334 – Somatic Mindfulness Practice Finding Your Window of Menuchas Hanefesh

This is a body-centered practice connecting to our recent conversation about menuchas hanefesh and pizur hanefesh – what it feels like to stay within your window versus being pushed beyond it.
In this 10-minute practice, you’ll be guided to:
Ground and settle in your body
Remember a recent moment that pushed you into pizur hanefesh (scattered, overwhelmed)
Notice how your body holds that experience
Remember a moment where you stayed within your window of menuchas hanefesh
Notice how your body holds that experience differently
Move between both experiences to feel the contrast
Strengthen the neural pathways of staying regulated
This practice helps you develop an embodied sense of what your window actually feels like – so you can recognize when you’re approaching the edge and make different choices.

When to Use This Practice:
After listening to “Your Window of Menuchas Hanefesh: Finding Your Capacity for Chesed”
When you’re trying to understand your actual capacity (not what you think it should be)
When you keep pushing yourself beyond your limits without realizing it
As a way to build awareness of what regulation vs dysregulation feels like in YOUR body
Before making commitments to help you sense whether something is within your window

What You’ll Need:
10-15 minutes of uninterrupted time
A comfortable place to sit or lie down
Willingness to explore moments from the last couple of days

Note:
This practice uses pendulation (moving between activation and regulation) to help you recognize what your window of menuchas hanefesh actually feels like in your body. The more you practice noticing this, the easier it becomes to recognize when you’re approaching your edge in real time.