Day 3: Body Scan Reset

Day 3: Body Scan Reset

Practice:
Scan from head to toes. Notice tension without fixing it.

Journal:

• Where do I hold tension most?

• If that tension had a message, what would it say?

Begin by gently scanning your body from head to toe, moving your attention slowly and deliberately without trying to change or correct anything you notice. Observe areas of tightness, warmth, heaviness, or subtle sensation with curiosity rather than judgment. Allow your jaw, shoulders, chest, abdomen, hips, and legs to come into awareness one region at a time, simply acknowledging what is present. After completing the scan, reflect on where you hold tension most consistently and consider what that tension might be communicating. If it had a voice, would it speak of overextension, unspoken emotion, unmet needs, or vigilance? Instead of treating tension as a problem to eliminate, approach it as information—data from your nervous system asking to be understood.

Mountain Reflection: Just as climbers pause along a steep ascent to assess strain, altitude, and energy reserves, where in your own “terrain” are you carrying unnecessary load? What might you set down, redistribute, or acknowledge before continuing the climb?