The beloved poet Mary Oliver said: My work is loving the world. We’ll take that as our intention today and let this short practice of simple movement and meditation be a love letter – a Valentine – to the world. We’ll start by stimulating the space around your physical heart, freeing any congestion or tightness in your chest, shoulders, and upper back. Then we’ll allow the resulting openness and ease to settle into your body with some quiet meditation, letting the feeling to extend, ripple by ripple, out into the world.

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This practice is quiet and still. Deeply nourishing and restful. It’s especially for those of you who have asked for support around the fatigue and strain of Long Covid. I hope it will also benefit anyone recovering from illness, navigating a chronic condition, or simply feeling exhausted. It combines a guided relaxation for your whole system with a gentle intention you can draw on—like a mantra—anytime.

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Listeners have been asking for a morning body scan without movement – a full-body meditation and some quiet intention-setting you can do right in bed. Today’s free Embodied Meditation gives you just that. It requires no movement other than your breath and the gentle path of your awareness, tracing yourself awake, from your feet to your head. Spend the first 11 minutes of your day awakening in this luxuriously meditative way.