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Hello. Hello, it's Dora. Happy Friday and welcome back to Radio Head Space. Today I wanted to talk about what it means to be embodied, that is to inhabit and be fully present in our bodies.

Many of us spend most days living outside of our bodies for a plethora of reasons.

Some of us live on autopilot and for others

living in our bodies may just be difficult and challenging. Whoever you may find

yourself on this spectrum my hope today is simply to plant a seed

something for you to think about when it comes to living life awake and aware.

Over the holidays I had the opportunity to attend a Buddhist retreat in Costa Rica.

The theme of the retreat was embodiment and what it means to connect to the wisdom and

innate intelligence of our bodies.

In one of our darma reflection talks,

our teacher Spring was sharing a suta or story of Buddha and this mystical creature

called Rockishana, who was traveling around the world for thousands of years searching for

Enlightenment. As he was journeying through the world trying to search for this

truth, he bumped into Buddha and asked him for help. How can I find this Enlightenment?

The Buddha gently replied that Enlightenment is found

going within and being in our bodies.

What stands out to me in this story is the simplicity in the Buddha's response.

By inhabiting our bodies we can awaken to our own wisdom. So even now as I'm telling this story, check in and just notice.

How are the muscles in your face, in your shoulders, in your arms, and in your legs. See if you can soften that tension

and create a sense of ease in the body by taking a few deep breaths. Awareness of our bodies allows us to be living, walking, breathing meditations. I think it's one thing to know about

meditation, to read hundreds of books, attend numerous trainings, and to make

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