Feeling Warm and Happy

1. Take a few moments to scan your body with your mind. Notice that there are parts of your body that feel more relaxed than other parts. It may be that your head or your forehead feels more relaxed than your jaw. Maybe your jaw feels more relaxed than your shoulders or maybe your shoulders feel more relaxed than your chest. Maybe it's your chest that feels more relaxed than your stomach. Maybe your stomach feels more relaxed than the tops of your thighs, the tops of your legs. Maybe your thighs feel more relaxed than your calves. Maybe your calves feel more relaxed than your ankles or maybe it's the tips of your toes where you can really feel that feeling of tingle, really feel that feeling of relaxation, really feel that good feeling inside you.

2. Continuing to be aware of your body, think a happy thought. Allow yourself to really indulge in the experience until you become aware of the fact that parts of your body feel good. You might have a really nice feeling in your tummy right now, or maybe you've got a really nice feeling in your hands. Maybe you've got a really nice tingle in your hands, or you've got a warm, fuzzy sensation in your heart. Find a part of your body that feels especially good and feels especially nice and hold that part of your body with your attention. It's feeling relaxed, feeling particularly good, feeling particularly nice.

3. When you're feeling that warm, fuzzy feeling inside your body, begin to look around, keeping part of your attention on that good feeling inside you. If you notice the good feeling starts to go, close your eyes and just go back to the good feeling. When you've got that good, warm, fuzzy feeling back, you can open your eyes and start to look around again.

4. Now when you get comfortable looking around and holding that good feeling, then go ahead and stand up. Begin to walk around the space you are in, still keeping part of your attention on that good feeling.

5. Now when you get good at this, you get to go to the next step, which is to find some other people and interact with them. But again, part of your attention is staying with that good feeling in your body. If you notice the good feeling start to go while you interact with people, pull back just enough to get back to the warm fuzzy, wherever it is in your body. And then you're ready to engage again with other people.

What you'll find with practice is that you can begin to maintain that good feeling in your body whatever you do, whomever you're with, and wherever you are. Why, it's almost like being happy... :-)

Taken from the www.geniuscatalyst.com