Continued from our Retreat & Renew Daily Tip.

Exercise from Victoria Castle’s book, The Trance of Scarcity (Berrett-Koehler, 2007)

To ensure that we don’t go the way of the squeezed and disembodied, we take on practices that bring us to life.

1. At least three times a day, stop for a moment and scan your body for sensations. You’re an explore traveling a new landscape, fascinated by everything you see. You don’t waste a moment of your journey judging what you find. Your curiosity is boundless.

2. Without changing any conditions around you, how can you have more pleasure right in this moment? Make any adjustments that allow you more ease and spaciousness (adjustments to breath and tension are always great places to start).

3. Notice your mood. Allow the colors and light around you to become more vivid. Feel your blood pumping, your breath moving, the sensations of your clothing against your skin. Be nowhere else but right here, right now.

4. Notice what happens to your experience. If you like the change, keep that shape.