BODY SCAN - WHERE ARE YOU FEELING DEPRESSION IN YOUR BODY TODAY?

BODY SCAN - WHERE ARE YOU FEELING DEPRESSION IN YOUR BODY TODAY?

Depression is not only something we experience in our thoughts and emotions. It can live in the body too - as heaviness, exhaustion, aching, tension, numbness, restlessness, changes in appetite or the feeling that even small movements require far more effort than usual.

This downloadable Body Scan creates a gentle space to notice what your body is experiencing today without asking you to immediately change it.

The guide takes you slowly from your head down to your feet, exploring the different ways depression can show up physically. It also helps you consider what may be sitting underneath the heaviness - including sadness, grief, exhaustion, overwhelm, anger, loneliness or numbness.

Inside you will find an energy check-in, a detailed head-to-toe body scan, reflective prompts, practical ideas for responding to what you notice, a body-map activity and space to identify one small thing that might make the next hour a little easier.

You do not have to complete everything. On a difficult day, noticing one sensation and one need is enough.

Pause. Notice. Check in.

A gentle Space to Breathe Therapy resource for those days when depression is being felt throughout the body.

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