With & For / Dr. Pam King

A Practice: Dr. Cynthia Eriksson Body Scan for Awareness

Episode Summary

Dr. Eriksson guides you through a practice of scanning the body to cultivate awareness of sensation present there. This technique is an important first step - regulation - of building a resilience practice.

Episode Notes

• Close your eyes, press your feet into the floor, notice your bottom in your seat, feel your lower back in the chair.
• Notice other sensations in the body and any tension in various places.
• Notice the movement of your chest.
• Starting at the top of the head and moving through each area of your body - paying attention to any sensations, energy, numbness, cold, hot, slowly moving your attention, noting the sensations.
• Notice and accept what is in your body.
• Bring attention back to the feeling of the body in your seat.
• Allow awareness to return to any sounds and the space around you.
• Open your eyes.

S1:E9 Responding to Trauma: Psychological Tools for Resilience and Recovery with Dr. Cynthia Eriksson.  Here Dr. Eriksson guides you through a body scan to identify places of tension and discomfort in order to access and identify complicated emotions you might be experiencing.