Cloudbody
Need some levity? Let’s drop it like it’s hot and be clouds.
Erase everything in the room. You get to be a cloud just like those dreams when you are flying. But this time, something special happens when you drop your baggage.
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Ruby's Yurt
In this visualization we envision the ribcage as a shelter for both rest and play.
This one goes out to Ruby.
Fly Free
Feeling a little lighter?
Let’s amplify that sensation with this visualization to help you somaticize the sensation of freedom.
Tree Within Tree
Ultimate Stress Release Guided Visualization @ 10 minutes
Make a forest diorama in yr chest and feel all the feels of trees.
Marble Drop
Loosen up your joints while reducing anxiety.
Floating on a raft in a bay, we practice feeling safe and secure, and the act of letting go.
Settle the Spine
Calm stress and ease anxiety while nourishing your neck and back. This is a 12 minute guided visualization.
Find yourself in a quiet stream in the forest where everything aligns around and within.
Bright Heart Cleanse
Together we centrifuge the heart clean and clear with a shimmy-ing hula hoop of UV light. Wut.
Read MoreJuice Up (in a Jiffy) 8 min guided visualization
Replenish yourself with the flavors of the earth.
Help protect and repair the planet.
And maybe support your local juice joint?
Season 3 Starting Now
Keeping it real, keeping it surreal, and keeping it brief. Let’s do more with less with a season of extra shorty visualizations for the now. Wishing you good health, good luck, and composure for the continued intensity of 2020.
Recharge the Heart
This visualization goes out to the leaders working for positive change. Thank you for your efforts, your passion, and your sacrifices. We use metaphor as medicine to land in our bodies. We send ripples through the body with our breath, ignite the heart, and entrust the pelvis and the mind to support our nervous system so we can rest and recharge.
#boundaries
Feeling a bit drained these days? Working on your hashtag boundaries? We’ve got some six feet of separation self-care for ya. I talk super briefly about how fractal patterns of self:other are part of the body’s defenses from the perspective of Chinese Medicine and then we drop into a super soothing visualization that helps you disentangle your energy from others which ultimately benefits your immune system.
Read MoreThe Down Dial
Turn the dial down on your nervous system to catch some solid sleep and bring your body into repose. When we invite the deep yin into our being, we can surrender our nervous energy and find a sense of peace.
A Room of Their Own
Tune in to my first visualization for teens wherein we do several somatic exercises with visualization to move energy in the ribcage and diaphragm, to land in our bodies with a sense of belonging and connection. Adults are welcome to do this too, of course. It’s really for anyone. Let me know how it goes for you! You can find me at Night Sky Acupuncture or on Instagram at Metaphor_Medicine.
Love Nest for Kids
Our first visualization for kids! This exercise is designed to help kids feel surrounded by safety and tenderness as an experiential antidote to anxiety, worries, and fear. I recommend that adults do the exercise alongside the kids so that they can share their experiences afterwards. Let me know how it goes!
Play that Song
There’s music coming from the ribcage when we use the superpowers of our imagination to turn the diaphragm into a DJ. Sound weird? Give it a try and let me know if you feel different after.
Clear the Lungs
Using metaphor medicine we clear the lungs with a series of varied images and acts of tenderness, practicing how to move energy in the body.
Viral Combat
Together we look to the movies to inspire our immune system to fight with swords. Then we clean up and take a long qi shower. We are using our imaginations to help us feel better.