sessions is a curated audio platform that brings the artistry of live sound baths directly to listeners worldwide. Captured on location across Asia, each recording is an intimate, unfiltered portrait of the practice—where improvised performance meets the raw beauty of ambient sound.

More than just meditation tracks, SBS celebrates sound baths as living works of sonic art. Every session is designed to transport, whether for deep relaxation, mindful reflection, or pure listening pleasure.

By connecting local practitioners with a global audience, SBS builds a bridge between tradition and innovation, offering a catalog that is diverse, honest, and welcoming to listeners of all levels.

Discover sound baths as they truly are—alive, spontaneous, and resonant with the world around them.

https://insighttimer.com/sbsessions

After years of clinical practice, I kept seeing the same pattern: people try yoga nidra and either fall into a dead sleep, get more anxious, or feel nothing at all. That's because traditional yoga nidra treats all nervous systems the same. Your nervous system has a constitution. A Vata person spiraling with anxiety needs something fundamentally different than a Kapha person stuck in depression or a Pitta person burning out from relentless drive. These protocols address those differences.

I created Doshic Deep Rest as a clinical alternative—three separate practices built from Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis and years of watching what actually works in real bodies. They use the therapeutic structure of guided rest without the lineage baggage, designed specifically for the nervous system patterns I see in practice: scattered and anxious (Vata), driven and inflamed (Pitta), or heavy and stagnant (Kapha). Not generic relaxation. Constitutional nervous system regulation.

—Mags, Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist
ABQ Yoga Lab | Albuquerque, NM
abqyogalab.com

I am an RYT200 yoga teacher, writer, community organizer, and advocate for equitable access to wellness. With 15 years of personal practice and certification from Soma Yoga Institute in therapeutic yoga, I bring a deep understanding of yoga as a tool for physical, emotional, and community healing. My teaching emphasizes safe, sustainable practice rooted in structural integrity, alignment, and accessibility for all body types.

Istituto Mente e Corpo è un marchio che riunisce una rete di psicoterapeuti indipendenti attivi nella mindfulness e nel benessere psicofisico. Da oltre dieci anni proponiamo pratiche e percorsi ispirati alla letteratura scientifica e alla centralità della persona, integrando mente e corpo.

Sharing mindfulness + meditation from my practice to yours. Be well!!

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