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Body Scan Meditation
Systematically scanning the body from head to toes develops “awareness of the body in the body.”
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Date of talk: May 24, 2009
Length: 39 minutes
We practice the Buddha’s First Foundation of Mindfulness — awareness of the body in the body — as we observe what is arising. We start by noticing something comfortable in our body. What is it like to experience this ease? Then we systematically scan the body from head to toes. Finally, we focus on the breath and observe if it is comfortable. If not, we return to the place in the body where we found comfort and then go back to the breath.
Phillip Moffitt
At the peak of his career, former CEO and Editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt, traded in his worldly aspirations to explore the inner life. He subsequently founded the Life Balance Institute and now teaches vipassana meditation with an emphasis on living the dharma in daily life. Phillip is a co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the author of Dancing with Life.
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