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THE BELLY-BUTTON AND BELONGING

When we are able to rest in the womb like nurturance of the lower belly, it is possible to extend this practice in a way. Like coming above ground and letting it blossom... sensing our connection with others... imagining a cord going from them to us from our lower belly with any relationships that feel stable to us...





Practice Instructions

  • Start this practice with your feet about hip-width distance apart and your feet pointed forwards.

  • Have your spine straight and upright and relax the rest of your body around it.

  • Tuck your tailbone in slightly (so that it moves closer to the wall behind you).

  • Drop your chin slightly to allow the back of your neck to open more.

  • Allow your body to shake from your pelvis, making sure the rocking movement is starting from your pelvis in a back and forward motion.

  • Use the shaking to wake up every cell of your body so that the natural awareness in your body can activate.

  • To begin with, breathe in any way that helps you to release the tension down through your body and into the earth.

  • Feel free to make any sounds on the exhale that allow the body to release tension. (sighing etc).

  • As you practice over time, breathe through your nostrils on the inhale, in deep, slow breaths and visualize that you are breathing directing into the center of the belly rather than through your nostrils.

  • Exhale through your mouth or through your nostrils, whatever is more comfortable.

  • Scrunch your toes regularly during the practice so you can somatically get in touch with the felt sense of the earth underneath you.

  • Scan through all the major joints of the body to make sure the energy is flowing through them fluidly. Start with the feet, then the ankles, the knees, the pelvis, the mid-back, the shoulder blades, the shoulders, the arms, the neck and the head. Bring the breath to each place as you scan, opening the tension and allowing it to dissolve downwards.

  • Return repeatedly to visualizing the tension from your body flowing down into the earth.

  • For the entire practice, treat any form of thinking as tension and allow it to flow down through your body into the earth.


GUIDED PRACTICE



 

the BELONGING CENTER IN THE BODY

 
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I’M DEREK SHEAHAN, A FACILITATOR OF TRANSFORMATION WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE EXPLORING WITH THOSE WHO TRULY WANT TO WAKE UP AND EMBODY THE FULLNESS OF THEIR LIFE. ARISING FROM MY MANY YEARS OF MEDITATION PRACTICE, INNER SPIRITUAL WORK AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY, I DEVELOPED THE LENSES THAT LIBERATE MODEL TO SERVE AS AN INTEGRATIVE SYSTEM FOR EMBODIED AWAKENING AND HEALING.