Guided Imagery and Massage: Ocean Release

June 08, 2020

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With Michele Grand, LMT

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00:00So welcome. Welcome everybody and
00:03thank you so much for joining.
00:07Today we're honoring cancer
00:09survivors week with a virtual
00:11program for smilow cancer hospital,
00:14so it's wonderful to be able to
00:17participate with everybody who's on.
00:20I'll be offering a guided meditation
00:22today and some self massage,
00:25and my name is Michelle Grand an
00:28I'm a licensed massage therapist.
00:31It's Milo Cancer Hospital.
00:33You know, we help others so often are
00:36friends or neighbors or family people.
00:38We don't even know,
00:39but it's so important to always remember
00:41that we need to also take care of ourselves.
00:44And even if it's just for 1520
00:46minutes each day, it's nice.
00:48Just take a moment and ground and
00:51just feel comfortable in our own skin.
00:54So to begin,
00:54I'm just going to ask you to bring
00:57yourself into a comfortable position,
00:59whatever that is for you,
01:01whether it's on line down or just
01:03sitting down with your feet flat on the
01:06ground or sitting down cross legged position.
01:09Just relax your hands on your
01:11lap or at your side and whatever
01:14feels most comfortable for you.
01:16Close your eyes.
01:17And just know that this is your time now.
01:21So just leave all your worries at the door.
01:24Notice any sounds outside of the room
01:28acknowledged them and let them go.
01:31Notice any sounds inside of the room?
01:34Acknowledge them and let them go.
01:38Just allow your feet and legs
01:41to soften into position.
01:43Drop your shoulders and relax your hands.
01:48Allow your face and jaw to relax your full
01:52body to soften into a natural position.
01:56Take a cleansing breath in.
02:01And breathe out all the tension in your body.
02:07Allow your breathing to fall
02:09into its own natural rhythm,
02:11not trying to control it in any way.
02:15Just observing as you
02:18breathe in relaxation.
02:20And breathe out tension.
02:23Breathing relaxation.
02:26And breathe out tension.
02:28If your eyes are open,
02:31you may just wanna close your
02:33eyes or bring them into a
02:36downward looking position.
02:40The past has already gone in
02:42the future is yet to come.
02:45You're concentrating now
02:46on being peaceful, happy,
02:48and free in the present moment.
02:52Being aware of each breath.
02:56Knowing that your breath is continuous,
02:59you follow it as you breathe in.
03:03And your abdomen expands.
03:08Continue to pay attention as your
03:11abdomen rises and falls.
03:13With each breath.
03:14Like a child going high and low on a swing.
03:21You concentrate on your breath.
03:25And Lego attention anywhere you
03:28feel in the body and the mind.
03:32With each breath you arrive in the here
03:35and now sitting breathing comfortably.
03:38Your mind is peaceful and
03:41your body is free attention.
03:43You are calm and rested and you feel free.
03:49An at home. Pekin now by visualizing
03:53yourself on a beautiful pristine beach.
03:58It's a pleasant sunny day.
04:01Not too hot. With a light breeze.
04:06You feel the warm sun and energizing your
04:10body in your skin and you hear the waves,
04:13gently lapping on the sand.
04:16You allow yourself to be at one with nature.
04:21You're completely alone on
04:23the beach and feel safe.
04:26You reach down and take off your shoes and
04:30socks and place them on a towel on the sand.
04:34The grains of sand filled warm
04:36and energizing on your feet.
04:39As you walk along the sand.
04:43You hear the faint sounds
04:45of Seagulls in the air,
04:46which adds to the tranquility.
04:50You begin walking towards the
04:52water and walk along the shore
04:55where the water meets the sand.
04:58This and feels soft and cool from
05:01the water as you walk along it.
05:04The air is fresh and clean.
05:09You will have any tension in your body
05:12to melt away as you walk along the sand.
05:16All cares and worries are melting away.
05:20You take a slow deep breath in.
05:25And Exhale gently.
05:29Again, taking another deep breath in.
05:34And Exhale gently.
05:38Do you feel the elements in life
05:41force from nature were storing
05:43your enerji levels an com?
05:46Now visualize in your mind any place that
05:49may be holding tension in your body.
05:52Any aches or pains.
05:55Gradually softening and releasing them.
05:59As the water ebbs and flows on the shore
06:03so do all your worries and tiredness.
06:06Ebb and flow away.
06:11You're feeling completely serene,
06:13Anna piece at the beach.
06:19As a wave comes to shore,
06:21you look down and see it bottle by your feet.
06:26You reach down and pick up the bottle.
06:31As you hold the bottle in your hand,
06:33you notice the bottle has
06:35been sealed with A Cork,
06:37and there's a note inside the bottle you
06:39loose in the core can reach in with your
06:42fingers to pull out a piece of paper.
06:45You unfold the paper.
06:47And read the words.
06:48If you are reading these words,
06:51no that you are receiving this
06:54message at the right time and place.
06:57Know that you are special
07:01and loved eternally.
07:03You have been chosen to be here at this time
07:07and place to help people and the planet.
07:11He'll never doubt or forget
07:14how special you are.
07:17Overjoyed with emotion.
07:20You feel somebody else should
07:22also discovery this bottle,
07:24so go ahead and fold the note.
07:27Place it back in the bottle.
07:31Re seal the bottle with the court
07:34now and with your best logo ahead.
07:37And throw that bottle as far as
07:39you can back into the water.
07:46In these times that we're living in now,
07:52it's good to remember that our earth.
07:58Has land and it has water an
08:01all the water on Earth is one.
08:05Whether it's a inlet or or the Long
08:08Island Sound or one of the oceans.
08:11Eventually these waters
08:13blendon connect there. All one,
08:15whether it's here on this side of the earth
08:19or on the opposite side of the earth,
08:23are any of our oceans.
08:26The water is all one.
08:30Depending on the environment that the
08:33water is in, the water may change.
08:36It may be a bit brackish saltwater.
08:40The water may be a little fresher
08:42and little cleaner here and there.
08:45It's based on the environment
08:47that the water is surrounded by,
08:49but the water is one and the same no
08:53matter where it is across our earth.
08:56This applies to people to our
08:59environment may change us.
09:02But we are all the same.
09:06So hopefully somebody else will receive
09:09that bottle that you threw wherever
09:12they are and they will know too.
09:15That they are meant to be here
09:18now helping and guiding all of us.
09:20So take a deep breath in.
09:25And hold.
09:29And let it go.
09:33And when you're ready,
09:35you can open your eyes.
09:38And just take a moment to
09:40thank yourself for this time
09:42that you've given to remember
09:45how important that you are.
09:47Stretch your arms out.
09:51And over your head.
09:54Breath in.
09:56An released to principles.
10:01OK, so that's wonderful.
10:02Again, thank you so much for joining.
10:05I'm at guided meditation.
10:07Now we're going to do as we do a
10:10little bit of our self massage.
10:12I'm as personal services.
10:13I know at least here in Connecticut
10:14it's different everywhere.
10:16But in Connecticut,
10:17personal services are going to
10:18start to open towards the end
10:20of June and we can get back to
10:22the massage therapist into the
10:23aestheticians into that nail salons.
10:25But one thing we're not going to
10:26be able to do just right away
10:28at most places have worked on
10:30anywhere on our face just yet,
10:32so I know often we work on
10:34our shoulders in our neck,
10:35in our head,
10:36but it's because that's where
10:37we often feel like attention.
10:39Knowing that we still can continue
10:40to self massage,
10:41those areas were gonna do a
10:43little bit of that again today.
10:46So the first thing we're gonna do is
10:48we're going to take the tips of our fingers.
10:51Usually the index finger on the
10:53middle finger and white at the base
10:55of the skull on the neck muscles,
10:57not directly on the cervical neck bones,
10:59but to the left and to the right,
11:02which is going to press an holes.
11:05And we're going to give some
11:08good firm pressure.
11:09We're going to press and hold.
11:13And you could start to make
11:15little circles as well.
11:16When you're ready,
11:18just really pressed into that muscle.
11:21And of course, continue your breath.
11:25In And out.
11:27And now gently work your way down your neck.
11:34Using good pressure.
11:37Work your way down the cervical neck.
11:44And breathe in and out as you do so.
11:50Good. Now when you get to the top.
11:54Love your shoulders.
11:56Take the pump, their fingers,
11:58all your fingertips and as best as
12:01you can press is deeply as you can,
12:04reaching back.
12:06And pulling forward across
12:09the top of your shoulders.
12:13Which back and pull forward do
12:16that about three or four times
12:19as you continue your breath.
12:22Good an when you've completed that,
12:25just take the tips of your
12:28fingers and just press and hold
12:31the top of your shoulders as
12:34you continue your breath.
12:42Excellent, very good.
12:43So now we're going to work our way.
12:48Up by the back of her neck.
12:51Again to the base of our skull
12:53and we're gonna start now.
12:55Really getting into those scalp muscles.
12:57We do hold a lot of tension in our scout.
13:00Sometimes we get trigger points
13:02from the base of the neck that
13:04radiate up to the top of our head,
13:07and those can be painful and cause headaches.
13:09So we're going to take the tips of all
13:12of our fingers as if you're almost
13:15getting like a really good shampoo.
13:18At the salon,
13:19and we're going to press and give
13:22ourselves a good good scalp massage
13:25with the tips of our fingers.
13:30Press in with little circles
13:32and work your way all around.
13:36Back of the skull. The sides.
13:42Really get in there to the
13:45temporal muscles here on the size.
13:52Work your way up to the Crown
13:54at the top of your head.
13:57Sometimes at the very back of
14:00your head, at the very top,
14:03you'll feel some sensitivity.
14:05So you want to take a minute
14:08or so and really get in there.
14:11You may feel little trigger
14:13points at the top of the Crown.
14:17Just make little circles.
14:22Tomorrow at 11:00 o'clock on Tuesday,
14:24tomorrow will do in a very
14:26special program on Ricky,
14:28and we're gonna be talking
14:30about all of the Chacras.
14:32And this shocker that we're working
14:35on right now is the Crown Shakra.
14:37All across the top of your head
14:40and a lot of energy comes in an
14:43out of the Crown of your head,
14:46so it needs a a nice release once in awhile.
14:52Good. Now when you get to the
14:55very top of your forehead here,
14:57we're just going to stretch
14:58out the fatia on our forehead.
15:01So just go ahead and sort of press.
15:04All the way across the temporal muscle
15:08and really gently work your way down.
15:12The forehead.
15:15As you continue the breath,
15:17really press in there
15:19that you can actually see.
15:21You can see the pressure
15:23that I'm using their.
15:24'cause we want to increase blood
15:26flow and circulation and get that
15:29oxygen back into the soft tissue.
15:31Now when you get here to
15:33the middle of your brow.
15:36Just go ahead and press and hold.
15:39Put just a moment.
15:43And breathe. Good now will take
15:47our thumbs were gonna go right
15:51along the Ridge of the eyebrow.
15:54You can use your thumb if
15:56you prefer your index finger.
15:58Whatever is most comfortable for you.
16:01And you'll feel little little knots.
16:03There are. Sinus is get aggravated.
16:07And it's just important to
16:09give some release to them.
16:11Go ahead and work your way across.
16:14Good. To the temporal muscles,
16:21take a moment.
16:22And give them a nice release.
16:27Good. We're going to work our
16:30way down the nasal area here.
16:33Use your index finger and
16:35sort of press it and hold.
16:37Continue your breath.
16:43Good work you way across.
16:48The base of the cheekbone?
16:51And we always get to our job,
16:54because boy, that muscle gets so tight.
16:59You could open your mouth.
17:02And you can really feel the tightness here.
17:07In that. TMJ muscle right here.
17:13Give that a good. Police
17:20Again, you can use your index fingers
17:22and will it when your mouth is open.
17:24You can get the whole length of that muscle.
17:31Press stored your ear with your mouth open.
17:37Excellent and come down
17:41the base of your jaw.
17:47See your chin. And back up.
17:51Do your temples.
17:54And just give your face a nice hug.
17:58You take a breath and
18:02Drop your shoulders.
18:04We then at hold.
18:08And Exhale. Excellent, very good.
18:11Hopefully you're feeling a bit more relaxed.
18:15Your shoulders are dropped.
18:16You can feel the blood flowing
18:19at least through your upper body.
18:22So again, I wanna thank you all so
18:25much for taking the time to join today.
18:29Remembering and acknowledging that this
18:31is cancer survivors week and sending
18:34our blessings and Love and peace to
18:37everybody and just remembering, always.
18:39You're braver than you believe.
18:42Stronger than you seem smarter than
18:45you think and twice as beautiful
18:48as you've ever imagined.
18:50I'm so be well be safe be happy if
18:53you'd like to join tomorrow at 11:00
18:55o'clock will be doing away key session,
18:58which will be really interesting.
19:00It's another kind of energetic
19:02self healing a little less hands
19:05on to the body and just more of
19:07an energy field and then Thursday.
19:10Once again guided imagery and massage
19:12at 11 at 10 at 1:30 on Thursday,
19:15OK, so thank you.
19:17Everybody an I will see you soon.