We’ll be doing two mindful movement practices for home practice this week: the Extended Mindful Movement practice we'll be learning in a moment, which consists of some gentle stretching and simple yoga poses; and the Stretch and Breath, which consists of a shorter mindful movement practice followed by a mindfulness of the breath sitting meditation.
The mindful movement practices are similar to body scan in that we’re paying careful attention to sensations throughout our body, but instead of lying still on our backs, we mindfully move in and out of a series of stretches and postures.
To prepare for the mindful movement: