Dr. Nicole LePera

I'm playing the tape for her because for me too, I noticed... Even as a clinical psychologist who's supposed to know and help people with emotions, I really struggle to give language and to know exactly what those sensations were telling me.

I'm playing the tape for her because for me too, I noticed... Even as a clinical psychologist who's supposed to know and help people with emotions, I really struggle to give language and to know exactly what those sensations were telling me.

And so that's another mental activity where we try to figure over, you know, decide or determine and then judge ourself and worry about if we're wrong and what if it's not the feeling I thought it was. And just to say with the sensory experience of being in the body and the more practice we can have, As I mentioned earlier, our bodies don't want to change.

And so that's another mental activity where we try to figure over, you know, decide or determine and then judge ourself and worry about if we're wrong and what if it's not the feeling I thought it was. And just to say with the sensory experience of being in the body and the more practice we can have, As I mentioned earlier, our bodies don't want to change.

If what's in your body is a lot of stress, a lot of tension, a lot of upsetting emotions, a lot of dysregulating emotions, staying committed to just one check-in throughout your day and staying consistent with that habit and then over time building into it. In three, the ultimate goal is to be able to notice throughout your day when you're consciously present and when you're not.

If what's in your body is a lot of stress, a lot of tension, a lot of upsetting emotions, a lot of dysregulating emotions, staying committed to just one check-in throughout your day and staying consistent with that habit and then over time building into it. In three, the ultimate goal is to be able to notice throughout your day when you're consciously present and when you're not.

And of course, not judging the moments when you're not. I still notice many moments. I'm distracted with something outside of me. I'm numbing myself, scrolling on my phone or I'm just somewhere else entirely. I can't tell where my attention is. Those are invitations to then refocus and become more present.

And of course, not judging the moments when you're not. I still notice many moments. I'm distracted with something outside of me. I'm numbing myself, scrolling on my phone or I'm just somewhere else entirely. I can't tell where my attention is. Those are invitations to then refocus and become more present.

So the more when we're aware of when we're not present, then we have the opportunity to just like we did together with those check-in points to become present in those moments.

So the more when we're aware of when we're not present, then we have the opportunity to just like we did together with those check-in points to become present in those moments.

a lot of people to misinterpret what exactly meditation is and then feel intimidated if stillness or silence feels uncomfortable if they are overwhelmed by the sensations in their body or the racing thoughts in their mind and so they give the practice up and think that they can't do it in my opinion any moment can be made into a meditative moment because the way i define meditation is

a lot of people to misinterpret what exactly meditation is and then feel intimidated if stillness or silence feels uncomfortable if they are overwhelmed by the sensations in their body or the racing thoughts in their mind and so they give the practice up and think that they can't do it in my opinion any moment can be made into a meditative moment because the way i define meditation is

presence you can just as equally be on a walk for me music is such an incredibly important continued part of my journey so i would walk to work and put music my headphones on when i was living in philadelphia in the city so it was a lot of noise around me which is why i had the headphones on and

presence you can just as equally be on a walk for me music is such an incredibly important continued part of my journey so i would walk to work and put music my headphones on when i was living in philadelphia in the city so it was a lot of noise around me which is why i had the headphones on and

I would just stay present to listening to the sound, to feeling my muscles as I walked quite literally to my office day in and day out. So I'm really happy you brought that up because I think a lot of us can be like, oh, meditation isn't for me because for decades, stillness, if our body is stressed... the physiological signals that our mind is being sent is that stillness isn't safe.

I would just stay present to listening to the sound, to feeling my muscles as I walked quite literally to my office day in and day out. So I'm really happy you brought that up because I think a lot of us can be like, oh, meditation isn't for me because for decades, stillness, if our body is stressed... the physiological signals that our mind is being sent is that stillness isn't safe.

Why the heck are you staying still when there's something threatening happening in your environment? And then the racing thoughts are reflection of the body's stress.

Why the heck are you staying still when there's something threatening happening in your environment? And then the racing thoughts are reflection of the body's stress.

so for a lot of us i think we don't feel like we can meditate or it's not helpful to us because stopping stillness silence our body doesn't feel safe yet doing it so again any moment can be made into a conscious moment no matter what we're doing even if it's washing dishes and doing something we do not like doing we can just be present to how it feels to be in our body

so for a lot of us i think we don't feel like we can meditate or it's not helpful to us because stopping stillness silence our body doesn't feel safe yet doing it so again any moment can be made into a conscious moment no matter what we're doing even if it's washing dishes and doing something we do not like doing we can just be present to how it feels to be in our body