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Body Scan Meditation: Release Tension with This Targeted Meditation Technique

By Elizabeth Scott, MS — 2020

The goal is not to relieve the pain completely, but to get to know it and learn from it so you can better manage it.

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Meditation Is Ridiculously, Amazingly Simple

If you approach your practice as a path of love, the rhythms of life will teach you moment by moment how to proceed. Each little discovery about what breathing feels like will give you more access to your inner life and the secret power of recovery built into your body.

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Lorin Roche
2022
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16 Compassion Focused Therapy Training Exercises and Worksheets

Compassion gets a lot of attention in positive psychology, and for good reason – it’s a major concern of many religious and philosophical leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis.

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Courtney E. Ackerman
2021
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How to Rest in Awareness by Tapping into a Mindful Moment

Mindfulness teacher Jason Gant reflects on a heartfelt memory when he was able to lean on his deep practice and mindfully take action.

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Jason Gant
2021
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The 7 Qualities of Mindfulness Trained in the Body Scan

The body scan is a foundational mindfulness practice that introduces us to working more skillfully with experience. Try it for yourself.

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Ed Halliwell
2016
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How To Do a Body Scan Meditation for Head-To-Toe Tension Release

There are different body scan meditation variations, but the general premise is always the same: Scan the body and release tension, starting from the feet to the top of the head.

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Jessica Estrada
2020
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A Crash Course in Body Scan Meditation

Bring awareness to each part of our body sequentially, to see how it is today — not to check in to change or judge the body, which we're apt to do, but just to experience it and see what's there.

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NPR
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5 Reasons to Do a Body Scan Meditation

Is meditation just focusing on breathing? Not exactly, considering there are many ways to meditate. One such way is by practicing a “body scan meditation,” which is often recommended for those who are just getting started building a meditation practice.

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Jillian Levy, CHHC
2020
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How to Do a Body Scan Meditation (and Why You Should)

A meditative practice that involves mindfully scanning your body for sensations of pain, tension, or anything out of the ordinary.

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Crystal Raypole
2020
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Beginner’s Body Scan Meditation: Try This Meditation Practice to Relax Your Body from Head to Toe.

A head-to-toe relaxation practice.

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Elaine Smookler
2019
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A Body Scan Meditation to Help You Sleep

A randomized clinical trial from UCLA found that mindfulness meditation improves sleep quality among older adults with sleep disturbances.

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Diana Winston
2019
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