Body Scan: When You're Anxious

Find a place to pause and join us for this creation-centered loving-kindness meditation that is both simple and surprisingly deep. Let us honor ourselves and all of God's creation with this practice. Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Your day might feel ordinary, messy, or unfinished, but it still holds clues to peace. Let's slow down together for an evening reflection you can do in silence or with a journal, using the Prayer of Examen inspired by Ignatius of Loyola. We'll also practice breath and body awareness to help you wind down before bed without getting pulled into a spiral of replaying everything that happened in your day. Pause and pray with this practice to help you rest well. Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Your mind wandering isn’t a problem to solve; consider it an invitation to practice. Pause for this Centering Prayer practice, which guides you into ten minutes of quiet and helps you rest in God’s presence with prompts and a single sacred word. This practice is simple on purpose: slow breathing, a softened body, and permission to stop striving so you can simply be with God and let God be with you.Sit quietly with an open heart for 10 minutes with Whitney.Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Put your grounding shoes on and let's step outside together for a slow fall walk that trades fixing and rushing for breath, body awareness, and steady presence. We notice change in nature and in our own lives, practice letting go, and remember that God is with us in each step.Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Find a quiet place and give yourself a few minutes to practice this short breath prayer for the ordinary days of life. We practice presence by pairing an inhale with a name of God and an exhale with simple, honest phrases that remind us that God is near in the everyday, ordinary moments we live. Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Pause for this unique loving-kindness meditation on days when you feel overwhelmed and stretched too thin. Using breath, body awareness, and simple phrases this practice will help you be in the present moment and breathe. We will practice expanding compassion from ourselves to others and close with a prayer for gentleness, wise next steps, and real rest with God.Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Pause for a two-way prayer practice that blends journaling with silence so prayer becomes a real conversation with God. You will write honestly, listen without pressure, and leave with a grounded way to keep practicing in daily life. You'll need paper, pencil or pen, a quiet place, and a willingness to listen. Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Your body is ready for sleep, but your mind keeps replaying the day?  This guided Yoga Nidra meditation is perfect for when you finally lie down and want your system to power off gently, without forcing anything or “doing it right.” All you need to do is get comfortable, soften your eyes, and breathe.Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Anxiety rarely stays in our heads. It tightens our shoulders, knots our stomach, clamps our jaw, and shrinks our breath until everything feels like bracing for the worst. Make room for rest, and welcome God’s healing touch with kindness, not force. Find a quiet place (reclined or seated) and practice building conscious awareness with this Body Scan for when you’re anxious. A guided body scan meditation can help you notice what’s happening inside, without trying to force the calm. Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).  

Lectio Divina is a slow and sacred reading (or listening) to Scripture. Slow down and listen to Jesus’ commandment today, “Love each other,” and notice what God invites you to hear. Wonder with God about love, ponder love, receive love. Listen and rest in God's love today.Send us a text!Support the showIf you enjoy the peaceful benefits of Exploring Peace Meditations, would you consider:Purchasing Whitney's books: With God in Every Breath, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit and Fully Human, Fully DivineJoining our community to meet Whitney live at ExploringPeace.com/community Following our host @WhitneyRSimpson and @ExploringPeaceMeditations Reviewing the podcast, then share, like & listen! Shopping for Whitney's favorite yoga props. If you shop on Amazon, clicking through to our affiliate shop helps support these meditations. Buying Whitney a coffee (or tea).